East by West: A Journey in the Recess, Volume 2Bentley, 1885 - 361 pages |
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Page 40
... hold . Ito was so charmed with the idea that he made a nook for himself also under the tarpaulin . He is growing quite fastidious on the subject of fresh air , and talks pityingly of the people down in the hold . These , we could see ...
... hold . Ito was so charmed with the idea that he made a nook for himself also under the tarpaulin . He is growing quite fastidious on the subject of fresh air , and talks pityingly of the people down in the hold . These , we could see ...
Page 41
... hold and distributed them to the passen- gers . As for ourselves , we had contracted for European food by payment of two yen a head for the voyage . An appetising duck hung from the rigging aft , giving promise of generous supplies to ...
... hold and distributed them to the passen- gers . As for ourselves , we had contracted for European food by payment of two yen a head for the voyage . An appetising duck hung from the rigging aft , giving promise of generous supplies to ...
Page 46
... hold . There was no limit to the variety of the motion of the little tub adrift on the angered ocean . There is among sea - going passengers a difference of opinion as to whether pitching or rolling is the least bearable . We had both ...
... hold . There was no limit to the variety of the motion of the little tub adrift on the angered ocean . There is among sea - going passengers a difference of opinion as to whether pitching or rolling is the least bearable . We had both ...
Page 70
... hold communication with the sun . This conceded , the illustrious pair were photographed , and from the photograph an able artist in Milan evolved the oil paintings . We had been permitted to walk at will over the 70 EAST BY WEST .
... hold communication with the sun . This conceded , the illustrious pair were photographed , and from the photograph an able artist in Milan evolved the oil paintings . We had been permitted to walk at will over the 70 EAST BY WEST .
Page 71
... hold of a ship with a band round its belly . Japanese artists are great in birds and flowers , but they ludicrously fail when they come to draw any kind of an animal . The Sei - rio - den is used chiefly for THE CAPITAL OF THE MIKADOS . 71.
... hold of a ship with a band round its belly . Japanese artists are great in birds and flowers , but they ludicrously fail when they come to draw any kind of an animal . The Sei - rio - den is used chiefly for THE CAPITAL OF THE MIKADOS . 71.
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