An Historical Relation of Ceylon: Together with Somewhat Concerning Severall Remarkeable Passages of My Life that Hath Hapned Since My Deliverance Out of My Capitivity |
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Page xi
... India ) , while others throw their limbs up into the forks of large trees . " This may be true , because when our wood - cutters were once hewing down a stick of timber , there fell from it , the scull , and many bones xi.
... India ) , while others throw their limbs up into the forks of large trees . " This may be true , because when our wood - cutters were once hewing down a stick of timber , there fell from it , the scull , and many bones xi.
Page xlvii
... Wood . The Profit the Fruit yields . Jombo another . Other Fruits found in the Woods . Parts of India . The Tallipot ; the rare use of the Leaf . Kettule . Yields a delicious juice . The Skin bears strings as strong as Wyer . The Jacks ...
... Wood . The Profit the Fruit yields . Jombo another . Other Fruits found in the Woods . Parts of India . The Tallipot ; the rare use of the Leaf . Kettule . Yields a delicious juice . The Skin bears strings as strong as Wyer . The Jacks ...
Page xlviii
... Wood ; its Nature and Use . The Cinnamon Tree . The Bark , The Wood , The Leaf The Fruit . The Orula . The Fruit good for Physic and Dying , Water made of it will brighten rusty Iron , and serve instead of Ink . The Dounekaia . The ...
... Wood ; its Nature and Use . The Cinnamon Tree . The Bark , The Wood , The Leaf The Fruit . The Orula . The Fruit good for Physic and Dying , Water made of it will brighten rusty Iron , and serve instead of Ink . The Dounekaia . The ...
Page liii
... Woods . And in the Towns among the Inhabitants . They are brought near Cande , and there separated . The Captain and his Son and two more quartered together . Parted : How they fared : The Captain and his Son placed in Coos - swat ...
... Woods . And in the Towns among the Inhabitants . They are brought near Cande , and there separated . The Captain and his Son and two more quartered together . Parted : How they fared : The Captain and his Son placed in Coos - swat ...
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... Woods abound with . And they meet with many of their Tents . Very near once falling upon these People . What kind of Travelling they had . Some account of this River . Ruins . The Woods hereabouts . How they secured themselves anights ...
... Woods abound with . And they meet with many of their Tents . Very near once falling upon these People . What kind of Travelling they had . Some account of this River . Ruins . The Woods hereabouts . How they secured themselves anights ...
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