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 16
... seemed to regard it as a curiosity . The afternoon was cloudy , cold , and rainy , a bad summer's day in England , and what I should have still less expected in the parallel of Spain . June 25. - We had this day a considerable swell ...
... seemed to regard it as a curiosity . The afternoon was cloudy , cold , and rainy , a bad summer's day in England , and what I should have still less expected in the parallel of Spain . June 25. - We had this day a considerable swell ...
Page 17
... seemed alive . The moon , during the latter part of the night , was clear , and the view of the follow- ing surge from the cabin windows , was very majestic ; but to enjoy it , it was necessary to hold hard with both hands . July 4 ...
... seemed alive . The moon , during the latter part of the night , was clear , and the view of the follow- ing surge from the cabin windows , was very majestic ; but to enjoy it , it was necessary to hold hard with both hands . July 4 ...
Page 28
... seemed very slightly injured by the hook . When set down on the deck , it looked round with- out any appearance of fear , but endeavoured in vain to rise , its . wings being too long to admit of its doing so from a plain and solid ...
... seemed very slightly injured by the hook . When set down on the deck , it looked round with- out any appearance of fear , but endeavoured in vain to rise , its . wings being too long to admit of its doing so from a plain and solid ...
Page 52
... seemed to be shops , being entirely open with verandahs , and all chiefly made up of mats and twisted bamboo . The crowd of people was considerable , and kept up something like the appearance of a fair along the whole line of road ...
... seemed to be shops , being entirely open with verandahs , and all chiefly made up of mats and twisted bamboo . The crowd of people was considerable , and kept up something like the appearance of a fair along the whole line of road ...
Page 66
... seemed to stand in very needless fear both of the English and native governments . He is , I believe , the only bishop of his church in this country , though there are two or three more in the southern extremity of the peninsula ...
... seemed to stand in very needless fear both of the English and native governments . He is , I believe , the only bishop of his church in this country , though there are two or three more in the southern extremity of the peninsula ...
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