Round the World in 1870: An Account of a Brief Tour Made Through India, China, Japan, California, and South AmericaH. S. King & Company, 1872 - 408 sider |
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Side 84
... slope quite steep enough to discourage such steeds as we have described , we are carried in palkees . The road winds through a defile in the ... slopes is abundant , THE HIMALAYAS . 85 though the trees are of no 84 ROUND THE WORLD IN 1870 .
... slope quite steep enough to discourage such steeds as we have described , we are carried in palkees . The road winds through a defile in the ... slopes is abundant , THE HIMALAYAS . 85 though the trees are of no 84 ROUND THE WORLD IN 1870 .
Side 86
... his spindle shanks are ill - adapted , either by nature or by practice , to toiling up a Himalayan slope , and he makes his appearance some two hours later . THE HIMALAYAS . 6 87 The air up here is 86 ROUND THE WORLD IN 1870 .
... his spindle shanks are ill - adapted , either by nature or by practice , to toiling up a Himalayan slope , and he makes his appearance some two hours later . THE HIMALAYAS . 6 87 The air up here is 86 ROUND THE WORLD IN 1870 .
Side 87
... gigantic scale on which these Himalayas are framed . The wall of the valley that slopes so steeply down from our feet is well wooded ; the opposite wall rises up , equally steep , but more barren , till it terminates in.
... gigantic scale on which these Himalayas are framed . The wall of the valley that slopes so steeply down from our feet is well wooded ; the opposite wall rises up , equally steep , but more barren , till it terminates in.
Side 92
... slopes to a height of 5,000 or 6,000 feet . It says much for the industry and energy of the mountain villagers that they thus turn the steepest hill - side , down which in ' the rains ' torrents of water must flow , to good account ...
... slopes to a height of 5,000 or 6,000 feet . It says much for the industry and energy of the mountain villagers that they thus turn the steepest hill - side , down which in ' the rains ' torrents of water must flow , to good account ...
Side 108
... slopes , we shall find that they possess some pretty gullies , where there is a plentiful supply of azaleas , ferns , and other small vegetation , and through which run the fresh water- courses which have given the island its rather ...
... slopes , we shall find that they possess some pretty gullies , where there is a plentiful supply of azaleas , ferns , and other small vegetation , and through which run the fresh water- courses which have given the island its rather ...
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Banda Oriental bank beautiful broad Buenos Ayres buildings Calcutta Callao Canton Cape Pillar Cawnpore China Chinese coast colour coolies Cordova course distance English estancia European feet flat foot foreign garden gauchos gharry green half handsome Hankow harbour height hills Himalayas Hongkong horses houses hundred island Japan Japanese kind Kobé land leave look Lucknow mid-day miles Monte Video morning mountains Mussoorie native nearly neighbouring night Ningpo Osaca palkees Pampas pass Penang picturesque plain port Punta Arenas quarter railway reach ride ridge rise river road rock round running San Francisco scarcely scene seems Shanghae sheep Shogun shops side Sierra sight slopes stands steamer stone Strait stream streets summit surrounded tea-houses temple Tocaido town traveller trees Uruguay valley Valparaiso vessel village voyage walk walls wind wood yards Yedo Yokohama
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Side 207 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Side 13 - Stood on my feet. About me round I saw Hill, dale, and shady woods, and sunny plains, And liquid lapse of murmuring streams ; by these, Creatures that lived and moved, and walk'd or flew, Birds on the branches warbling ; all things smiled ; With fragrance and with joy my heart o'erflowed.
Side 89 - Or other worlds they seem'd, or happy isles, Like those Hesperian gardens fam'd of old, Fortunate fields, and groves, and flowery vales, Thrice happy isles...
Side 176 - O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others see us!
Side 151 - It is said of man morally, that the whole head is sick and the whole heart is faint — that from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, there is no soundness in him.
Side 275 - But here, — above, around, below, On mountain or in glen, Nor tree, nor shrub, nor plant, nor flower, Nor aught of vegetative power, The weary eye may ken.
Side 51 - Here lies Henry Lawrence, who tried to do his duty. May the Lord have mercy on his soul.
Side 231 - Access denied ; and over-head up-grew Insuperable height of loftiest shade, Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene ; and, as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.
Side 117 - Former customers have inspired caution, — no credit given." "A small stream always flowing."