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 xvii
... morning of the 18th , a fine north breeze sprung up , which carried us very soon into the Downs . We lay off Deal about six hours , waiting for passengers and a fresh supply of water , much to the vexation of the old pilot who bitterly ...
... morning of the 18th , a fine north breeze sprung up , which carried us very soon into the Downs . We lay off Deal about six hours , waiting for passengers and a fresh supply of water , much to the vexation of the old pilot who bitterly ...
Page xviii
... morning , with trunks and packages either shut or open , looked as if we had been boarded and rifled by pirates . To - day I finished " Quentin Durward , " which I had kept as a resource of amusement for the voyage . I began it ...
... morning , with trunks and packages either shut or open , looked as if we had been boarded and rifled by pirates . To - day I finished " Quentin Durward , " which I had kept as a resource of amusement for the voyage . I began it ...
Page xx
... morning engaged by Scoresby's voyage to old Greenland , in 1822 , but I find two circumstances for which , at sea , I was by no means prepared : —that , namely , we have no great time for study ; and that for me , at least , there is so ...
... morning engaged by Scoresby's voyage to old Greenland , in 1822 , but I find two circumstances for which , at sea , I was by no means prepared : —that , namely , we have no great time for study ; and that for me , at least , there is so ...
Page xxi
... morning we were roused , after a night of much vexatious rolling , by the intelli- gence that a sail was in sight , by which we might send letters to England . I had some ready and finished others . She was pretty close with us at about ...
... morning we were roused , after a night of much vexatious rolling , by the intelli- gence that a sail was in sight , by which we might send letters to England . I had some ready and finished others . She was pretty close with us at about ...
Page xxviii
... morning , having transferred our Hindoostanee lecture thither . Our 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 ...
... morning , having transferred our Hindoostanee lecture thither . Our 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 ...
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