Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India: From Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825, (with Notes Upon Ceylon,) an Account of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826, and Letters Written in IndiaMurray, 1828 - 515 pages |
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Page xviii
... continued , however , and we set off auspiciously at six the same evening , sailing with the wind so well on our quarter , and through so smooth a sea , that though the breeze grew strong in the night , the motion of the ship was hardly ...
... continued , however , and we set off auspiciously at six the same evening , sailing with the wind so well on our quarter , and through so smooth a sea , that though the breeze grew strong in the night , the motion of the ship was hardly ...
Page xxiii
... continued fly- ing on the surface of the water and piping . The seamen called them " mother Carey's chickens , " and said that a storm might be expected . Accord- ingly , on the wind rising a little after sun - set , all hands were ...
... continued fly- ing on the surface of the water and piping . The seamen called them " mother Carey's chickens , " and said that a storm might be expected . Accord- ingly , on the wind rising a little after sun - set , all hands were ...
Page xxiv
... continued to freshen from the N. E. and the day was pleasant . A vessel bound for London , three days from Funchal , passed us at dinner - time . We regretted bitterly that we had sent our packets by the Christiana , and that we had ...
... continued to freshen from the N. E. and the day was pleasant . A vessel bound for London , three days from Funchal , passed us at dinner - time . We regretted bitterly that we had sent our packets by the Christiana , and that we had ...
Page xxv
... continued to increase ; some of the cabins on the gun - deck had shipped water ; Mr. Burnet predicted uncomfort- able weather ; and the Captain , though he did not shorten sail , gave orders to have all the lower ports secured . We went ...
... continued to increase ; some of the cabins on the gun - deck had shipped water ; Mr. Burnet predicted uncomfort- able weather ; and the Captain , though he did not shorten sail , gave orders to have all the lower ports secured . We went ...
Page xxvi
... continued all the forenoon ; complaints of sleeplessness , broken heads and shins , were universal ; and we were only com- forted by the assurance that we had seen , probably , the worst of the ship's rolling , and that , even off the ...
... continued all the forenoon ; complaints of sleeplessness , broken heads and shins , were universal ; and we were only com- forted by the assurance that we had seen , probably , the worst of the ship's rolling , and that , even off the ...
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