 | Edmund Burke - 1774 - 606 Seiten
...was managed principally by Mr. Banks, who was indefatigable in procuring provision and refreftiments while they were to be had ; but during the latter...nails lefs than fortypenny were current : after a very Ihort time we could never get a pig of more than ten or twelve pounds, for lefs than a hatchet ; becaufe,... | |
 | 1793 - 602 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1803 - 598 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 524 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Pioneers - 1869 - 308 Seiten
...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... | |
 | David Laing Purves - 1874 - 856 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1773 - 736 Seiten
...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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... and I sincerely wish, that whoever shall next visit it may be still more fortunate. Our traffic here was carried on with as much order as in the best regulated market in Europe. It was managed principally by Mr. Banks, who was indefatigable in procuring... 