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 viii
... fuller or more considerate than the letters which have been sent to the different com- missariat and military officers to attend to all my wants in their respective departments . " 66 PREFACE . ix The liberality of the honourable the Court.
... fuller or more considerate than the letters which have been sent to the different com- missariat and military officers to attend to all my wants in their respective departments . " 66 PREFACE . ix The liberality of the honourable the Court.
Page xxi
... boat , making , from the appearance of the men , and their disci- pline , a show little inferior to that of a man of war . He sent our letters , together with two newspapers , xxii JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA . and two.
... boat , making , from the appearance of the men , and their disci- pline , a show little inferior to that of a man of war . He sent our letters , together with two newspapers , xxii JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA . and two.
Page xxiv
... 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 . Captain Manning hailed the vessel , and asked her Master to report at ...
... 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 . Captain Manning hailed the vessel , and asked her Master to report at ...
Page xxxi
... sent below , being equally resolved neither to fight against their country , nor to break their faith with their captors . All the officers agreed in speaking very ill of the French , and of their conduct towards their prisoners . This ...
... sent below , being equally resolved neither to fight against their country , nor to break their faith with their captors . All the officers agreed in speaking very ill of the French , and of their conduct towards their prisoners . This ...
Page xxxiv
... sent off from the fore - chains to represent his boat dropping astern . I was much struck by the time during which this continued visible at intervals , rising and sinking on the swell , till it was , at least , two miles distant , and ...
... sent off from the fore - chains to represent his boat dropping astern . I was much struck by the time during which this continued visible at intervals , rising and sinking on the swell , till it was , at least , two miles distant , and ...
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