A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board the Ship Globe, of Nantucket, in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 1824: And the journal of a residence of two years on the Mulgrave; Islands; with observations on the manners and customs of; the inhabitantsLay, William
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A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board the Ship Globe, of Nantucket, in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 1824: And the journal of a residence of two years on the Mulgrave; Islands; with observations on the manners and customs of; the inhabitants
Lay, William
Globe Mutiny, 1824; Mili Atoll (Marshall Islands)
Fire Kid ja ick
Hewing Jick e jick
A house Imm
Fish Ikk
Stone Buck ah
Head Bur run
Hand Bon
Foot Nane
A shark Bac co
A spear Mor ry
Cocoanuts Koree
Breadfruit Mah
Go Wy lum
Come Wy to
Very large El lip
Scar or cut Gin net
Thunder Daw roort
Lightning Dar rum
Lizard Cid re be lin
A canoe, or any vessel Woa or Wah
Put it down there Lickitin i genny
Throw it away Jow lock y
I am thirsty E mar row
Give me some drink Letto lim ma dirick
Finger nails Og guck
Your father Gim mum
His father Gim men
My father Gim mah
Your mother Gin mum
His mother Gin nen
My mother Gin nah
Where are you going Guay te wy jickut
What are you doing Guay je thah
Where have you come from Guay te wy to den air
Is there any O ra cy
One hundred Jib be wee
One thousand Der rab bin
What is the news Ere nin narn
A bag or pocket Pau jaw
Do you know Guay del larky
What is that Mer root thany
What part E thane
You must not A mow
A cable or anchor Em mi tock
A cask or chest Tub be tub
Chips or rubbish Men a ca noak
Laying a rope Bit the bit
A cloud or squall Cur raw
Fair weather Em mon Lung
Don't say a word Tab co war roang aroang
Sharpening iron tools Jim me jim mal
Day before yesterday Jay marn
Take that and go Book y em ettal
Sick at the stomach Ma long a lung
How large is this Island Rir ret Ilong ene
What's the name of this Isle I tan Iling ene
Going to sea Gib be lak
THE END.
Transcriber's Note
Archaic and uncommon spelling has been preserved as printed--for
example, chesnut instead of chestnut, pummice instead of pummace, etc.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been retained.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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