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Annual Register - Page 32
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An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present ..., Volume 2

John Hawkesworth - 1773 - 444 pages
...was managed principally by Mr. Banks, who was indefatigable in procuring provifion and refrefhments while they were to be had ; but during the latter...nails lefs than fortypenny were current : after a very fhort time we could never get a pig of more than ten or twelve pounds, for lefs lefs than a hatchet...
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An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present ..., Volume 2

1775 - 674 pages
...was managed principally by Mr. Banks, who was indefatigable in procuring provifion and refrefhments while they were to be had; but during the latter part...and bread-fruit fail. All kind of fruit we purchafed chafed for beads and nails, but no nails lefs than fortypenny were current : after a very (hort time...
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An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present ..., Volume 3

1785 - 468 pages
...was managed principally by Mr. Banks, who was indefatigable in procuring provifion and refrefhments while they were to be had ; but during the latter...fruit we purchafed for beads and nails, but no nails loft tkan fortypenny were current : after a very fhort time we could never get a pig of more than ten...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

1793 - 602 pages
...was managed principally by Mr. Banks, who was indefatigable in procuring provifion and refreihments while they were to be had; but during the latter part...partly by the increafed confumption at the fort and (hip, and partly by the coming on of the feafon in which, cocoa-nuts and bread-fruit fail. All kind...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 16

1803 - 598 pages
...was managed principally by Mr. Banks, who was indefatigable in procuring provision and refreshments while they were to be had ; but during the latter part of our lime they became scarce, partly by the increased consumption at the fort and ship, and partly by the...
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A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Arranged ..., Volume 12

Robert Kerr - 1824 - 524 pages
...was managed principally by Mr Banks, who was indefatigable in procuring provision and refreshments while they were to be had ; but during the latter part of our time they became scarce, partly by the increased consumption at the fort and ship, and partly by the coming on of the...
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Pioneers of civilisation, by the author of 'Crimson pages'.

Pioneers - 1869 - 308 pages
...It was managed chiefly by Mr. Banks, who was indefatigable in procuring provisions and refreshments, while they were to be had ; but during the latter part of our time they became scarce. . . . All kinds of fruit we purchased for beads and nails, but no less than forty penny nails...
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The English Circumnavigators: The Most Remarkable Voyages Round the World by ...

David Laing Purves - 1874 - 856 pages
...was managed principally by Иг Bonks, who was indefatigable in procuring provision and refreshments while they were to be had ; but during the latter part of our time they became scarce, partly by the increased consumption at the fort and ship, and partly by the coming on of the...
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Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, Volumes 52-53

1773 - 736 pages
...the coming on of the feaibn in which cocoa nuts and bread-fruit fail. All kind of fruit was purchased for beads and nails, but no nails lefs than fortypenny were current. After a very fliort time no pig could be got, of more than ten or twelve pounds, for lei's than a hatchet ; becaufe,...
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