Remarks on the Country Extending from Cape Palmas to the River Congo: Including Observations on the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants : with an Appendix Containing an Account of the European Trade with the West Coast of Africa, 第 1 卷G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823 - 265 頁 |
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第 ix 頁
... Half - Says ; Green and Yellow Ells ; Moor Blue Cloth ; Baize , blue ; Worsted Caps ; Hats - Spirits , viz . Rum ; French Brandy - Gunpowder ; Guns ; Tobacco ; Ditto South American , or Brazil ; Salt ; Iron ; Lead Bars ; Brass Pans ...
... Half - Says ; Green and Yellow Ells ; Moor Blue Cloth ; Baize , blue ; Worsted Caps ; Hats - Spirits , viz . Rum ; French Brandy - Gunpowder ; Guns ; Tobacco ; Ditto South American , or Brazil ; Salt ; Iron ; Lead Bars ; Brass Pans ...
第 2 頁
... half leagues . On the top of the rock I found ten feet water , and it tapers down to seven fathoms , as close as you can chuck a biscuit . The depth of water , after clear- ing the rock is thirteen fathoms . * ” The natives of the Cape ...
... half leagues . On the top of the rock I found ten feet water , and it tapers down to seven fathoms , as close as you can chuck a biscuit . The depth of water , after clear- ing the rock is thirteen fathoms . * ” The natives of the Cape ...
第 22 頁
... half a pint each of neat brandy , swallowed it , glass after glass , in quick time , and gave increased zest to this their favourite beverage , by making their mouths receptacles for it , instead of their stomachs , where the brandy ...
... half a pint each of neat brandy , swallowed it , glass after glass , in quick time , and gave increased zest to this their favourite beverage , by making their mouths receptacles for it , instead of their stomachs , where the brandy ...
第 29 頁
... half an hour , when the whole town was on fire , emitted so ex- tensive and brilliant a blaze , as to give to the surrounding scenery , a character of sublimity and grandeur , beyond anything I had ever witnessed . The night was un ...
... half an hour , when the whole town was on fire , emitted so ex- tensive and brilliant a blaze , as to give to the surrounding scenery , a character of sublimity and grandeur , beyond anything I had ever witnessed . The night was un ...
第 34 頁
... half of the brandy is ex- pended by the crowd , and they have a hand- some sum in gold to divide amongst them- selves , when they give final judgement . The reception , which Europeans receive from the natives on their first going to re ...
... half of the brandy is ex- pended by the crowd , and they have a hand- some sum in gold to divide amongst them- selves , when they give final judgement . The reception , which Europeans receive from the natives on their first going to re ...
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