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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... river . On the 17th we had again baffling winds , and could not get round the North Foreland . About two o'clock , on the morning of the 18th , a fine north breeze sprung up , which carried us very soon into the Downs . We lay off Deal ...
... river . On the 17th we had again baffling winds , and could not get round the North Foreland . About two o'clock , on the morning of the 18th , a fine north breeze sprung up , which carried us very soon into the Downs . We lay off Deal ...
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... rivers , the northernmost of which insulates Cape Palmiras , and the remainder flow into what is called Cojam Bay , which is ... river , about half a mile broad , smooth , dimply , and whirling , bordered on each side by a harsh , dark ...
... rivers , the northernmost of which insulates Cape Palmiras , and the remainder flow into what is called Cojam Bay , which is ... river , about half a mile broad , smooth , dimply , and whirling , bordered on each side by a harsh , dark ...
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... river , and the general character of this shore and muddy stream , remind me strongly at this moment of the Don , between Tcherkask and Asof , —and Kedgeree , a village on the opposite side of the river from Saugor , if it had but a ...
... river , and the general character of this shore and muddy stream , remind me strongly at this moment of the Don , between Tcherkask and Asof , —and Kedgeree , a village on the opposite side of the river from Saugor , if it had but a ...
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... RIVER . rang , " or master , stood on the little after - deck , steer- ing with a long oar ; another man , a little before him , had a similar oar on the starboard quarter ; six rowers were seated cross - legged on the deck upon the ...
... RIVER . rang , " or master , stood on the little after - deck , steer- ing with a long oar ; another man , a little before him , had a similar oar on the starboard quarter ; six rowers were seated cross - legged on the deck upon the ...
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... RIVER . 7 thing monstrous , disgusting , and dangerous , from the tyger and the cobra de capello down to the scorpion and mosquito , -from the thunder - storm to the fever . We had seen , the night before , the lightenings flash ...
... RIVER . 7 thing monstrous , disgusting , and dangerous , from the tyger and the cobra de capello down to the scorpion and mosquito , -from the thunder - storm to the fever . We had seen , the night before , the lightenings flash ...
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