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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... bank of clouds , which retained its figure and position as steadily as if it were land . The second that , every now and then , there was a total cessation of wind , a lull , as the seamen called it , for two or three minutes , after ...
... bank of clouds , which retained its figure and position as steadily as if it were land . The second that , every now and then , there was a total cessation of wind , a lull , as the seamen called it , for two or three minutes , after ...
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... bank , while the prevailing winds generally confine vessels to one or the other of two courses , according as they ... banks , some to have been a repe- tition of those named elsewhere , but of which the site had been mistaken ; others ...
... bank , while the prevailing winds generally confine vessels to one or the other of two courses , according as they ... banks , some to have been a repe- tition of those named elsewhere , but of which the site had been mistaken ; others ...
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... bank , and consequently fish are scarce at any dis- tance from shore . In the creeks and bays of the visible coast they are said to swarm . And thus we are in the Indian Ocean ! August 20-23 . - We have been these four days beating to ...
... bank , and consequently fish are scarce at any dis- tance from shore . In the creeks and bays of the visible coast they are said to swarm . And thus we are in the Indian Ocean ! August 20-23 . - We have been these four days beating to ...
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... a coarse cloth , the whole forming an excellent shade from the sun ; but , as I should apprehend , intolerably close . The " Se- t 1 A native agent , as well as a money - lender . En 6 BANKS OF THE RIVER . rang , " or.
... a coarse cloth , the whole forming an excellent shade from the sun ; but , as I should apprehend , intolerably close . The " Se- t 1 A native agent , as well as a money - lender . En 6 BANKS OF THE RIVER . rang , " or.
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... BANKS OF 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 ...
... BANKS OF 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 ...
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