Voyage of the United States Frigate Potomac: Under the Command of Commodore John Downes, During the Circumnavigation of the Globe, in the Years 1831, 1832, 1833, and 1834; Including a Particular Account of the Engagement at Quallah-Battoo, on the Coast of Sumatra; with All the Official Documents Relating to the SameHarper & Brothers, 1835 - 560 sider |
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... variable winds - An East India voyage ; its natural facilities - Period for commencing one - Reflections arising from the subject - Arrival at the Sandwich Islands CHAPTER XXII . 388 The Sandwich Islands , their number and location ...
... variable winds - An East India voyage ; its natural facilities - Period for commencing one - Reflections arising from the subject - Arrival at the Sandwich Islands CHAPTER XXII . 388 The Sandwich Islands , their number and location ...
Side 101
... variable , and the passage regular . After some squalls and flying clouds , the weather grad- ually cleared up , giving every indication of our being in the regu- lar tradewinds . This expectation , however , was not finally re- alized ...
... variable , and the passage regular . After some squalls and flying clouds , the weather grad- ually cleared up , giving every indication of our being in the regu- lar tradewinds . This expectation , however , was not finally re- alized ...
Side 103
... variable was the wind , with occasional calms , that , in despite of every effort , but little headway could be made ; and it was ascertained by observation , as well as from the bearing of the land , that the vessel was drifted not ...
... variable was the wind , with occasional calms , that , in despite of every effort , but little headway could be made ; and it was ascertained by observation , as well as from the bearing of the land , that the vessel was drifted not ...
Side 137
... variable winds . The causes of these periodical winds , which are known by the appellation of monsoons , as well as their influence on commercial operations , have often been alluded to by many able writers ; and they are of so much im ...
... variable winds . The causes of these periodical winds , which are known by the appellation of monsoons , as well as their influence on commercial operations , have often been alluded to by many able writers ; and they are of so much im ...
Side 193
... variable winds during the night . Vessels , therefore , intending to touch upon the west coast during this season , should never fall in with the land north of their port of destination . Although the southeast or southerly monsoons ...
... variable winds during the night . Vessels , therefore , intending to touch upon the west coast during this season , should never fall in with the land north of their port of destination . Although the southeast or southerly monsoons ...
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Acheen American anchor anchorage appearance armed arrival attack Batavia beautiful boat Brazil Brazilian Brazilian empire breeze Buenos Ayres Callao called Cape Captain Endicott character China Chinese Cloudy coast of Sumatra colony command commerce Commodore Downes crew distance district Dutch east eighteen hundred English Fair Falkland Islands fathoms favour feet fifty frequently Friendship frigate harbour honour India inhabitants island Java Javans labour land latitude Levi Woodbury Lieutenant Malays ment miles monsoon morning mountains nations natives navy northeast northwest ocean officers Palembang passage passed pepper period piculs port Portuguese Potomac present proas procured Pulo Quallah-Battoo rajah Rejangs river sailed Salem seen seventeen hundred ship shore Shubrick sick-list side Soo-soo soon southeast Strait Strait of Sunda Sumatra Table Bay thousand tion town trade Uitenhage United Variable vessels voyage whole wind
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Side 328 - And the whole earth was of one language and of one speech. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
Side 387 - FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand, Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Side 107 - And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon.
Side 233 - By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Side 107 - And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pison : that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold ; and the gold of that land is good : there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Side 345 - ... hurried into the city, and committed to prison. Such an outrage on personal liberty spread a general alarm ; and the Europeans unanimously agreed to send for their boats, with armed men, from the shipping, for the security of themselves and their property, until the matter should be brought to a conclusion. The boats accordingly came, and ours among the number ; one of which was fired on and a man wounded. All trade was stopped, and the Chinese men-of-war drawn up opposite the factories.
Side 458 - I have therefore given orders for the dispatch of an armed vessel to join our squadron in those seas and aid in affording all lawful protection to our trade which shall be necessary, and shall without delay send a minister to inquire into the nature of the circumstances and also of the claim, if any, that is set up by that Government to those islands.
Side 139 - Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Side 263 - That which hath made them drunk hath made me bold; What hath quench'd them hath given me fire.
Side 287 - O'er ten square leagues his far-diverging heads ; Or in one trunk entwists his tangled form, Looks o'er the clouds, and hisses in the storm. Steep'd in fell poison, as his sharp teeth part, A thousand tongues in quick vibration dart ; Snatch the proud eagle towering o'er the heath, Or pounce the lion, as he stalks beneath ; Or strew, as marshall'd hosts contend in vain, With human skeletons the whiten'd plain.