Voyage to Loo-Choo, and Other Places in the Eastern Seas, in the Year 1816: Including an Account of Captain Maxwell's Attack on the Batteries at Canton; and Notes of an Interview with Buonaparte at St. Helena, in August 1817, 第 1 巻A. Constable & Company, 1826 - 322 ページ |
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accompanied afterwards Alceste amongst amused anchor anchorage appeared begged boat brig Buonaparte cabin Canton Captain Max Captain Maxwell carried chiefs China Chinese Clifford coast Coreans crowded curiosity deck discovered distance dress English everything expressed feet friends frigate gave hand harbour hard to windward Harvard College head hill island Javanese Jeeroo King land language laughed Loo-Choo looked Lord Amherst Lyra Maddera Mandarin manner Maxwell's miles morning Napakiang natives nearly never object observed occasion officer Ookooma Oonting party passed person pipe present Prince proceeded reached reef remarkable respect rocks round rowed sackee sail sailors scene seemed seen sent sextant ship shore side sight soon St Helena stood Straits of Sunda strangers sweet potatoes things thought tide tion took trees turned village voyage walk whole wind wished yards Yellow Sea
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140 ページ - The growth of coral appears to cease when the worm is no longer exposed to the washing of the sea. Thus, a reef rises in the form of a cauliflower, till its top has gained the level of the highest tides, above which the worm has no power to advance, and the reef of course no longer extends itself upwards. The...
231 ページ - Maddera, who was the last to quit the ship, cried bitterly as he wrung the hands of his numerous friends, who crowded round him, and loaded him with presents. " While we were heaving up the anchor, the natives assembled not only in canoes round the ships, but in vast crowds upon the neighbouring heights ; and, as we sailed away, they all stood up, and continued waving their fans and handkerchiefs, till they could be no longer distinguished.
139 ページ - ... invisible. These animals are of a great variety of shapes and sizes, and in such prodigious numbers, that, in a short time, the whole surface of the rock appears to be alive and in motion. The most common worm is in the form of...
139 ページ - The examination of a coral reef during the different stages of one tide is particularly interesting. When the tide has left it for some time it becomes dry, and appears to be a compact rock, exceedingly hard and ragged ; but...
285 ページ - It was not, however, a permanent lustre, for it was only remarkable when he was excited by some point of particular interest. It is impossible to imagine an expression of more entire mildness, I may almost call it of benignity and kindliness, than that which played over his features during the whole interview. If, therefore, he were at this time out of health and in low spirits, his power of self-command must have been even more extraordinary than is generally supposed ; for his whole deportment,...
284 ページ - Bertrand was necessary only once during the whole conversation. The brilliant and sometimes dazzling expression of his eye could not be overlooked. It was not, however, a permanent lustre, for it was only remarkable when he was excited by some point of particular interest. It is impossible to imagine an expression...
140 ページ - ... of different lengths and colours, some being as fine as a thread and several feet long, of a bright yellow, and sometimes of a blue colour : others resemble snails, and some are not unlike lobsters in shape, but soft, and not above two inches long...
229 ページ - This alarm, however, brought the chiefs off in a great hurry ; not in a body in their usual formal way, but one by one, in separate canoes. Old Jeema called on board the Lyra on his way to the frigate ; he was a good deal agitated, and the tears came into his eyes when I put a ring on his finger.
279 ページ - ... smallest particular. Such, indeed, was the rapidity of his apprehension of the subjects which interested him, and the astonishing ease with which he arranged and generalized the few points of information I gave him, that he sometimes outstripped my narrative, saw the conclusion I was coming to before I spoke it, and fairly robbed me of my story. " Several circumstances, however, respecting the LooChoo people, surprised even him a good deal; and I had the satisfaction of seeing him more than once...