Narrative of a Voyage Round the World: Performed in Her Majesty's Ship Sulphur, During the Years 1836-1842, Including Details of the Naval Operations in China, from Dec. 1840, to Nov. 1841 ; Published Under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, Volume 2Henry Colburn, 1872 - Botany |
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Page 269 - on the ground at any one time during the winter and spring, was but three inches, and that fell in May. It is not the depth of snow that causes any inconvenience to the working of the road, but it is the drifting of it into the cuts during the heavy winds. For the purpose of
Page iii - It is that of establishing our common humanity; of striving to remove the barriers which prejudice and limited views of every kind have erected amongst men, and to treat all
Page 248 - wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way ; they found no city to dwell in.
Page 248 - He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
Page 248 - gathered out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south;
Page iii - without reference to religion, nation, or colour, as one fraternity, one great community, fitted for the attainment of one object.
Page 248 - in that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious,
Page 120 - seen, Yet, seen too oft, familiar with its face, We first endure, then pity, then
Page 269 - The cold rains and deepest snows come with an east wind ; the worst storms from the south-west. The coldest day of the
Page 283 - miles having been built in a little more than fifteen months, being an average of one and one-fifth miles per day.