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 xviii
... told , is to take place once a fortnight . The effect was singular ; the whole deck being strewed , during the greater part of the morning , with trunks and packages either shut or open , looked as if we had been boarded and rifled by ...
... told , is to take place once a fortnight . The effect was singular ; the whole deck being strewed , during the greater part of the morning , with trunks and packages either shut or open , looked as if we had been boarded and rifled by ...
Page xxxiv
... told were " tropic birds . " July 26. - To - day we 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 ...
... told were " tropic birds . " July 26. - To - day we 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 ...
Page xxxviii
... told that , as we ap- proach the Cape , their numbers will increase daily . Those called " Cape Pigeons " are very pretty , not unlike the land bird , the name of which they bear , and which they are said to resemble in flavour . For ...
... told that , as we ap- proach the Cape , their numbers will increase daily . Those called " Cape Pigeons " are very pretty , not unlike the land bird , the name of which they bear , and which they are said to resemble in flavour . For ...
Page xli
... told me that more would have staid , if they had not felt shy , and been afraid of exciting the ridicule of their companions . The same feeling , I find , kept one at least , and perhaps more , of the young cadets and writers away ...
... told me that more would have staid , if they had not felt shy , and been afraid of exciting the ridicule of their companions . The same feeling , I find , kept one at least , and perhaps more , of the young cadets and writers away ...
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... told ; the shaddock resembles a melon externally , but it is in fact a vast orange , with a rind of two inches thick , the pulp much less juicy than a common orange , and with rather a bitter flavour , certainly a fruit which would be ...
... told ; the shaddock resembles a melon externally , but it is in fact a vast orange , with a rind of two inches thick , the pulp much less juicy than a common orange , and with rather a bitter flavour , certainly a fruit which would be ...
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