A Collection of the Most Celebrated Voyages & Travels, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time: Arranged in Systematic Order, Geographical and Chronological. The Whole Exhibiting a Faithful and Lively Delineation of the World. Carefully Selected from Writers of Different Nations. In Four Volumes, Bind 4Mackenzie and Dent, 1818 |
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Side 8
... vessels - to the nearest guard , whence it is forwarded to the governor of Rangoon . The Birman officer that came on board was a mean looking man , dressed in a shabby cotton jacket , and a piece of faded silk , which , after twice ...
... vessels - to the nearest guard , whence it is forwarded to the governor of Rangoon . The Birman officer that came on board was a mean looking man , dressed in a shabby cotton jacket , and a piece of faded silk , which , after twice ...
Side 10
... vessels , which were of unequal dimensions , from . 28 to 40 oars : we judged the longest to be between 60 and 70 feet , and from 6 to 8 in breadth : in this manner we proceeded until the town and shipping were in view . The Princess ...
... vessels , which were of unequal dimensions , from . 28 to 40 oars : we judged the longest to be between 60 and 70 feet , and from 6 to 8 in breadth : in this manner we proceeded until the town and shipping were in view . The Princess ...
Side 25
... vessels of burden were likewise in a state of forwardness , belonging to English adventurers , and one still larger than the rest , almost ready to be launched , the property of the governor of Maindu , the town on the opposite side ...
... vessels of burden were likewise in a state of forwardness , belonging to English adventurers , and one still larger than the rest , almost ready to be launched , the property of the governor of Maindu , the town on the opposite side ...
Side 30
... vessel : when they set out in a morning , they proceed in silence , but returning at night , they join in jocund chorus , and time the stroke of their oars to the bars of their song . We were serenaded every evening from dusk till 10 o ...
... vessel : when they set out in a morning , they proceed in silence , but returning at night , they join in jocund chorus , and time the stroke of their oars to the bars of their song . We were serenaded every evening from dusk till 10 o ...
Side 34
... vessels are so narrow , that persons unaccustomed to them cannot sit between the rowers without inconvenience : it did not , however , escape our notice , that they were quite plain , without either gilding or paint . We were about 20 ...
... vessels are so narrow , that persons unaccustomed to them cannot sit between the rowers without inconvenience : it did not , however , escape our notice , that they were quite plain , without either gilding or paint . We were about 20 ...
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