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 xxi
... persons . The awning made really a handsome church , and the sight was a very pleasing one . June 24. - This morning we were roused , after a night of much vexatious rolling , by the intelli- gence that a sail was in sight , by which we ...
... persons . The awning made really a handsome church , and the sight was a very pleasing one . June 24. - This morning we were roused , after a night of much vexatious rolling , by the intelli- gence that a sail was in sight , by which we ...
Page xxiii
... persons on board , suppose that the grampus is only a young whale ; another , or the same grampus , in the 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 ...
... persons on board , suppose that the grampus is only a young whale ; another , or the same grampus , in the 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 ...
Page xl
... persons , including all the ladies on board , the captain , and the greater part of the under officers and male passengers , but , alas ! only three seamen . This last result disappointed me , since I had hoped , from their attention to ...
... persons , including all the ladies on board , the captain , and the greater part of the under officers and male passengers , but , alas ! only three seamen . This last result disappointed me , since I had hoped , from their attention to ...
Page xlii
... persons , both in Scotland and on the Continent , have strange notions of our cere- monies , his having been an accidental spectator of them , ( for he was on the poop all the time ) may remove some of his prejudices . I observed ...
... persons , both in Scotland and on the Continent , have strange notions of our cere- monies , his having been an accidental spectator of them , ( for he was on the poop all the time ) may remove some of his prejudices . I observed ...
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... persons and manners of the natives , by whom we were surrounded . I re- cord them , though I may hereafter see reason to distrust , in some slight degree , their accuracy . I had observed a thread hung round the necks of the fishermen ...
... persons and manners of the natives , by whom we were surrounded . I re- cord them , though I may hereafter see reason to distrust , in some slight degree , their accuracy . I had observed a thread hung round the necks of the fishermen ...
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