An Account of a Voyage to New South WalesM. Jones, 1803 - 467 oldal "Barrington was a legendary conman and pickpocket who was transported to Sydney in 1791 upon the frigate "Active". His genteel manners and plausible eloquence soon won him a conditional pardon and by 1796 Hunter awarded him a full pardon and appointed him as chief constable at Parramatta. The illustrations are amongst the first coloured views of Sydney".-- abebooks website. |
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... justly astonished his contempora- ries , and whose character , whose good and ill repute have now extended beyond the poles , was originally a native , and an inhabitant of VOL . 1 . B Ireland . And as it will appear in the sequel LIFE ...
... justly astonished his contempora- ries , and whose character , whose good and ill repute have now extended beyond the poles , was originally a native , and an inhabitant of VOL . 1 . B Ireland . And as it will appear in the sequel LIFE ...
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... inhabitants . Horses being very scarce here , the laborious works are done by oxen and mules . Hawks , parrots , blackbirds , partridges and canary - birds , which they have in great num- bers , are natives of this island . No country ...
... inhabitants . Horses being very scarce here , the laborious works are done by oxen and mules . Hawks , parrots , blackbirds , partridges and canary - birds , which they have in great num- bers , are natives of this island . No country ...
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... inhabitants of this delightful little island of Teneriffe are infested with Locusts , Lizards , and Dragon - flies . The capital of the island is St. Christopher de Laguna , where the court of justice is held ; and here the Governor has ...
... inhabitants of this delightful little island of Teneriffe are infested with Locusts , Lizards , and Dragon - flies . The capital of the island is St. Christopher de Laguna , where the court of justice is held ; and here the Governor has ...
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... inhabitants of the Cape , who would be thought to drink their own wine , is said to have given birth to many ludicrous instances . I was one day passing the streets with an acquaintance I had formed , when he pointed out to me a man ...
... inhabitants of the Cape , who would be thought to drink their own wine , is said to have given birth to many ludicrous instances . I was one day passing the streets with an acquaintance I had formed , when he pointed out to me a man ...
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... inhabitants also em- ploy a number of Malays , but these are the most subtle , cruel and vindictive of all slaves ; they frequently assassinate their employers , and when these wretches are taken , they go to suf fer death with the ...
... inhabitants also em- ploy a number of Malays , but these are the most subtle , cruel and vindictive of all slaves ; they frequently assassinate their employers , and when these wretches are taken , they go to suf fer death with the ...
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Africa animal appearance arms arrived Barrington birds boat body Bosjesmans Caffres called canoes Cape Cape Town Captain Captain Cook Captain Hunter cattle CHAP China Chinese Cochin China cocoa-nuts Colony colour covered distance dress Dutch elephant feet female fire frequently Gentlemen GEORGE BARRINGTON ground habitations hair hand head horns horse Hottentots inches inhabitants insects island killed kind labour land length lion Lord Lord Macartney manner miles morning mountains natives nearly nest never Nimiquas Norfolk Island observed occasion ornaments particular party passed person piece planters port Port Jackson quantity remarkable rendered resembles rest rhinoceros river sail savages scarcely seemed seen ship shore side situation skin Sneuwberg sometimes soon South Wales species Sunday River surprizing Table Bay Table Mountain tion town trees tribe Turon vegetables voyage whole wind women wood young