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 IndiaMurray, 1828 - 515 pages |
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Page xxvi
... ship's rolling , and that , even off the Cape of Good Hope , nothing more than this was reasonably to be apprehended . Our progress too was very cheering . Our run during the last twenty - four hours was computed at 200 miles , and our ...
... ship's rolling , and that , even off the Cape of Good Hope , nothing more than this was reasonably to be apprehended . Our progress too was very cheering . Our run during the last twenty - four hours was computed at 200 miles , and our ...
Page xxvii
... ship alarmed and disturbed them . Others , however , at a greater distance , kept rising and falling without any visible cause , and , apparently , in the gladness of their hearts , and in order to enjoy the sunshine and the temporary ...
... ship alarmed and disturbed them . Others , however , at a greater distance , kept rising and falling without any visible cause , and , apparently , in the gladness of their hearts , and in order to enjoy the sunshine and the temporary ...
Page xxix
... ship , and I thought it right to interfere to check the harpoons and fishing - hooks of some of the crew . I am not strict in my notions of what is called the Christian Sabbath ; but the wanton destruction of animal life seems to be ...
... ship , and I thought it right to interfere to check the harpoons and fishing - hooks of some of the crew . I am not strict in my notions of what is called the Christian Sabbath ; but the wanton destruction of animal life seems to be ...
Page xxxi
... ship , he said , on board which he was serving , had a number of American prisoners to take home , who , for the ad- ditional allowance of provisions usual on such oc- casions , undertook to assist in navigating the ship . In this ...
... ship , he said , on board which he was serving , had a number of American prisoners to take home , who , for the ad- ditional allowance of provisions usual on such oc- casions , undertook to assist in navigating the ship . In this ...
Page xxxii
... ship , they said , was always half- starved , and abominably treated , and they spoke of the national temper , as shewn in their seamen , as utterly unkind , unchristian , and unmanly . This is a sad picture , but they who gave it me ...
... ship , they said , was always half- starved , and abominably treated , and they spoke of the national temper , as shewn in their seamen , as utterly unkind , unchristian , and unmanly . This is a sad picture , but they who gave it me ...
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