Log-letters from "The Challenger"Macmillan, 1877 - 512 sider |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 81
Side 4
... passed what time we had on shore in dining at hotels and going to a rather poor opera , where I declare we never saw a pretty face among the audience night after night . I may mention that the landlady of one of the hotels is the mother ...
... passed what time we had on shore in dining at hotels and going to a rather poor opera , where I declare we never saw a pretty face among the audience night after night . I may mention that the landlady of one of the hotels is the mother ...
Side 7
... passed us carrying loads : these are the only ones we saw in the island , and come , I suppose , from Africa . The ... passing , as we got lower down , groups of date - palms , bananas , oranges , big fuchsia and geranium bushes , and ...
... passed us carrying loads : these are the only ones we saw in the island , and come , I suppose , from Africa . The ... passing , as we got lower down , groups of date - palms , bananas , oranges , big fuchsia and geranium bushes , and ...
Side 8
... passed a dreadful night : beds full of insects , which dropped from the ceiling - too dis- agreeable for words ... passing the last cottages and cultivation ; up , up , and ever up through a broad belt of beautiful tall heather , till we ...
... passed a dreadful night : beds full of insects , which dropped from the ceiling - too dis- agreeable for words ... passing the last cottages and cultivation ; up , up , and ever up through a broad belt of beautiful tall heather , till we ...
Side 26
... passing large orangeries surrounded by high walls and trees , which are planted in close rows to protect the orange - trees from the wind , and then through fields of corn , maize , and other crops , for two hours , when we got out ...
... passing large orangeries surrounded by high walls and trees , which are planted in close rows to protect the orange - trees from the wind , and then through fields of corn , maize , and other crops , for two hours , when we got out ...
Side 30
... passing close by more hot - springs , from which steam rose in a thick white column , and then we climbed up the side of a promontory jutting out from the cliff into the lake , and on top of which stood an ugly house , at whose door we ...
... passing close by more hot - springs , from which steam rose in a thick white column , and then we climbed up the side of a promontory jutting out from the cliff into the lake , and on top of which stood an ugly house , at whose door we ...
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
Admiralty Island albatross anchored appear arrived bamboo bananas bank beach beautiful beneath birds blue boat bottom bows bushes canoes cliff close coco-nut cocos colour coral covered crater crinoids cruise dancing dark deep depth dredge dressed eggs feet Fiji fish flowers flying foliage girls grass green haul head Heard Island heavy hills horses Humboldt Bay huts island Japan Japanese king penguins land laughing lava Levuka look Malay manganese Marion Island miles morning mountain narrow natives night Nightingale Island paddling palms passed penguins pigeons pinnace pleasant plumage pretty reef river road rocks rookery round running sail schooners seen ship shoot shore shot side sitting slope sounding species starfish stream Tahiti temperature thick Tongatabu town trawl trees tussock grass vegetation village walk wind women woods yellow young