My last cruise; or, Where we went and what we saw; an account of visits to the Malay and Loo-Choo islands [&c.]. |
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My Last Cruise: Or, Where We Went and What We Saw; An Account of Visits to ... Alexander Wylly Habersham Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2015 |
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Seite 171 - Its air is pure and wholesome, and the earth produces, in abundance, corn, rice, and most other kinds of grain. Most of the Indian fruits are found here, such as oranges, bananas, pine-apples, guavas, cocoa-nuts ; and part of those of Europe, particularly peaches, apricots, figs, grapes, chestnuts, pomegranates, water-melons, &c. Tobacco, sugar, pepper, camphor and cinnamon are also common. The capital of Formosa is Tai-ouan — a name which the Chinese give to the whole island.
Seite 507 - From J. Addison Alexander, DD, Prof. Oriental Language* and Literature, Princeton G>L 14 Uo the subject of Geographical Orthography and Orthoepy, this is not only the best, but the only systematic work with which I am acquainted. In examining this work, 1 have received an indirect and incidental, but very strong impression of its great superiority, in fulness and accuracy, to any Dictionary of Geography with which I am acquainted.
Seite 309 - I observed this circumstance,' he adds, 'as a general characteristic, for it is easy to find individuals equally hairy in Europe. " Broughton declares that their bodies are almost universally covered with long, black hair, and that he observed the same appearance even in some young children.
Seite 171 - That part of the island which the Chinese possess presents extensive and fertile plains, watered by a great number of rivulets that fall from the eastern mountains. Its air is pure and wholesome, and the earth produces in abundance corn, rice, and most other kinds of grain. Most of the...
Seite 42 - Multum in parvo ! pro bono publico ! Entertainment for man or beast, all of a row ; Lekker kost, as much as you please ; Excellent beds, without any fleas. Nos patriam fugimus ! now we are here, Vivamus ! let us live by selling beer. On donne a boire et a manger ici ; Come in and try it, whoever you be.
Seite 308 - ... countenance is much more regular. The women are ugly enough: their colour, which is dark, their coal-black hair combed over their faces, blue-painted lips, and tattooed hands, allow them no pretensions to beauty. " La Perouse says 'they are a very superior race to the Chinese, Japanese, and Mantschoos, and their countenances are more regular, and more similar to those of Europeans The inhabitants of the Bay of Crillon were particularly beautiful and of regular features.
Seite 171 - Formosa which the Chinese possess, presents extensive and fertile plains, watered by a great number of rivulets, that fall from the eastern mountains. Its air is pure and wholesome, and the earth produces, in abundance, corn, rice, and most other kinds of grain. Most of the Indian fruits are found here, such as oranges, bananas, pine-apples, guavas, cocoa-nuts ; and part of those of Europe, particularly peaches, apricots, figs, grapes, chestnuts, pomegranates, water-melons, &c. Tobacco, sugar, pepper,...
Seite 311 - The hairy endowments of these people are by no means so extensive as some early writers lead one to suppose. As a general rule, they shave the front of the head a la...
Seite 507 - Revised Edition* of Webster's Dictionary. " Your Pronouncing Gazetteer of the World appears, from the examination I have given it, to be a work of immense labor, very wisely directed. I consider it as of great...
Seite 507 - Pronouncing Gazetteer,' more particularly in relation to Pronunciation, 1 take pleasure in expressing a concurrence, generally, in what is said by the Hon. Edward Everett, of the value and excellence of the work. The difficult subject of the pronunciation of geographical names appears tc me to have been attended to with great care, good taste, and sound judgment ; and this feature of the Gazetteer must add greatly to its value.