 | Sir George Barrow (2d bart.) - Sri Lanka - 1857 - 220 pages
...of Leawava is so contrived by the Providence of the Almighty Creator, that neither the Portuguese or Dutch, in all the time of their wars, could ever prevent...benefit of this salt, which is the principal thing they esteem in time of trouble or war, and most of them do keep by them a store of salt against such... | |
 | Edward Arber - English literature - 1877 - 668 pages
...place of Leawava is so contrived by the Providence of the Almighty Creator, that neither the Portuguese nor Dutch, in all the time of their wars, could ever...them, a store of salt against such times. It is, as I have heard, environed with hills on the land side, and by sea not convenient for ships to ride :... | |
 | Robert Knox - British - 2004 - 122 pages
...Leawava is so con«»i»«. trived by the providence of the Almighty Creator, that neither the Portuguese nor Dutch, in all the time of their wars, could ever...them a store of salt against such times. It is, as I have heard, environed with hills on the land side, and by sea not convenient for ships to ride ;... | |
 | Robert Knox - Sri Lanka - 2004 - 166 pages
...place of Leawava is so contrived by the Providence of the Almighty Creator, that neither the Portuguese nor Dutch, in all the time of their wars, could ever...them, a store of salt against such times. It is, as I have heard, environed with hills on the land side, and by sea not convenient for ships to ride :... | |
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Portuguese nor Dutch, in all the time of their wars, could ever prevent this people from having the benefit of this salt : which is the principal thing that they esteem in time of trouble or war; and most of them do keep by them, a store of salt against... 