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 xxii
... passed the ship , which some of the sailors called a devil - fish , others , I believe more correctly , a sun - fish . It was a very large and nearly circular flat fish , with , apparently , some rather vivid colours about it , like ...
... passed the ship , which some of the sailors called a devil - fish , others , I believe more correctly , a sun - fish . It was a very large and nearly circular flat fish , with , apparently , some rather vivid colours about it , like ...
Page xxiv
... passed us at dinner - time . We regretted bitterly that we had sent our packets by the Christiana , and that we had , ( now that so much better an opportunity occurred , ) nothing ready to despatch ; but it was not to be helped ...
... passed us at dinner - time . We regretted bitterly that we had sent our packets by the Christiana , and that we had , ( now that so much better an opportunity occurred , ) nothing ready to despatch ; but it was not to be helped ...
Page xxx
... passed the line . They shewed considerable anxiety for any decayed finery which the ladies might supply them with , as deco- rations for Amphitrite ; and I was amused to learn that they had a copy of Took's Pantheon , which they were ...
... passed the line . They shewed considerable anxiety for any decayed finery which the ladies might supply them with , as deco- rations for Amphitrite ; and I was amused to learn that they had a copy of Took's Pantheon , which they were ...
Page xxxiv
... passed the line , and the greater part of it was spent in the mummeries usual on such occasions , which went off very well and in good - humour . The passengers were not liable to the usual interrogatories and shaving , but the male ...
... passed the line , and the greater part of it was spent in the mummeries usual on such occasions , which went off very well and in good - humour . The passengers were not liable to the usual interrogatories and shaving , but the male ...
Page xl
... passed it still more uncomfortably than on former occasions , insomuch that I almost de- termined rather to run the risk of blows and bruises aloft , than to encounter the discomforts of the new method . This morning , however , the ...
... passed it still more uncomfortably than on former occasions , insomuch that I almost de- termined rather to run the risk of blows and bruises aloft , than to encounter the discomforts of the new method . This morning , however , the ...
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