Narrative of a Voyage to Java, China, and the Great Loo-Choo Island: With Accounts of Sir Murray Maxwell's Attack on the Chinese Batteries, and of an Interview with Napoleon Buonaparte, at St. HelenaW. Tegg & Company, 1865 - 81 páginas |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Narrative of a Voyage to Java, China, and the Great Loo-Choo Island: With ... Basil Hall Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
Narrative of a Voyage to Java, China, and the Great Loo-Choo Island: With ... Basil Hall Sin vista previa disponible - 2022 |
Términos y frases comunes
a-head acquainted afterwards amongst amused anchor anchorage appeared attention bassador beach boats brig Buonaparte cabin Canton Captain Max Captain Maxwell carried chiefs China Chinese circumstance Clifford coast coral Coreans crowded curious deck discovered distance dress Embassy English everything examine expressed feet friends frigate guns hand harbour head hill inhabitants island Java Javanese Jeeroo junk land language laughed Loo-Choo looked Lord Amherst Lord Macartney Lyra Maddra Mandarin manner Maxwell's miles morning Napakiang natives nearly never object observed occasion officer Ookooma ourselves party passed Pei Ho river person pipe present prince proceeded reached reef remarkable respect rocks round rowed sackee sailing sailors scene seemed seen sent sextant ships shore side sight soon spot stood Straits of Sunda strangers thought tion took trees turned village voyage walk whole wind wished yards Yellow Sea
Pasajes populares
Página 61 - Madera came on board, with the sextant in his hand ; he was in such distress that he scarcely knew what he was about. In this distracted state he sat down to breakfast with us, during which he continued lighting his pipe and smoking as fast as he could ; drinking and eating whatever was placed before him. After he had a little recovered himself, he asked what books it would be necessary...
Página 41 - 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...
Página 41 - ... 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...
Página 41 - 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...
Página 52 - I found my people who had been landed previous to our sailing on the survey, much recovered, and very grateful for the kindness of the natives. Milk, eggs, meat, and vegetables, had been brought to them every day, and whenever they felt disposed to walk they were accompanied by one or two of the natives, who took their arms on coming to rough ground, and often helped them up the steep side of the hill behind the hospital, to a pleasant grassy spot on the summit, where the natives lighted pipes for...
Página 41 - ... 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...
Página 41 - The surrounding parts, however, advance in succession till they reach the surface, where they also must stop. Thus, as the level of the highest tide is the eventual limit to every part of the reef, a horizontal field comes to be formed coincident with that plane, and perpendicular on all sides. The reef, however, continually increases, and, being prevented from going higher, must extend itself laterally in all directions ; and this growth being probably as rapid at the upper edge as it is lower down,...
Página 41 - China) was in the form of a star, with arms from four to six inches long, which it moved about with a rapid motion in all directions, probably in search of food. Others were so sluggish that they were often mistaken for pieces of the rock ; these were generally of a dark color, and from four to five inches long, and two or three round. When the rock was broken from a spot near the level of high water, it was found to be a hard, solid stone; but if any part of it were detached at a level to which...
Página 78 - His corpulency, at this time universally reported to be excessive, was by no means remarkable. His flesh looked, on the contrary, firm and muscular. There was not the least trace of colour in his cheeks ; in fact, his skin was more like marble than ordinary flesh. Not the smallest...
Página 41 - But this growth being as rapid at the upper edge as it is lower down, the steepness of the face of the reef is still preserved.