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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... catch Wild Beasts . CHAP . VII . Of their Birds , Fish , Serpents , and Commodities . p . 30 Their Birds . Such as will be taught to speak . Such as are beautiful for Colour . A strange Bird . Water - Fowls resembling Ducks and Swans ...
... catch Wild Beasts . CHAP . VII . Of their Birds , Fish , Serpents , and Commodities . p . 30 Their Birds . Such as will be taught to speak . Such as are beautiful for Colour . A strange Bird . Water - Fowls resembling Ducks and Swans ...
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... catch them . The main River of all is called Mavela- The great gonga ; Which proceeds out of the Mountain called Adams Peak River , Mavelagonga of ( which afterwards :) it runs thro the whole Land Northward , described . and falls into ...
... catch them . The main River of all is called Mavela- The great gonga ; Which proceeds out of the Mountain called Adams Peak River , Mavelagonga of ( which afterwards :) it runs thro the whole Land Northward , described . and falls into ...
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... catch People , nevertheless they stand in some fear of them . The Corn they sow in these Parts is of that sort that is soonest ripe , fearing lest their Waters should fail . As the Water dries out of these Ponds , they make use of them ...
... catch People , nevertheless they stand in some fear of them . The Corn they sow in these Parts is of that sort that is soonest ripe , fearing lest their Waters should fail . As the Water dries out of these Ponds , they make use of them ...
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... catch Birds , which they call Cola , or bloud of the Cos . Some will mix this with the flower of Rice , and it will eat like Eggs . Another Fruit there is which I never saw in any other Parts of India , they call it Jombo . In tast it ...
... catch Birds , which they call Cola , or bloud of the Cos . Some will mix this with the flower of Rice , and it will eat like Eggs . Another Fruit there is which I never saw in any other Parts of India , they call it Jombo . In tast it ...
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... catch it . It bears a leaf like to that of a Betel - Nut - Tree , which is fastned to a Skin as the Betel - Nut Leaves were , onely this Skin is hard and stubborn like a piece of Board : the Skin is all full of strings as sarong as Wyer ...
... catch it . It bears a leaf like to that of a Betel - Nut - Tree , which is fastned to a Skin as the Betel - Nut Leaves were , onely this Skin is hard and stubborn like a piece of Board : the Skin is all full of strings as sarong as Wyer ...
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