An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere: And Successively Performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour, Band 3W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand., 1773 |
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... plants . We met with fome huts , which seemed to have been long deferted , but faw no inhabitants . Mr. Banks examined feveral of the ftones that lay upon the beach , which were full of veins , and had a mineral appear- ance ; but he ...
... plants . We met with fome huts , which seemed to have been long deferted , but faw no inhabitants . Mr. Banks examined feveral of the ftones that lay upon the beach , which were full of veins , and had a mineral appear- ance ; but he ...
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... plants , and fruit , would flourish here in the utmoft luxuriance : from the ve- getables that we found here , there is reafon to conclude , that the winters are milder than thofe in England , and we found the fummer not hotter , though ...
... plants , and fruit , would flourish here in the utmoft luxuriance : from the ve- getables that we found here , there is reafon to conclude , that the winters are milder than thofe in England , and we found the fummer not hotter , though ...
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... plants . Sow - thistle , garden night - shade , one or two kinds of grafs , the fame as in Eng- land , and two or three ... plant like what the country people in England call Lamb's quarters , or Fat - hen , which we ' boiled instead of ...
... plants . Sow - thistle , garden night - shade , one or two kinds of grafs , the fame as in Eng- land , and two or three ... plant like what the country people in England call Lamb's quarters , or Fat - hen , which we ' boiled instead of ...
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... plant that serves the inhabitants instead of hemp and flax , which excels all that are put to the fame purposes in other countries . Of this plant there are two forts ; the leaves of both resemble those of flags , but the flowers are ...
... plant that serves the inhabitants instead of hemp and flax , which excels all that are put to the fame purposes in other countries . Of this plant there are two forts ; the leaves of both resemble those of flags , but the flowers are ...
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... plant , which are prepared fo as to fhine like filk . It is made in a kind of frame of the fize of the cloth , generally about five feet long , and four broad , across which the long threads , which lie close together , or warp , are ...
... plant , which are prepared fo as to fhine like filk . It is made in a kind of frame of the fize of the cloth , generally about five feet long , and four broad , across which the long threads , which lie close together , or warp , are ...
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