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... months in the year . Little notice was then taken of his observations on the subject of the bread - fruit , but seventeen years afterwards , the idea occurred to some of our West Indian merchants that it might prove a valuable addition ...
... months in the year . Little notice was then taken of his observations on the subject of the bread - fruit , but seventeen years afterwards , the idea occurred to some of our West Indian merchants that it might prove a valuable addition ...
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... months , but re- turned to lay his bones in Trinidad , where he had had the management of the estates of Lord Cochrane . My father did not live to see any of them again ; he died in 1790 . My mother only saw her youngest son before she ...
... months , but re- turned to lay his bones in Trinidad , where he had had the management of the estates of Lord Cochrane . My father did not live to see any of them again ; he died in 1790 . My mother only saw her youngest son before she ...
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... months of trial and adversity . Peter's father ac- companied him from Douglas to Liverpool , where an ar- rangement was made that he should travel post with two friends of Mr. Heywood , who were going up to London ; and as an ...
... months of trial and adversity . Peter's father ac- companied him from Douglas to Liverpool , where an ar- rangement was made that he should travel post with two friends of Mr. Heywood , who were going up to London ; and as an ...
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... month for Tahiti . " While we were at Adventure Bay , bread was served out at full allowance , and water - gruel boiled for breakfast ; but , as we put to sea , we returned to the former short al- lowance , and here also were sown the ...
... month for Tahiti . " While we were at Adventure Bay , bread was served out at full allowance , and water - gruel boiled for breakfast ; but , as we put to sea , we returned to the former short al- lowance , and here also were sown the ...
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... month , and then were punished ; Churchill receiving two dozen lashes , the others four dozen each . Mr. Thomas Hayward , who had also been in irons for a month , was not flogged , as Bligh had intended , but , deservedly , severely ...
... month , and then were punished ; Churchill receiving two dozen lashes , the others four dozen each . Mr. Thomas Hayward , who had also been in irons for a month , was not flogged , as Bligh had intended , but , deservedly , severely ...
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