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" As he wore no clothes except a piece of cloth round his loins, and a straw hat, ornamented with black cock's feathers, his fine figure and well-shaped muscular limbs were displayed to great advantage, and attracted general admiration. His body was much... "
The Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of H. M. S. Bounty ... - Page 287
by Sir John Barrow - 1831 - 356 pages
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The Monthly repository (and review)., Volume 11

1816 - 828 pages
...free from that mixture of a reddish tint which prevails on the Pacific Islands ; his only dress was a piece of cloth round his loins, and a straw hat ornamented with the black feathers <vf the domestic fowl. " With a great share of good humour," says Captain Pipon,...
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The Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature, Volume 11

1816 - 802 pages
...free from that mixture of a reddish tint which prevails on the Pacific Islands ; his only dress was a piece of cloth round his loins, and a straw hat ornamented with the black feathers of the domestic fowl. " With a great share of good humour," says Captain Pipon,...
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The Literary Panorama and National Register, Volume 3

1816 - 576 pages
...free from that mixture of a reddish tint which prevails on the Pacific Islands. His only dress was a piece of cloth round his loins, and a straw hat, ornamented with the black feathers of the domestic fowl, ' With a grent share of good humour,' «ays Captain Pipón,...
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Narrative of Voyages and Travels in the Northern and Southern ..., Volume 1

Amasa Delano - 1817 - 622 pages
...free from that mixture of a reddish tint which prevails on the Pacific Islands ; hi« only dress was a piece of cloth round his loins, and a straw hat ornamented with the black feathers of the domestic fowl. ' With a great share of good humour,' says Captain Pipon '...
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Dangerous Voyage of Captain Bligh, in an Open Boat, Over 1200 Leagues of the ...

William Bligh - 1820 - 188 pages
...free from that mixture of a reddish tint which prevails in the Pacific Islands; his 'only dress was a piece of cloth round his loins, and a straw hat ornamented with a black feather of the domestic fowl. ' With a great share of good humour/ says Captain Pipon, ' we...
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The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine, Volume 39

1816 - 1004 pages
...but free from that mixture of reddish tint which prevails in the Pacific islands ; his only dress was a piece of cloth round his loins, and a straw hat, ornamented with the black feathers of the domestic fowl. « With a good share of humour," says Captain Pipon, ' we...
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Annual Register, Volume 57

Edmund Burke - 1824 - 858 pages
...free from all that mixture of a reddish tint which prevails on the Pacific islands; his only dress was a piece of cloth round his loins, and a straw hat ornamented with the black feathers of the domestic fowl. " With a great share of good humour,'' says Captain Pipon,...
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The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Volume 15

1831 - 526 pages
...mixture of a reddish tint which prevails among the islanders in the Pacific Ocean : his only dress was a piece of cloth round his loins, and a straw hat, ornamented with the black feathers of the domestic fowl. " With a great share of good humour," says Captain Pipon,...
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A Description of Pitcairn's Island and Its Inhabitants: With an Authentic ...

Sir John Barrow - 1832 - 320 pages
...mother ; that he was the first born on the island, and that he was so called because he was brought intb the world on a Thursday in October. Singularly strange...his loins, and a straw hat, ornamented with black cock's feathers, his fine figure and well-shaped muscular limbs were displayed to great advantage,,...
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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal

1836 - 436 pages
...handsome youth, fully six feet high, with black hair, and an open interesting English countenance. As he wore no clothes except a piece of cloth round his luhis, and a straw hat ornamented with black cock's feathers, his fine figure and well-«haped muscular...
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