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 xx
... least , there is so much which interests and occupies me , that I have no apprehensions of time hanging heavy on my hands . June 22. - This day , being Sunday , the decks were all beautifully clean , having been well scrub- bed on ...
... least , there is so much which interests and occupies me , that I have no apprehensions of time hanging heavy on my hands . June 22. - This day , being Sunday , the decks were all beautifully clean , having been well scrub- bed on ...
Page xxiv
... least , our friends will have the satis- faction of seeing in the newspapers ere many days are over . My wife's eyes swam with tears as this vessel passed us , and there were one or two of the young men who looked wishfully after it ...
... least , our friends will have the satis- faction of seeing in the newspapers ere many days are over . My wife's eyes swam with tears as this vessel passed us , and there were one or two of the young men who looked wishfully after it ...
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... least , two miles distant , and I grew tired of watching it . Our latitude was this day 2 ° 10 ' N. Several large birds were seen , which we were told were " tropic birds . " July 26. - To - day we passed the line , and the greater part ...
... least , two miles distant , and I grew tired of watching it . Our latitude was this day 2 ° 10 ' N. Several large birds were seen , which we were told were " tropic birds . " July 26. - To - day we passed the line , and the greater part ...
Page xxxvii
... least accustomed to the sea . August 3. — Our day again fine , and the gale at first hardly exceeded a stiff breeze . In the course of the afternoon , however , the wind again rose . The sea was very high , and the motion of the ship ...
... least accustomed to the sea . August 3. — Our day again fine , and the gale at first hardly exceeded a stiff breeze . In the course of the afternoon , however , the wind again rose . The sea was very high , and the motion of the ship ...
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... least , and perhaps more , of the young cadets and writers away , though of these there were only two or three absentees , the large majority joining in the ceremony with a serious- ness which greatly pleased and impressed me . And the ...
... least , and perhaps more , of the young cadets and writers away , though of these there were only two or three absentees , the large majority joining in the ceremony with a serious- ness which greatly pleased and impressed me . And the ...
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