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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... called upon to make , sufficiently prove that he never lost sight of his high calling , nor suffered any circumstances to in- terfere with the object for which he left his native land . eye , In the unreserved confidence of such com ...
... called upon to make , sufficiently prove that he never lost sight of his high calling , nor suffered any circumstances to in- terfere with the object for which he left his native land . eye , In the unreserved confidence of such com ...
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... called a devil - fish , others , I believe more correctly , a sun - fish . It was a very large and nearly circular flat fish , with , apparently , some rather vivid colours about it , like those tints which are ⚫ found in the jelly ...
... called a devil - fish , others , I believe more correctly , a sun - fish . It was a very large and nearly circular flat fish , with , apparently , some rather vivid colours about it , like those tints which are ⚫ found in the jelly ...
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... called them " mother Carey's chickens , " and said that a storm might be expected . Accord- ingly , on the wind rising a little after sun - set , all hands were called to take in the royal or upper top - gallant sails , and the company ...
... called them " mother Carey's chickens , " and said that a storm might be expected . Accord- ingly , on the wind rising a little after sun - set , all hands were called to take in the royal or upper top - gallant sails , and the company ...
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... called the Christian Sabbath ; but the wanton destruction of animal life seems to be precisely one of those works by which the sanctity and charity of our weekly feast would be profaned . The sea- men took my reproof in good part , and ...
... called the Christian Sabbath ; but the wanton destruction of animal life seems to be precisely one of those works by which the sanctity and charity of our weekly feast would be profaned . The sea- men took my reproof in good part , and ...
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... 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 which the gale revived with more JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA . xxxvii vehemence .
... 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 which the gale revived with more JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA . xxxvii vehemence .
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