Autobiographies: A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amusing Lives Ever Published, Volumen5Whittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1831 |
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Página 60 - Sambo of my own accord, and licked his feet as a testimony of my gratitude and respect for thus saving my life a second time. As soon as this storm was blown over, I was remanded to my former post of cowkeeper. I had a great deal of trouble sometimes with these cattle, for they are very unruly; and notwithstanding they are larger beasts than any I ever saw elsewhere of the kind, they are so nimble that they will leap over high fences like a greyhound. They have an excrescence between their shoulders,...
Página 28 - ... country could afford. At night we came to another of these little villages, where we killed a bullock, and got a few earthen pots to cook our meat in. The water was very thick and nasty, they having none but what they brought from a great distance, out of holes and pits in the woods, and kept in calabashes, or long tubs, which hold about four or five gallons each ; however, it served our purpose, for at that time we were not very curious. We reposed ourselves on the ground in the best manner...
Página 208 - ... possibly could, as also my hatchet and my other lance ; after that I made a paddle to row with. Then I pulled up my lance, and kept it in my hand to defend myself against the alligators, in case any of them should assault me ; for I was informed they were very numerous and very fierce here. It blew a fresh gale at west against the stream, which in the middle made a sea, and gave me no small concern ; for I was in great danger of being overset, and becoming a prey to the alligators. It pleased...
Página 199 - It looked dismal enough, but I was determined to run all hazards. Those mountains seemed to me to traverse the island, and appeared, as we call it at sea, like double land ; one hill behind another. I saw nothing all this day but a few wild cattle, and now and then a wild dog ; the weather was fair, and I slept soundly all this night.
Página 25 - I will advise nothing, nor do anything without your concurrence.' We went together and consulted as the captain advised, and came soon to an agreement, for the matter in debate lay within a small compass. The king had refused to give us leave to go to a sea-port, and we had no arms to fight and force our way, if we could have found it. We therefore determined to go quietly up the country with the king to...
Página 23 - Sam, which was the man's name he sent to us, and asked him, Who was our captain ? As soon as he was informed, he came up to him, and took him by the hand, and said, in a familiar manner, Salamonger, captain, which is a term of salutation, much like our saying, your servant, sir.
Página 40 - Bengal. Notwithstanding he was well recovered, and supplied with a wooden one well fitted, yet it cannot be imagined that he should be able to keep up with us ; for being now surprised by their surrounding us, wedoubled our pace ; and, in short, were obliged to leave this poor lad behind us.
Página 34 - ... kill him that very moment. The king, hearing their resolution, called to his men, and desired them to desist, if they had a mind to save his life. This attempt, indeed, was bold and hazardous, and some perhaps may censure it as criminal. I shall not say much in its defence : but since I have...
Página vi - This is to certify, that Robert Drury, fifteen years a slave, in Madagascar, now living in London, was redeemed from thence, and brought into England, his native country, by myself. I esteem him an honest, industrious man, of good reputatation, and do firmly believe that the account he gives of his strange and surprising adventures is genuine and authentic.
Página 50 - ... she gave me some, but as they had been boiled in dirty water, I could not eat them. She, perceiving I did not like them, strained them off the water, and put some milk to them, and after that I made a tolerable meal of them. She gave me not only a mat to lie down upon, but likewise a piece of calico, about two yards in length, to cover me. She intimated that she wanted to know my name, which I told her was Robin. Having received so much civility from my mistress, I began to be much better satisfied...