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... vessel , on her way home from the Bay of Campeachy and Jamaica , was for fourteen weeks short of provisions , the crew being reduced , after the third week , to a biscuit and two - thirds of a pint of water a day . The men would ...
... vessel , on her way home from the Bay of Campeachy and Jamaica , was for fourteen weeks short of provisions , the crew being reduced , after the third week , to a biscuit and two - thirds of a pint of water a day . The men would ...
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... vessel cured the poor boy of his fever in five hours , and he became more lively and active than before . On the voyage home an accident happened strikingly evidencing the superstitions then prevalent among sailors of even some ...
... vessel cured the poor boy of his fever in five hours , and he became more lively and active than before . On the voyage home an accident happened strikingly evidencing the superstitions then prevalent among sailors of even some ...
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... vessel was slaved , " , " that is , ready with her human cargo , and ready to sail for Bonny , one midnight , outside the bar , the slaves began to scream and howl , crying that Egbo ( the devil ) was among them . The next morning ...
... vessel was slaved , " , " that is , ready with her human cargo , and ready to sail for Bonny , one midnight , outside the bar , the slaves began to scream and howl , crying that Egbo ( the devil ) was among them . The next morning ...
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... vessel was on the rocks , irrecoverably lost . The long - boat was instantly lowered , but , being very leaky , she sank up to the gunwale , and spoiled all the bags of biscuit that had been saved . The men , however , erected an awning ...
... vessel was on the rocks , irrecoverably lost . The long - boat was instantly lowered , but , being very leaky , she sank up to the gunwale , and spoiled all the bags of biscuit that had been saved . The men , however , erected an awning ...
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... vessel , aided by the canoe of some Virginian turtle fishermen . They then set sail for Boston , and in three weeks came in sight of the Gay Head of St. Matthias's Vineyard , as that curiously stratified headland is called by the ...
... vessel , aided by the canoe of some Virginian turtle fishermen . They then set sail for Boston , and in three weeks came in sight of the Gay Head of St. Matthias's Vineyard , as that curiously stratified headland is called by the ...
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