 | 1799 - 394 pàgines
...fufficient defence for the reft of our bodies ; for their flings penetrating through the cloth, caufed a very painful and fiery itching. One night, in coming to an anchor near a large and handfome houfe that was uninhabited, we were no fobner feated than we were attacked on all fides by... | |
 | Antonio de Ulloa - 1806 - 530 pàgines
...continual motion to keep them off; but at night our torments were excessive. Our gloves were indeed some defence to our hands, but our faces were entirely...the cloth, caused a very painful and fiery itching. The most dismal night we spent in this passage was when we came to an anchor near a large and handsome... | |
 | Jorge Juan, Antonio de Ulloa - 1807 - 532 pàgines
...continual motion to keep them off; but at night f our torments were excessive. Our gloves were indeed some defence to our hands, but our faces were entirely...clothes a sufficient defence for the rest of our bodies 5 for their stings, penetrating through the cloth, caused a very painful and fiery itching. The most... | |
 | Richard Lobb - 1817 - 418 pàgines
...Nothing can exceed the inconveniences he had experienced in this voyage, from the flies and mosquitos. ' We were the whole day (says he) in continual motion,...sufficient defence for the rest of our bodies; for the stings of these insects, penetrating through the cloth, caused a very painful itching. One night,... | |
 | James Augustus St. John - 1832 - 446 pàgines
...defence to our hands, but our faces were ,irely exposed ; nor were our clothes a sufficient dfence for the rest of our bodies, for their stings penetrating...the cloth, caused a very painful and fiery itching. The most dismal night we spent on this passage, was when we came to an anchor near a large and handsome... | |
 | 1837 - 486 pàgines
...inconveniences we had experienced in this voyage from the flies and moschetoes. We were the whole day in continual motion to keep them off, but at night...sufficient defence for the rest of our bodies, for the stings of these insects penetrating through the cloth, caused a very painful itching. One night,... | |
 | 1837 - 490 pàgines
...had experienced in this voyage from the flies and moschetoes. Wo were the whole ü.'y in cotiinual motion to keep them off, but at night our torments...sufficient defence for the rest of our bodies, for the stings of hese insects penetrating through the cloth, caused a very painful itching. One night,... | |
 | 1837 - 488 pàgines
...torments were excessive. Our gloves, indeed, were some defence to our hands, but our faces were ntirely exposed ; nor were our clothes a sufficient defence for the rest of our bodies, for the stings of hese insects penetrating through" the cloth, caused i very painful itching. One night,... | |
 | 1842 - 352 pàgines
...continual motion to keep them off; but at night our torments were excessive. Our gloves were indeed some defence to our hands, but our faces were entirely...the cloth, caused a very painful and fiery itching. The most dismal night we spent on this passage, was when we came to an anchor near a large and handsome... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1857 - 712 pàgines
...but at night our torments were excessive. Our gloves, indeed, were some defence to our hands ; hut our faces were entirely exposed ; nor were our clothes...seated ourselves in it, than we were attacked on all sidea by swarms of mosquitoes, so that it was impossible to have one moment's quiet. Those who had... | |
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Our gloves were indeed some defence to our hands, but our faces were entirely exposed ; nor were our clothes a sufficient defence for the rest of our bodies, for their stings penetrating through the cloth, caused a very painful and fiery itching. 
