Vulgar words in Letters on the Nicobar islands, their natural productions, and the manners, customs, and superstitions of the natives - with an account of an attempt made by the Church of the - United Brethren, to convert them to Christianity (Page 1)
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We had indeed an opportunity of speaking with some of the natives, in a kind of bastard Portuguese, but it would by no means answer the purpose of preaching the gospel to them in general.