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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... short time he presided over the Indian Church , as well as with the difficulties he encountered in the visitation of his extensive diocese . Although written in the shape of a diary , the greater part of the work formed his cor ...
... short time he presided over the Indian Church , as well as with the difficulties he encountered in the visitation of his extensive diocese . Although written in the shape of a diary , the greater part of the work formed his cor ...
Page xxix
... short flights . This , how- ever , was , as we were assured , a very small speci- men , not exceeding the size of a small sparling or smelt . July 13. - We had divine service on deck this morning . A large shoal of dolphins were playing ...
... short flights . This , how- ever , was , as we were assured , a very small speci- men , not exceeding the size of a small sparling or smelt . July 13. - We had divine service on deck this morning . A large shoal of dolphins were playing ...
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... short con- versation carried on with becoming gravity , Nep- tune was supposed to take his leave , and a barrel , with a lighted candle in it , was sent off from the fore - chains to represent his boat dropping astern . I was much ...
... short con- versation carried on with becoming gravity , Nep- tune was supposed to take his leave , and a barrel , with a lighted candle in it , was sent off from the fore - chains to represent his boat dropping astern . I was much ...
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... short of the other in number and brilliancy ; even the cross , for which I had looked with much earnestness of expectation , and in which I had long taken a sort of romantic interest , is neither exten- sive nor conspicuous except from ...
... short of the other in number and brilliancy ; even the cross , for which I had looked with much earnestness of expectation , and in which I had long taken a sort of romantic interest , is neither exten- sive nor conspicuous except from ...
Page xxxvii
... short address , enforced the propriety and necessity of attendance on that ordi- nance , and answered difficulties , & c . The nights are now completely dark by six o'clock . August 4-8 . - I do not think that any thing very material ...
... short address , enforced the propriety and necessity of attendance on that ordi- nance , and answered difficulties , & c . The nights are now completely dark by six o'clock . August 4-8 . - I do not think that any thing very material ...
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