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
... course of the day I had proposed to read evening prayers regularly , which was received with readiness on the part of Captain Manning . Ac- cordingly , after tea , I repeated , with the party as- sembled in the cuddy , the General ...
... course of the day I had proposed to read evening prayers regularly , which was received with readiness on the part of Captain Manning . Ac- cordingly , after tea , I repeated , with the party as- sembled in the cuddy , the General ...
Page xxiii
... course of the day was seen chased by a group of porpoises , and a real ( or full grown ) whale was also seen , but I was not then on deck . The wind sunk again before evening ; a number of little birds , like swallows , continued fly ...
... course of the day was seen chased by a group of porpoises , and a real ( or full grown ) whale was also seen , but I was not then on deck . The wind sunk again before evening ; a number of little birds , like swallows , continued fly ...
Page xxviii
... course continues south - west ; our latitude 20 ° . 57 ' . longitude 24 ° . 32. The favourable breeze almost became a gale towards night ; but we had less roll- ing than on former occasions . JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA . xxix July 11.
... course continues south - west ; our latitude 20 ° . 57 ' . longitude 24 ° . 32. The favourable breeze almost became a gale towards night ; but we had less roll- ing than on former occasions . JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA . xxix July 11.
Page xxx
... course of this day some of the seamen went round to solicit subscriptions from those who had not yet passed the line . They shewed considerable anxiety for any decayed finery which the ladies might supply them with , as deco- rations ...
... course of this day some of the seamen went round to solicit subscriptions from those who had not yet passed the line . They shewed considerable anxiety for any decayed finery which the ladies might supply them with , as deco- rations ...
Page xxxv
... course favourable . The latitude to - day was 4 ° 40 ' S. The night was very beautiful ; and from our situa- tion on the globe , we had the opportunity of seeing many of the most considerable constellations of both hemispheres . Those ...
... course favourable . The latitude to - day was 4 ° 40 ' S. The night was very beautiful ; and from our situa- tion on the globe , we had the opportunity of seeing many of the most considerable constellations of both hemispheres . Those ...
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Abdullah Allahabad animals appearance arrived attend bamboos bank Barrackpoor beautiful Benares Bengal birds boat boatmen Boglipoor boys Brahmin breeze building Buxar Calcutta Captain Christian Chunar Church colour Company's considerable Corrie crew crowd Dacca dandees deck Dinapoor distance dress England English European extremely favourable Ganges garden Ghazeepoor Government handsome heard Hindoo Hindoostanee Hooghly indigo interest JOURNAL kind land less looking Lord Lord Amherst miles Monghyr morning mosque Mussulmans native Nawâb neighbourhood neighbouring never night nullah o'clock officers ornamented pagoda passed Patna persons pinnace poor prayers present pretty Puharrees pulwars resembling rice river round ruins sails seems seen sent Sepoys Serang servants shewed ship shore side silver sticks soon sort stream Sunderbunds supposed suttees thing tion to-day told trees tyger usual vessel village VOYAGE TO INDIA walked whole wind young