The Oriental Voyager: Or, Descriptive Sketches and Cursory Remarks, on a Voyage to India and China, in His Majesty's Ship Caroline, Performed in the Years 1803-4-5-6 |
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... course almost vertical at noon ; and though to us it ap- peared tolerably warm , yet it was not near so hot as we afterwards felt it , when at a great distance from the meridian sun . We this morning saw the land , which proved to be ...
... course almost vertical at noon ; and though to us it ap- peared tolerably warm , yet it was not near so hot as we afterwards felt it , when at a great distance from the meridian sun . We this morning saw the land , which proved to be ...
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... course of five or six hours . The general standard , however , for the three winter months , may be reckoned from 50 ° , at sun - rise , to 60 ° , at noon ; and in the very middle of summer it varies from 70 ° to 90 ° , but generally ...
... course of five or six hours . The general standard , however , for the three winter months , may be reckoned from 50 ° , at sun - rise , to 60 ° , at noon ; and in the very middle of summer it varies from 70 ° to 90 ° , but generally ...
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... course to the northward , and left this stormy , latitude of the southern ocean . We soon got into the S. E. trades , and had no more disagreeable weather ; a fine breeze wafting us along two hundred miles a day , till 1803 . Health of ...
... course to the northward , and left this stormy , latitude of the southern ocean . We soon got into the S. E. trades , and had no more disagreeable weather ; a fine breeze wafting us along two hundred miles a day , till 1803 . Health of ...
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... course . of the S. W. monsoon , the wind blows from most of the points between south and west ; and vice versa in the north - east monsoon . Now it is at the change , or breaking up of these periodical winds , that heavy gales , and ...
... course . of the S. W. monsoon , the wind blows from most of the points between south and west ; and vice versa in the north - east monsoon . Now it is at the change , or breaking up of these periodical winds , that heavy gales , and ...
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... course they are very low at this part . A platform of loose boards serves for a deck , on which the rowers sit , with one leg extended along the deck , and the other bent , with the knee up to the breast . It is astonishing what a ...
... course they are very low at this part . A platform of loose boards serves for a deck , on which the rowers sit , with one leg extended along the deck , and the other bent , with the knee up to the breast . It is astonishing what a ...
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Page 362 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Page 306 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renowned, But such as at this day to Indians known In Malabar or Deccan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillared shade High overarched, and echoing walks between...
Page 242 - ... not much unlike a truffle: it is covered with a thin skin, and has a core about as big as the handle of a small knife: the eatable part lies between the skin and the core; it is as white as snow, and somewhat of the consistence of new bread. It must be roasted before it is eaten, being first divided into three or four parts. Its taste is insipid, with a slight sweetness somewhat resembling that of the crumb of wheaten bread mixed with a Jerusalem artichoke.
Page 369 - Within a long recess there lies a bay : An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride : Broke by the jutting land on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide...
Page 306 - But such as, at this day, to Indians known; In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade...
Page 229 - FATHER of all ! in every age, In every clime adored, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Jehovah, Jove, or Lord ! Thou great first Cause, least understood, Who all my sense confined To know but this, that Thou art good, And that myself am blind ; Yet gave me, in this dark estate, To see the good from ill ; And binding nature fast in fate, Left free the human will.
Page 229 - Through this day's life or death. This day, be bread and peace my lot; All else beneath the sun, Thou know'st if best bestowed or not: And let thy will be done. To thee, whose temple is all space. Whose altar earth, sea, skies, One chorus let all being raise, All nature's incense rise!
Page 48 - tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.
Page 75 - In this part of India they are delicately framed; their hands, in particular, are more like...
Page 167 - But not alike to every mortal eye Is this great scene unveil'd. For since the claims Of social life, to different labours urge The active powers of man ! with wise intent The hand of Nature on peculiar minds Imprints a different bias, and to each Decrees its province in the common toil.