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" With the assistance of one of the soldiers I have changed a large canoe into a tolerably good schooner, on board of which I this day hoisted the British flag, and shall set sail to the east with the fixed resolution to discover the termination of the... "
Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham - Page 120
by Englishmen - 1837
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The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Volume 77

1815 - 1008 pages
...be apt to consider matters as in a very hopeless state ; but I assure you I am far from desponding. With the assistance of one of the soldiers, I have...termination of the Niger, or perish in the attempt. 1 have heard nothing that I can can depend on respecting the remote course of this mighty stream; but...
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The Augustan review, Volume 1

1815 - 930 pages
...in a very hopeless state; but I assure you I am far from despondin?. With the assistance of one (if the soldiers I have changed a large canoe into a tolerably...respecting the remote course of this mighty stream ; but • am more and more inclined to think that it can end no where but in the sea. My dor friend, Mr....
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 13

1815 - 568 pages
...a large canoe into a tolerably good schooner, on board of which I this day hoisted the British Hag, and shall set sail to the East with the fixed resolution...the attempt. I have heard nothing that I can depend o?i respecting the remote course of this mighty stream ; but I am more and more inclined to think that...
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The National Register, Volume 1, Issue 1 - Volume 2, Issue 43

1816 - 728 pages
...desponding. With the assistance of one of »he soldiers, I have changed a large canoe into a tolerable good schooner, on board of which I this day hoisted...the attempt I have heard nothing that I can depend im respecting the remote course of this mighty stream; but I am more and more inclined to think that...
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American Quarterly Review, Volume 5

Robert Walsh - 1829 - 532 pages
...accompany his journal so far, which he now sent home, he says, "I shall set sail to the cast, with a fixed resolution to discover the termination of the Niger, or perish in the attempt. Though all the Europeans who were with me should die, and though I were myself half dead, I would still...
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The Polar star, being a continuation of 'The Extractor', of ..., Volume 3

1830 - 436 pages
...accompany his journal so far, which he now sent home, he says, " 1 shall set sail to the east, with a fixed resolution to discover the termination of the Niger, or perish in the attempt. Though all the Europeans who were with me should die, and though I were myself half dead, I would still...
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The Life of Mungo Park

H. B. - 1835 - 334 pages
...be apt to consider matters as in a very hopeless state ; but I assure you I am far from desponding. With the assistance of one of the soldiers, I have...am more and more inclined to think that it can end nowhere but in the sea. " My dear friend, Mr Anderson, and likewise Mr Scott, are both dead ; but though...
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The Life and Travels of Mungo Park: With the Account of His Death from the ...

Mungo Park - 1840 - 270 pages
...soldiers I have changed a large canoe into a tolerably good schooner, on board of which I this day ho-sted the British flag, and shall set sail to the east with...am more and more inclined to think that it can end nowhere but in the sea. " My dear friend Mr. Anderson, and likewise Mr. Scott, are both dead ; but,...
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The Life and Travels of Mungo Park: With the Account of His Death from the ...

Mungo Park - 1840 - 262 pages
...will be apt to consider matters in a very hopeless state ; but I assure you I am far from desponding. With the assistance of one of the soldiers I have...termination of the Niger or perish in the attempt. I ha/e heard nothing that I can depend on respecting the remote course of this mighty stream ; but I...
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Lights and Shadows of African History, Volume 10

Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 352 pages
...was in a state of derangement. Yet his resolution suffered no change. He wrote to his friends : " I shall set sail to the east with the fixed resolution...termination of the Niger, or perish in the attempt. Though all the Europeans who are with me should die, and though I were myself half-dead, I would still...
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