"Martello Tower" in China, and the Pacific in H. M. S. "Tribune," 1856-60G. Allen, 1902 - 299 sider |
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Francis Martin Norman. was sent for the elderly gentleman , who is no less a personage than the commander - in - chief at Ports- mouth ! and I , a lieutenant on half - pay , was just allowed a passage off as an after - thought . Oh ...
Francis Martin Norman. was sent for the elderly gentleman , who is no less a personage than the commander - in - chief at Ports- mouth ! and I , a lieutenant on half - pay , was just allowed a passage off as an after - thought . Oh ...
Side 32
... less a personage , in fact , than Vivanco , for whom both Arequipa and Izlay had " declared . " During our stay we enjoyed an amusing reminder of the important and recognised part played by dollars in revolutionary movements ; for when ...
... less a personage , in fact , than Vivanco , for whom both Arequipa and Izlay had " declared . " During our stay we enjoyed an amusing reminder of the important and recognised part played by dollars in revolutionary movements ; for when ...
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... less altered by age , fermentation and decay , and often mixed with feathers , broken egg - shells , minute fragments of sea - shells , remains of seals , and large solid lumps of a salt ( carbonate ) of ammonia . It is mode- rately dry ...
... less altered by age , fermentation and decay , and often mixed with feathers , broken egg - shells , minute fragments of sea - shells , remains of seals , and large solid lumps of a salt ( carbonate ) of ammonia . It is mode- rately dry ...
Side 42
... less than a mile in circumference with a height of 113 feet plus 90 feet of guano at the highest part , to the immense deposits of which their importance was entirely due . We had heard so much about the Chinchas , so celebrated were ...
... less than a mile in circumference with a height of 113 feet plus 90 feet of guano at the highest part , to the immense deposits of which their importance was entirely due . We had heard so much about the Chinchas , so celebrated were ...
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... less . We found the workmen busily digging away from the hill of solid guano and loading trucks , which travelled on rails to the edge of a low precipice at whose foot was moored the ship to be loaded , or lighters to take it off to ...
... less . We found the workmen busily digging away from the hill of solid guano and loading trucks , which travelled on rails to the edge of a low precipice at whose foot was moored the ship to be loaded , or lighters to take it off to ...
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"Martello Tower" in China, and the Pacific in H. M. S. "Tribune," 1856-60 Francis Martin Norman Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1902 |
"Martello Tower" in China, and the Pacific in H. M. S. "Tribune," 1856-60 Francis Martin Norman Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1902 |
"Martello Tower" in China, and the Pacific in H. M. S. "Tribune," 1856-60 Francis Martin Norman Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1902 |
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Side 270 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean...
Side 225 - ... altars be erected, and relics placed. For if those temples are well built, it is requisite that they be converted from the worship of devils to the service of the true God...
Side 172 - Full fathom five thy father lies, Of his bones are coral made : Those are pearls that were his eyes, Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea change, Into something rich and strange.
Side 251 - It is in this very latitude where we now were, that geographers have placed the pretended strait of Juan de Fuca. But we saw nothing like it; nor is there the least probability that ever any such thing existed.
Side 42 - I could see the drawn muscles relax, and the anxiety go out of the face, and rest and peace steal over the features like the merciful moonlight over a desolate landscape: The guano is a fine bird, but great care is necessary in rearing it. It should not be imported earlier than June or later than September. In the winter it should be kept in a warm place, where it can hatch out its young. It is evident that we are to have a backward season for grain. Therefore it will be well for the farmer to begin...
Side 163 - He is an Englishman! For he himself has said it, And it's greatly to his credit, That he is an Englishman!
Side 26 - The account of the Fuegians interested not only me, but all my family. It is truly wonderful what you have heard from Mr. Bridges about their honesty and their language. I certainly should have predicted that not all the Missionaries in the world could have done what has been done.
Side 26 - The progress of the Fuegians is wonderful, and had it not occurred would have been to me quite incredible.' On January 3rd, 1880 : ' Your extracts ' [from a journal] 'about the Fuegians are extremely curious, and have interested me much. I have often said that the progress of Japan was the greatest wonder in the world, but I declare that the progress of Fuegia is almost equally wonderful.
Side 26 - It is most wonderful, and shames me, as I always prophesied utter failure. It is a grand success. I shall feel proud if your Committee think fit to elect me an honorary member of your society.
Side 76 - ... existence of a low uninhabited island in the neighbourhood, whose name is Tammata pappa. Besides these six, which we can distinguish by their names, it appeared, that the inhabitants of those with whom we had intercourse, were acquainted with some other islands both to the eastward and westward. I named the whole group the Sandwich Islands, in honour of the Earl of Sandwich. Those that I saw, are situated between the latitude of 21° 30', and 22° 15' N., and between the longitude of 199° 20',...