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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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... short flights . This , however , was , as we were assured , a very small specimen , 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 round ...
... short flights . This , however , was , as we were assured , a very small specimen , 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 round ...
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... short conversation carried on with becoming gravity , Neptune was sup- posed 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 struck ...
... short conversation carried on with becoming gravity , Neptune was sup- posed 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 struck ...
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... of the inconvenience of arranging the spars as usual , and I there- fore made the service shorter . Instead of a sermon , I gave notice of a communion for the following Sunday ; and , in a short 24 JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA . address ,
... of the inconvenience of arranging the spars as usual , and I there- fore made the service shorter . Instead of a sermon , I gave notice of a communion for the following Sunday ; and , in a short 24 JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA . address ,
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... short shirt without sleeves , and a silver armlet a little above the elbow , the crew were chiefly naked , except a cloth round the loins ; the colour of all was the darkest shade of antique bronze , and together with the elegant forms ...
... short shirt without sleeves , and a silver armlet a little above the elbow , the crew were chiefly naked , except a cloth round the loins ; the colour of all was the darkest shade of antique bronze , and together with the elegant forms ...
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