Such indeed is the superior longevity of the fair females of Surinam, compared to that of the males (owing chiefly, as I said, to their excesses of all sorts) that I have frequently known wives who have buried four husbands,… — John Gabriel Stedman Copy Share Image
To be sure an European woman would blush to her fingers' ends at the very idea of appearing publicly stark naked; but education and… — John Gabriel Stedman Copy Share Image
Such indeed is the superior longevity of the fair females of Surinam, compared to that of the males (owing chiefly, as I said, to… — John Gabriel Stedman Copy Share Image
No person who examines and reflects, can avoid seeing that there is but one race of people on the earth, who differ from each… — John Gabriel Stedman Copy Share Image
A happy people I call them still, whose peace and genuine morals have not been contaminated with European vices; and whose errorsare only the… — John Gabriel Stedman Copy Share Image
