Universal Geography, Or, a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New Plan, According to the Great Natural Divisions of the Globe: India and OceanicaWells and Lilly, 1826 |
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Afghân Agra Akber ancient animals Assam Aurengzebe belonging Bengal Berar Birman Bombay BOOK bounded Brahmins British Calcutta called Cambodia Cape Comorin capital caste Ceylon character chief chiefly Chinese Chittagong climate coast Cochin-China Columbo consists contains cotton cultivated Deccan Delhi district Dutch east elephants English European exported extending extremely feet fertile forests formerly fruit Ganges Ghauts Ghoorkas gold Guzerat hills Hindoos houses India Indostan inhabitants island Java Jumna king kingdom land language Laos live Mahometans Mahrattas Malabar ment miles Mogul mountains natives neighbouring Nepâl northern Orissa palace Pegu persons Peshwa political population Portuguese possession princes principal province race racter Raja Rajah religion residence rice river rock rupees sacred Seiks shore situated soil sometimes species Sumatra tains temple territory Thibet tion Tonquin town trade trees tribes villages Vishnu whole wood XLIX XLVII
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Page 16 - Ganges is fordable ; but its navigation is never interrupted. At a distance of 500 miles from the sea, the channel is thirty feet deep when the river is at its lowest. This depth it retains all the way to the sea, where, however, the settling...
Page 392 - A new Cythera emerges from the bosom of the enchanted wave. An amphitheatre of verdure rises to our view ; tufted groves mingle their foliage with the brilliant enamel of the meadows ; an eternal spring, combining with an eternal autumn, displays the opening blossom along with the ripened fruits."* When speaking of Tahiti, he remarks, that it " has merited the title of Queen of the Pacific Ocean.
Page 391 - These regions present in every quarter scenes fitted to move the most frigid imagination. Many nations are here found in their earliest infancy. The amplest openings have been afforded for commercial activity. Numberless valuable productions have been already laid under contribution to our insatiable luxury. Here many natural treasures still remain concealed from scientific observation. How numerous are the gulfs, the ports, the straits, the lofty mountains, and the smiling plains ! What magnificence,...
Page 222 - ... over a space thirty miles long by twenty-four broad. The twentieth of February is generally the day of rendezvous for the fishermen. The fishery is commonly rented by a single individual, who is allowed to employ 150 boats for thirty days ; there are about 6000 boatmen and attendants.
Page 337 - They were at one time subject to the king of Pegu ; but in the sixteenth century this numerous and warlike people revolutionized the country by taking possession of Ava, and then of Martaban. The Birmans continued masters of this country till 1740, when a civil war broke out in consequence of a revolt in the conquered provinces of Pegu, and was prosecuted on both sides with savage ferocity.
Page 448 - Java produces, in great abundance, the hirundo esculenta, a species of swallow, whose nests are used as an article of luxurious food among the Chinese. This nest has the shape of a common swallow's nest, and the appearance of ill-connected isinglass. The bird always builds in the caves of the rocks, at a distance from any human dwelling. Along the sea-shore, these nests are particularly abundant, the caverns there being more frequent. The finest are those obtained before the nest has been contaminated...
Page 410 - ... stature of Europeans. Their lower limbs are rather large and heavy, but not ill formed ; their arms are rather fleshy than muscular. The face is of a round form, the mouth wide, the teeth remarkably fine, the chin rather of a square form, the cheek-bones are high and the cheek consequently rather hollow. The nose is short and small, never prominent, but never flat ; the eyes are small and always black. The complexion is generally brown, and darker than in the neighbouring islands.
Page 397 - The middle shore is often occupied by a lagoon ; the sand is mixed with pieces of broken coral and other marine substances ; proving that such islands have been originally formed by these coral rocks, which are inhabited, and according to some, created by polypi, and afterwards augmented and elevated by the 'slow accumulation of light bodies drifted to them by the sea. It is, however, very remarkable, that...
Page 350 - It is written from left to right, like the languages of Europe. The common books are composed of the palmyra leaf, on which the letters are engraved with stiles, and are better executed than those of the Hindoos. Sometimes they write on plates of gilded sheet iron. In a Burman version of the Lord's prayer, the Missionaries could scarcely discover three genuine Sanscrit words; but many syllables are found coinciding with those of the colloquial dialect of the Chinese.
Page 350 - ... They pluck their beards, and thus give themselves a youthful appearance. Both men and women color the teeth, and the edges of the eye-lids with black. Marriages are not contracted before puberty. Polygamy is prohibited, but concubinage is admitted without limitation. The bodies of the dead are buried. They are less delicate and cleanly in their eating than the Hindoos. They kill no domestic animals, being prohibited by their religion, but make abundant use of game. The lower orders eat lizards,...