Sketches of India: With Notes on the Seasons, Scenery, and Society of Bombay, Elephanta, and Salsette |
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... Vasco del A VOYAGE to India has often been described ; and there is , in truth , little variety in the every - day scenes on board a large vessel . The passengers you meet with are pretty much of the same stamp , and.
... Vasco del A VOYAGE to India has often been described ; and there is , in truth , little variety in the every - day scenes on board a large vessel . The passengers you meet with are pretty much of the same stamp , and.
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... vessel , and I am happy to say it was not interrupted again during the voyage . As we had a good library on board my time was profitably passed in reading and in noting down every event that had the slightest novelty to recommend it to ...
... vessel , and I am happy to say it was not interrupted again during the voyage . As we had a good library on board my time was profitably passed in reading and in noting down every event that had the slightest novelty to recommend it to ...
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... vessel , confirmed the captain in his former belief that the fine morning was only a foxy one , and we might still expect a conti- nuance of boisterous weather . A few words about the stormy petrel of these seas may prove acceptable to ...
... vessel , confirmed the captain in his former belief that the fine morning was only a foxy one , and we might still expect a conti- nuance of boisterous weather . A few words about the stormy petrel of these seas may prove acceptable to ...
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... vessels , where they are in a great measure protected from the wind , and find plenty of food raised up by the action of the rudder , and upon the refuse thrown overboard from the cook's galley.— They have the power of ejecting from ...
... vessels , where they are in a great measure protected from the wind , and find plenty of food raised up by the action of the rudder , and upon the refuse thrown overboard from the cook's galley.— They have the power of ejecting from ...
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... vessel under canvas . We must have sailed through thousands of them in an hour.— They all had their little sails expanded , and were steering in the same direction as our ship . Their sail is a thin , semi - transparent membrane ...
... vessel under canvas . We must have sailed through thousands of them in an hour.— They all had their little sails expanded , and were steering in the same direction as our ship . Their sail is a thin , semi - transparent membrane ...
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amusement animal appear Back Bay beautiful bheestie birds boat Bombay Bombay Castle Brahmins breeze bungalow captain cast centipede character coast cocoa-nut Colabah coloured cool creatures curious dark deck delicious Doorga dreadful earth East Elephanta England English esplanade feet figures flowers fresh fruit Guzerat hand Hindoo honour hot season India inhabitants insects island labour ladies land laudanum live lofty look lovely Malabar Point miles Mohammedan monsoon morning native never night ocean officers once ornaments palanquin Parsee party passed poor Porto Santo Portuguese prayers punkahs rains readers religious residence rich rock roof round rupees sacred sailors Salsette scarcely scene scenery seen seldom servants Shere Khan ship shore side Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy snake soon stone strange streets sweet tank temples thought tiger trees turban vessel voyage walk wonderful wood worship