 | John Wesley - 1796 - 666 pages
...out of a cocoa-nut fhell, with a fpoon, economically avoiding to take too large a piece at a time, fo that I was as long at dinner as if it had been a much more plentiful meal. [ To be continued. ] * One perfon turns his back on the objefl that is to be divided : another the*... | |
 | 1790 - 522 pages
...out of a cocoa-nut Jhell, with afpoon, economically avoiding to take too large a piece at a time, fo that I was as long at dinner as if it had been a much more plentiful meal. " Wednefday, May the 27th. The weather was now ferene, but unhappily we found ourfelves unable to bear... | |
 | David N. Woodard, William Vaughan - 1804 - 310 pages
...pieces, and ate it in their allowance of water, out of a cocoanut shell, with a spoon — oeconomically avoiding to take too large a piece at a time -, so that they were as long at dinner as if they had been at a more plentiful meal. The serenity of the weather... | |
 | David N. Woodard - 1805 - 290 pages
...pieces, and ate it in their allowance of water, out of a cocoanut shell, with a spoon — ceconomically avoiding to take too large a piece at a time ; so that they were as long at dinner as if they had been at a more plentiful meal. The serenity of the weather... | |
 | R. P. Forster - 1818 - 592 pages
...ray own part I generally broke mine into small pieces, and eat it in my allowance of water, out ot* a cocoa-nut shell, with a spoon, economically avoiding...a piece at a time, so that I was as long at dinner a? if it had been a much more plentiful meal. • Wednesday, May the 27th. We passed much drift wood,... | |
 | William Bligh - 1824 - 184 pages
...little savoury, most of the people dipped their portions in salt water, but I generally broke mine into small pieces and ate it in my allowance of water,...dinner as if it had been a much more plentiful meal. The weather was now serene, which, nevertheless, was not without its inconveniencies, for we began... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1831 - 400 pages
...little savoury, most of the men frequently dipped it in salt water, but I generally broke mine into small pieces, and ate it in my allowance of water,...dinner as if it had been a much more plentiful meal.' The weather was now serene, which, nevertheless, was not without its inconveniences, for, it appears,... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1832 - 320 pages
...little savoury, most of the men frequently dipped it in salt water, but I generally broke mine into small pieces, and ate it in my allowance of water,...dinner as if it had been a much more plentiful meal." The weather was now serene, which, nevertheless, was not without its inconveniences, for, it appears,... | |
 | William Bligh - 1838 - 86 pages
...little savoury, most of the people frequently dipped it in salt water ; but I generally broke mine into small pieces, and ate it in my allowance of water,...dinner as if it had been a much more plentiful meal. The weather was now serene, which, nevertheless, was not without its inconveniences, for we began to... | |
 | Thomas Boyles Murray - 1854 - 376 pages
...little savoury, most of the men frequently dipped it in salt water, but I generally broke mine into small pieces, and ate it in my allowance of water,...dinner as if it had been a much more plentiful meal." The weather was now serene, which, nevertheless, was not without its inconveniences, for, it appears,... | |
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To make the bread a little savoury, most of the men frequently dipped it in salt water, but I generally broke mine into small pieces, and ate it in my allowance of water, out of a cocoa-nut shell, with a spoon; economically avoiding to take too large... 
