 | David Henry - 1774 - 586 pagina’s
...gnawing through the fhip's fide. Great was the care of our Captain, Mafter, and company, to confume thefc vermin, but the more we laboured to kill them, the more they increafed ; fo that at the laft we could not fleep fcr them, but they would eat our flefh, and bite... | |
 | 1814 - 538 pagina’s
...for the ship, they did so eat the timbers, as that iv e greatly feared they would uudoe us by gnawing through the ship's side. Great was the care and diligence of our captajn, master, and company, to consume these vermin, but the more we laboured to kill them, the more... | |
 | Henry Richard Fox Bourne - 1868 - 666 pagina’s
...we are told, " ugly, loathsome worms of an inch long were bred in them." " This worm," it is added, "did so mightily increase and devour our victuals,...them, for they would eat our flesh like mosquitoes." This new horror, added to the old ones, drove some of the sailors mad. Many others died ; and at length... | |
 | John Davis - 1880 - 514 pagina’s
...side. Great was the care and diligence of our captaine, master, and company to consume these vermine, but the more we laboured to kill them the more they increased ; so that at the last we could not sleepe for them, for they would eate our flesh and bite like Mosquitos.... | |
 | 1905 - 450 pagina’s
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 | 1905 - 454 pagina’s
...for the ship, they did so eat the timbers, as that we greatly feared they would undo us by gnawing through the ship's side. Great was the care and diligence...we laboured to kill them, the more they increased ; so that at the last we could not sleep for them, but they would eat our flesh and bite like mosquitoes.... | |
 | Richard Hakluyt - 1900 - 382 pagina’s
...and for the ship they did so eat the timbers as that we greatly feared they would undo us, by gnawing through the ship's side. Great was the care and diligence of our captain, master, and company Sufferings on the Voyage Home. 161 to consume these vermin, but the more we laboured to kill them the... | |
 | Entomological Society of London (1833-1933) - 1900 - 754 pagina’s
...side. Great was the care and diligence of our captaine, master, and company to consume these vermine, but the more we laboured to kill them, the more they increased ; so that at the last we could not sleepe for them, but they would eate our flesh, and bite like Mosquitos."... | |
 | Richard Hakluyt - 1904 - 504 pagina’s
...side. Great was the care and diligence of our captaine, master, and company to consume these vermine, but the more we laboured to kill them, the more they increased ; so that at the last we could not sleepe for them, but they would eate our flesh, and bite like Mosquitos.... | |
 | Richard Hakluyt - 1904 - 524 pagina’s
...side. Great was the care and diligence of our captaine, master, and company to consume these vermine, but the more we laboured to kill them, the more they increased ; so that at the last we could not sleepe for them, but they would eate our flesh, and bite like Mosquitos.... | |
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... hats, shirts, stockings: and for the ship, they did so eat the timbers, as that we greatly feared they would undo us by gnawing through the ship's side. 
