An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce: Wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa, in the Month of August, 1815, with an Account of the Sufferings of the Surviving Officers and Crew, who Were Enslaved by the Wandering Arabs, on the African Desart, Or Zahahrah; and Observations Historical, Geographical, &c. Made During the Travels of the Author, While a Slave to the Arabs, and in the Empire of MoroccoS. Andrus and son, 1847 - 271 sivua |
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Muita painoksia - Näytä kaikki
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Sivu 185 - Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears." But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share and his coulter and his axe and his mattock.
Sivu 45 - The battle over, I saw my distressed companions divided among the Arabs, and all going towards the drove of camels, though they were at some distance from me. We too were delivered into the hands of two old women, who urged us on with sticks towards the camels. Naked and barefoot I could not go very fast, and showed the women my mouth, which was parched white as frost, and without a sign of moisture.
Sivu 34 - This was done in an instant; when lifting my eyes and my soul towards heaven, I exclaimed, " Great Creator and Preserver of the Universe, who now seest our distresses; we pray thee to spare our lives, and permit us to pass through this overwhelming surf to the open sea: but if we are doomed to perish, thy will be done; we commit our souls to the mercy of thee our God, who gave them: and O! Universal Father, protect and preserve our widows and children \" The wind, as if by divine command, at this...
Sivu 152 - I was weighed, and fell short of ninety pounds, though my usual weight for the last ten years had been over two hundred pounds ; the weight of my companions was less than I dare to mention, for I apprehend it would not be believed that the bodies of men retaining the vital spark, should not have weighed forty pnunds .'
Sivu 108 - Riley, who briefly wrote the circumstances of the loss of the ship, his captivity, &.c. adding, " worn down to the bone by the most dreadful of all sufferings, naked, and a slave, I implore your pity, and trust that such distress will not be suffered to plead in vain.
Sivu 49 - It was now too late. I would have put an immediate end to my existence, but had neither knife nor any other weapon with which to perform the deed. I searched for a stone, intending, if I could find a loose one sufficiently large, to knock out my own brains with it; but searched in vain. This paroxysm passed off in a minute or two, when reason returned; and 4* I recollected that my life was in the hand of the power that gave it, and that " the Judge of all the earth would do right.
Sivu 162 - ... was almost as hot as coals of fire) six days, there began to blow a fierce wind from the south-east, called the wind of the Desert, bringing death and destruction with it : we could not advance nor retreat, so we took the loading from off our camels, and piled it in one great heap, and made the camels lie down. The dust flew so thick that we could not see each other nor our camels, and were scarcely able to breathe/ — so we laid down with our faces in the dust, and cried aloud with one voice...
Sivu 33 - In the meantime, the others were employed in rigging out spars which we had lashed together over the stern of the wreck with a rope made fast to their outer ends, in order to give the boat headway, and clear her from the wreck, when we should finally shove off. Porter had returned with the oars, and also brought the bag of money that had been buried, containing about four hundred dollars : this he did of his own accord. We had got the small boat's sails, consisting of a jib and mainsail, into the...
Sivu 63 - Riley," (Eat, Riley.) I did not wait for a second bidding, but fell to, together with Clark : our appetites were voracious, and we soon filled our stomachs with this, to us, delicious food. Notwithstanding the lateness of the hour, and the privacy observed in killing this meagre camel, many of our hungry neighbours had found it out, and came to assist in the dressing and eating of the animal. They insisted on having some of the blood, and would snatch out a handful in spite of all our masters could...
Sivu 244 - ... his lungs with air : he next anointed his numerous wounds with a little of the same liquid; and yet no sign of life appeared. I thought he was dead in earnest; his neck and veins were exceedingly swollen ; when his comrade, taking up the lifeless trunk in his arms, brought it out into the open air, and continued the operation of blowing for several minutes, before a sign of life appeared : at length he gasped, and after a time recovered so far as to be able to speak. The swellings...