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 India, Volume 1John Murray, 1828 |
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Page 25
... neighbourhood . Nor is this all ; one of the crew saw this morning a piece of sea - weed , and two of the passengers a large crab , both equally strong evidences of such a vicinity . From that vicinity , however , we are fast proceeding ...
... neighbourhood . Nor is this all ; one of the crew saw this morning a piece of sea - weed , and two of the passengers a large crab , both equally strong evidences of such a vicinity . From that vicinity , however , we are fast proceeding ...
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... neighbourhood . It probably came from Tristan d'Acunha . Several whales , some of them of a large size , played round the ship for above half an hour . I obtained a very favourable view of one of them , which struck me from its perfect ...
... neighbourhood . It probably came from Tristan d'Acunha . Several whales , some of them of a large size , played round the ship for above half an hour . I obtained a very favourable view of one of them , which struck me from its perfect ...
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... neighbourhood of the sinking sun , and for some time after his disc had disappeared , large tracts of a pale translucent green , such as I had never seen before except in a prism , and surpassing every effect of paint , or glass , or ...
... neighbourhood of the sinking sun , and for some time after his disc had disappeared , large tracts of a pale translucent green , such as I had never seen before except in a prism , and surpassing every effect of paint , or glass , or ...
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... neighbourhood , was perceived by the experien- ced organs of Captain Manning and his officers ; but I could not catch any thing in the breeze more than usual . We are all now in good spirits again , and the officers , more particularly ...
... neighbourhood , was perceived by the experien- ced organs of Captain Manning and his officers ; but I could not catch any thing in the breeze more than usual . We are all now in good spirits again , and the officers , more particularly ...
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... neighbourhood . The signal was answered by several vessels obviously at no great distance , but the doubt remained whether any of these were pilots , or whether they were merely like our- selves , in search of one . Captain Manning ...
... neighbourhood . The signal was answered by several vessels obviously at no great distance , but the doubt remained whether any of these were pilots , or whether they were merely like our- selves , in search of one . Captain Manning ...
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