 | John Adams - 1822 - 144 էջ
...an open bay on the north-east side, where vessels may anchor in twenty-five fathoms water, about a quarter of a mile from the shore. Vessels from the...to be observed many dreadful cases of lues, for the cure of which they do not seem to be in the possession of any specific. Majumba, on the coast of Angola,... | |
 | John Adams - 1823 - 306 էջ
...is an open bay on the north-east side where vessels may anchor in twentyfive fathoms water, about a quarter of a mile from the shore. Vessels from the...to be observed many dreadful cases of lues, for the cure of which they do not seem to be in the possession of any specific. The town is prettily situated... | |
 | John Adams - 1823 - 290 էջ
...is an open bay on the north-east side where vessels may anchor in twentyfive fathoms water, about a quarter of a mile from the shore. Vessels from the...plantain : the cone itself is beautifully wooded to the sumrait. The natives appear simple and inoffensive, and obtain their subsistence chiefly from the sea.... | |
 | John Purdy - 1844 - 534 էջ
...themselves subjects of Portugal. The island is of a conical form ; and around the basef next the sea, is a narrow margin, about a quarter of a mile in breadth,...and obtain their subsistence chiefly from the sea. The town is prettily situated, on the margin of an open bay on the NE side, in a grove of cocoa- nut... | |
 | William Henry Rosser - 1862 - 322 էջ
...rich and perpetual verdure. Around that part of the island next the sea is a narrow margin about ^ of a mile in breadth, which is covered with groves of cocoa-nut and plantain. Its shores may be approached -with safety as near as one mile in any direction. The population does... | |
 | Alexander G. Findlay - 1867 - 738 էջ
...claimed as a possession of Spain. The island is of a conical form ; and around the base, next the sea, is a narrow margin, about a quarter of a mile in breadth,...and obtain their subsistence chiefly from the sea. The town is prettily situated on the margin of an open bay on the NE side, in a grove of cocoa-nut... | |
 | Alexander George Findlay - 1883 - 938 էջ
...possession of Spain. The island is of a conical form; and around the base of the mountains, next the sea, is a narrow margin, about a quarter of a mile in breadth, which is covered •with groves of cocoa-nut and plaintain: the cone itself is beautifully wooded to the summit. The natives appear simple and inoffensive,... | |
 | John Adams - 1966 - 302 էջ
...towards the sea-shore, a narrow margin, about a quarter of a mile in breadth, which is covered witli groves of cocoa-nut and plantain : the cone itself...to be observed many dreadful cases of lues, for the cure of which they do not seem to be in the possession of any specific. The town is prettily situated... | |
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... from St. Thomas thirty-two leagues, bearing south-west southerly. It is a beautiful little island, and inhabited wholly by blacks, who call themselves subjects of the crown of Portugal. There is an open bay on the north-east side where vessels may... 