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
... nearly due North , answered our purpose extremely well . Our lati- tude this day at noon was 48 ° 9 ′ long . W. 7 ° 21 ′ . The weather fine , though cruelly cold for Mid- summer . I was this morning engaged by Scoresby's voyage to old ...
... nearly due North , answered our purpose extremely well . Our lati- tude this day at noon was 48 ° 9 ′ long . W. 7 ° 21 ′ . The weather fine , though cruelly cold for Mid- summer . I was this morning engaged by Scoresby's voyage to old ...
Page xxii
... nearly circular flat fish , with , apparently , some rather vivid colours about it , like those tints which are found in the jelly - fish . It impelled itself forward lashing the water with its tail , and swam ex- actly on a level with ...
... nearly circular flat fish , with , apparently , some rather vivid colours about it , like those tints which are found in the jelly - fish . It impelled itself forward lashing the water with its tail , and swam ex- actly on a level with ...
Page xxxvi
... nearly in the same latitude . Captain Manning thinks that the strength of the wind in this particular part of the ocean is occasioned by the projection of South America , and the rarified state of the air over so large a tract of land ...
... nearly in the same latitude . Captain Manning thinks that the strength of the wind in this particular part of the ocean is occasioned by the projection of South America , and the rarified state of the air over so large a tract of land ...
Page xlv
... nearly the same noise . I was pleased to witness the apparent happiness of these poor animals , which were supposed to be two old ones with one or more young ; and rejoiced that no southern whaler was in sight . While we were gazing at ...
... nearly the same noise . I was pleased to witness the apparent happiness of these poor animals , which were supposed to be two old ones with one or more young ; and rejoiced that no southern whaler was in sight . While we were gazing at ...
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... nearly on our beam ends , and had we been carrying any thing like our previous sail , must have been completely dismasted . Tremendous rain followed , with some thunder and lightening , and continued the greater part of the day ...
... nearly on our beam ends , and had we been carrying any thing like our previous sail , must have been completely dismasted . Tremendous rain followed , with some thunder and lightening , and continued the greater part of the day ...
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