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
... 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 about six hours , waiting for passengers and a fresh supply of water ...
... 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 about six hours , waiting for passengers and a fresh supply of water ...
Page xxi
... round the afterpart of the deck , and spars laid across the remainder as seats for the sailors , who attended Church in clean shirts and trowsers , and well washed and shaved . In the space between the capstan and half - deck was a ...
... round the afterpart of the deck , and spars laid across the remainder as seats for the sailors , who attended Church in clean shirts and trowsers , and well washed and shaved . In the space between the capstan and half - deck was a ...
Page xxii
... round us for some time . In his apparent size he disappointed me , though every body said that if he had been on deck , he would have measured fourteen or fifteen feet . He presented , as I should conceive , a com- plete miniature of a ...
... round us for some time . In his apparent size he disappointed me , though every body said that if he had been on deck , he would have measured fourteen or fifteen feet . He presented , as I should conceive , a com- plete miniature of a ...
Page xxvi
... round us , but of so small a sort , that , though they were numerous , it was a long time before I could distinguish them from the spray among which they fluttered . July 6. - We had Divine Service , and I read a sermon on the Epistle ...
... round us , but of so small a sort , that , though they were numerous , it was a long time before I could distinguish them from the spray among which they fluttered . July 6. - We had Divine Service , and I read a sermon on the Epistle ...
Page xxvii
... powers the Creator has given them . It would be just as reasonable to say that a lamb leaps in a meadow for fear of being bitten by serpents , or that a horse gallops round xxviii JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA . his pasture 1.
... powers the Creator has given them . It would be just as reasonable to say that a lamb leaps in a meadow for fear of being bitten by serpents , or that a horse gallops round xxviii JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA . his pasture 1.
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