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 v
... - respondence with the Editor , a fact which she hopes will be borne in mind , should some consider that he has dwelt less upon the professional objects of his journey than vi PREFACE . might have been anticipated . The Letters.
... - respondence with the Editor , a fact which she hopes will be borne in mind , should some consider that he has dwelt less upon the professional objects of his journey than vi PREFACE . might have been anticipated . The Letters.
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... fact should have failed in making the discovery , they do not regard as at all extraordinary . They quote repeated instances of vessels from India having failed to find St. Helena ; and I think I can perceive that they do not rate the ...
... fact should have failed in making the discovery , they do not regard as at all extraordinary . They quote repeated instances of vessels from India having failed to find St. Helena ; and I think I can perceive that they do not rate the ...
Page xxxix
... fact , abundance of unexplored room still exists , and is likely to exist , in the southern Atlantic , for two or three such islands as this is represented to be . Cap- tain Manning says that he always , if he finds him- self at all ...
... fact , abundance of unexplored room still exists , and is likely to exist , in the southern Atlantic , for two or three such islands as this is represented to be . Cap- tain Manning says that he always , if he finds him- self at all ...
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... fact to Major Sack- ville , who answered , that he had long been con- vinced that the supposed rapidity of sunrise and sunset in India had been exaggerated , that he had always found a good hour between dawn and sun- rise , and little ...
... fact to Major Sack- ville , who answered , that he had long been con- vinced that the supposed rapidity of sunrise and sunset in India had been exaggerated , that he had always found a good hour between dawn and sun- rise , and little ...
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... fact very little advanced from our station at day - break the pre- ceding day . The breeze was quite incompetent to contend with the swell and current from the N. E. , and all which we could comfort ourselves with was , that we did not ...
... fact very little advanced from our station at day - break the pre- ceding day . The breeze was quite incompetent to contend with the swell and current from the N. E. , and all which we could comfort ourselves with was , that we did not ...
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