Sketches of India: With Notes on the Seasons, Scenery, and Society of Bombay, Elephanta, and Salsette |
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... , was not long in completing the new spars to supply the place of those carried away , and our cabins were effectually secured against any further intrusions of the sea . Our crew consisted of a 20 RECOLLECTIONS OF INDIA .
... , was not long in completing the new spars to supply the place of those carried away , and our cabins were effectually secured against any further intrusions of the sea . Our crew consisted of a 20 RECOLLECTIONS OF INDIA .
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... carrying us along at the rate of seven or eight knots an hour . I must not omit in my catalogue the beautiful flying - fish ( exocetus volitans ) , so often de- scribed by travellers . Five days after our departure from Porto Santo , we ...
... carrying us along at the rate of seven or eight knots an hour . I must not omit in my catalogue the beautiful flying - fish ( exocetus volitans ) , so often de- scribed by travellers . Five days after our departure from Porto Santo , we ...
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... carried by the great current out of the Gulf of Mexico ; but there is no foundation for this supposition . Many of the sailors appeared to be quite familiar with its appearance , eat large quantities of it , and said it was the tropic ...
... carried by the great current out of the Gulf of Mexico ; but there is no foundation for this supposition . Many of the sailors appeared to be quite familiar with its appearance , eat large quantities of it , and said it was the tropic ...
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... carried by the cur- rent . The night was not very dark . Some bright stars were visible ; yet there was a good deal of thick haze floating over the sea . The ship of course was put about ; and but a few minutes had elapsed before every ...
... carried by the cur- rent . The night was not very dark . Some bright stars were visible ; yet there was a good deal of thick haze floating over the sea . The ship of course was put about ; and but a few minutes had elapsed before every ...
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... carried away . So little can they , who " have business in great waters , " judge what an hour may bring forth . But I have rambled from my purpose , and must return to it , or we shall never reach Bombay . When we were within a few ...
... carried away . So little can they , who " have business in great waters , " judge what an hour may bring forth . But I have rambled from my purpose , and must return to it , or we shall never reach Bombay . When we were within a few ...
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