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Page 136
... Oroonoko . We have marked some other passages , which we shall give in a future number . - ED . P. F. ] Having passed the Diatante , we entered a land inhabited only by tigers , crocodiles , and chiguires , a large species of the genus ...
... Oroonoko . We have marked some other passages , which we shall give in a future number . - ED . P. F. ] Having passed the Diatante , we entered a land inhabited only by tigers , crocodiles , and chiguires , a large species of the genus ...
Page 138
... Oroonoko , and the Rio de la Magdalena , is not a cayman , or alligator , but a real crocodile , with feet dentated at the exter- nal edges , analagous to that of the Nile . When it is recollected , that the male enters the age of ...
... Oroonoko , and the Rio de la Magdalena , is not a cayman , or alligator , but a real crocodile , with feet dentated at the exter- nal edges , analagous to that of the Nile . When it is recollected , that the male enters the age of ...
Page 140
... Oroonoko does not attack upon land , unless he finds the object he would seize immediately in his way , at the instant when he throws him- self into the water . Near the Joval nature assumes an awful and savage aspect.— We there saw the ...
... Oroonoko does not attack upon land , unless he finds the object he would seize immediately in his way , at the instant when he throws him- self into the water . Near the Joval nature assumes an awful and savage aspect.— We there saw the ...
Page 144
... Oroonoko we shall soon find among the Piraoas , the Macoes , and the Maquiritares , milder manners , the love of agriculture , and great cleanliness in the interior of their huts . On the backs of mountains , in the midst of ...
... Oroonoko we shall soon find among the Piraoas , the Macoes , and the Maquiritares , milder manners , the love of agriculture , and great cleanliness in the interior of their huts . On the backs of mountains , in the midst of ...
Page 146
... Oroonoko , which are an open beach , or the shelter of a solitary tree , we are afraid of being disturbed in our sleep by voices issuing from the forest . April 2d . We set sail before sunrise . The morning was beau- tiful and cool ...
... Oroonoko , which are an open beach , or the shelter of a solitary tree , we are afraid of being disturbed in our sleep by voices issuing from the forest . April 2d . We set sail before sunrise . The morning was beau- tiful and cool ...
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