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 xvii
... fine north breeze sprung up , which carried us very soon into the Downs . We lay off Deal about six hours , waiting for passengers and a fresh supply of water , much to the vexation of the old pilot who bitterly regretted that so fine a ...
... fine north breeze sprung up , which carried us very soon into the Downs . We lay off Deal about six hours , waiting for passengers and a fresh supply of water , much to the vexation of the old pilot who bitterly regretted that so fine a ...
Page xx
... fine , though cruelly cold for Mid- summer . I was this morning engaged by Scoresby's voyage to old Greenland , in 1822 , but I find two circumstances for which , at sea , I was by no means prepared : -that , namely , we have no great ...
... fine , though cruelly cold for Mid- summer . I was this morning engaged by Scoresby's voyage to old Greenland , in 1822 , but I find two circumstances for which , at sea , I was by no means prepared : -that , namely , we have no great ...
Page xxv
... fine view of the land at about twenty miles distance on the beam . As it was we could barely distinguish its outline through the mist ; but the very sight of land , and the sense of progress which it communicated were very exhilarating ...
... fine view of the land at about twenty miles distance on the beam . As it was we could barely distinguish its outline through the mist ; but the very sight of land , and the sense of progress which it communicated were very exhilarating ...
Page xxviii
... fine . We were on deck the greater part of the morning , having transferred our Hindoostanee lecture thither . Our course continues south - west ; our latitude 20 ° . 57 ′ . longitude 24 ° . 32 ' . The favourable breeze almost became a ...
... fine . We were on deck the greater part of the morning , having transferred our Hindoostanee lecture thither . Our course continues south - west ; our latitude 20 ° . 57 ′ . longitude 24 ° . 32 ' . The favourable breeze almost became a ...
Page xxxvi
... fine run , and one of the longest which Captain Manning remembers making in this part of the voyage . Yet , which is remarkable , all the vessels , the track of which is pricked on his great chart , appear to have made their longest run ...
... fine run , and one of the longest which Captain Manning remembers making in this part of the voyage . Yet , which is remarkable , all the vessels , the track of which is pricked on his great chart , appear to have made their longest run ...
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