Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bambay, 1824-1825; (With Notes Upon Ceylon,) an Account of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826, and Letters Written in India, Volume 11856 |
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... distance on the beam . As it was we could barely distinguish its outline through the mist ; but the very sight of land , and the sense of progress which it com- municated , were very exhilarating , and kept us all on deck till it was ...
... distance on the beam . As it was we could barely distinguish its outline through the mist ; but the very sight of land , and the sense of progress which it com- municated , were very exhilarating , and kept us all on deck till it was ...
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... distance from shore . In the creeks and bays of the visible coast they are said to swarm . And thus we are in the Indian Ocean ! August 20-23 . - We have been these four days beating to and fro on the bank of Lagullos , with a contrary ...
... distance from shore . In the creeks and bays of the visible coast they are said to swarm . And thus we are in the Indian Ocean ! August 20-23 . - We have been these four days beating to and fro on the bank of Lagullos , with a contrary ...
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... distance of 2000 miles . For many days back the beautiful Cape pigeons have ceased to attend us . On Sunday , September 14 , we had again Divine service , and I afterwards ( as has been my occasional custom for some time back ) prayed ...
... distance of 2000 miles . For many days back the beautiful Cape pigeons have ceased to attend us . On Sunday , September 14 , we had again Divine service , and I afterwards ( as has been my occasional custom for some time back ) prayed ...
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... distance . In the straits of Malacca a smell like that of a hawthorn hedge is commonly experienced ; and from Ceylon , at thirty or forty miles , under certain circum- stances , a yet more agreeable scent is inhaled . September 24. - A ...
... distance . In the straits of Malacca a smell like that of a hawthorn hedge is commonly experienced ; and from Ceylon , at thirty or forty miles , under certain circum- stances , a yet more agreeable scent is inhaled . September 24. - A ...
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... distance , are seen two small hills , said to be near Ganjan : - 661 -- Procul obscuros colles , humilemque videmus Italiam ! " About three o'clock a little breeze sprung up from the S.W. , just enough to enable us to stem the current ...
... distance , are seen two small hills , said to be near Ganjan : - 661 -- Procul obscuros colles , humilemque videmus Italiam ! " About three o'clock a little breeze sprung up from the S.W. , just enough to enable us to stem the current ...
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Page 113 - O'er broad Hindostan's sultry meads, o'er bleak Almorah's hill. That course nor Delhi's kingly gates, nor wild Malwah detain, For sweet the bliss us both awaits by yonder western main. Thy towers, Bombay, gleam bright, they say, across the dark blue sea : But ne'er were hearts so blithe and gay as there shall meet in thee!
Page 111 - To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Page 113 - O'er Gunga's mimic sea ! I miss thee at the dawning gray, When, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay, And woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga's stream My twilight steps I guide, But most beneath the lamp's pale beam, I miss thee from my side.
Page 115 - The shrill cigala strikes his lyre ; And what is she, whose liquid strain Thrills through yon copse of sugar-cane ? I know that soul-entrancing swell ! It is — it must be — Philomel. Enough, enough, the rustling trees Announce a shower upon the breeze, — The flashes of the summer sky Assume a deeper, ruddier dye ; Yon lamp that trembles on the stream, From forth our cabin sheds its beam ; And we must early sleep, to find Betimes the morning's healthy wind. But, oh ! with thankful hearts confess...
Page 81 - ... swimming' about at the full extent of their strings, or lying half in and half out of the water, others were rolling themselves in the sun on the sandy bank, uttering a shrill whistling noise as if in play. I was told that most of the fishermen in this neighbourhood kept one or more of these animals, who were almost as tame as dogs, and of great use in fishing, sometimes driving the shoals into the nets, sometimes bringing out the larger fish with their teeth.
Page 81 - ... more of these animals, who were almost as tame as dogs, and of great use in fishing, sometimes driving the shoals into the nets, sometimes bringing out the larger fish with their teeth. I was much pleased and interested with the sight. It has always been a fancy of mine that the poor creatures whom we waste and persecute to death for no cause, but the gratification of our cruelty, might by reasonable treatment be made the sources of abundant amusement and advantage to us. The simple Hindoo shows...
Page 115 - mid charcoal gleams, The Moslems' savoury supper steams, While all apart, beneath the wood, The Hindoo cooks his simpler food. Come walk with me the jungle through; If yonder hunter told us true; Far off, in desert dank and rude. The...
Page 251 - I asked Mr. Boulderson if it .were true that the monkeys forsook these woods during the unwholesome months. He answered that not the monKeys only, but everything which had the breath of life, instinctively deserts them, from the beginning of April to October. The tigers go up to the hills, the antelopes and wild hogs make incursions into the cultivated plain ; and those persons, such as Dak-bearers, or military officers, who are obliged to traverse the forest in the intervening months, agree that...
Page 113 - I miss thee from my side. I spread my books, my pencil try The lingering noon to cheer, But miss thy kind approving eye, Thy meek attentive ear. But when...
Page 306 - While in the small apartment where I got rid of my shining garments, I was struck with its beautiful ornaments. It was entirely lined with white marble, inlaid with flowers and leaves of green serpentine, lapis lazuli, and blue and red porphyry ; the flowers were of the best Italian style of workmanship, and evidently the labour of an artist of that country.