The breeze continuing without interruption, on the 29th we came in sight of the island of Grand cayman.
"The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815"
G. R. Gleig
The land of cayman was soon invisible; nor was any other perceived till the 2nd of December, when the western shores of Cuba presented themselves.
"The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans 1814-1815"
G. R. Gleig
Believing that I have sufficiently described the Indians and their habits, I will now introduce to my readers two species of monsters that I have often bad occasion to observe, mid even to combat-the one a denizen of forests, the boa constrictor; the other of lakes and rivers, the cayman or alligator.
"Adventures in the Philippine Islands"
Paul P. de La Gironière