 The usual stories are repeated here, of the immense size and voracious appetite of a certain species of serpent. The best history of this kind we ever remember to have read, was of a serpent killed near one of our settlements, in the East Indies; in whose...  The Works of Sydney Smith - Page 301by Sydney Smith - 1840Full view - About this book
 | Sydney Smith - English literature - 1844 - 388 pages
...destruction. At these seasons, Trincomalee alone, of all the parts on this side of the peninsula, is capacle of affording to vessels a safe retreat; which a vessel...King of Candia are partly defended by leeches, which abound in the woods, and from which our soldiers suffered in the most dreadful manner. The Ceylonese,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - English literature - 1845 - 496 pages
...garrison of Colombo take their morning ride, and enjoy one of the finest scenes in nature."—'(pp. 336, 337.) As this spice constitutes the wealth of...King of Candia are partly defended by leeches, which abound in the woods, and from which our soldiers suffered in the most dreadful manner. The Ceylonese,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1846 - 368 pages
...serpent. The best history of this kind we ever remember to have read, was of a serpent killed near out of our settlements, in the East Indies ; in whose...King of Candia are partly defended by leeches, which abound in the woods, and from which our soldiers suffered ha the most dreadful manner. The Ceylonese,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1847 - 524 pages
...apiary has been robbed, this feathered scoundrel gleans his reward from the hive. The list of Ceylonesc snakes is hideous ; and we become reconciled to the...King of Candia are partly defended by leeches, which abound in the woods, and from which our soldiers suffered in the most dreadful manner. The Ceylonese,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - British literature - 1848 - 526 pages
...him to follow the course it points out, leads him to the tree where the bees have con^/•f cealed their treasure ; after the apiary has been robbed,...King of Candia are partly defended by leeches, which abound in the woods, and from which our soldiers suffered in the most dreadful manner. The Ceylonese,... | |
 | Sydney Smith - Essays - 1850 - 736 pages
...apiary has been robbed, this feathered »wundrel gleans his reward from the hive. The list of Ccylonese snakes is hideous; and we become reconciled to the...King of Candia are partly defended by leeches, which abound in the woods, and from which our soldiers suffered in the most dreadful manner. The Ceylonese,... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1850 - 196 pages
...settlements, in the East Indies; in whose body they found the chaplain of the garrison, all in black, the Eev. Mr. , (somebody or other, whose name we have forgotten,)...king of Candia are partly defended by leeches, which abound in tlie woods, and from which, our soldiers suffered in the most dreadful manner. The Ceylonese,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1851 - 192 pages
...hive. The list of Ceylonese snakes is hideous, and we become reconciled to the crude and cloudy land m which we live, from reflecting that the indiscriminate...King of Candia are partly defended by leeches, which abound in the woods, and from which our soldiers suffered in the most dreadful manner. The Ceylonese,... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 498 pages
...the hive. The list of Ceylonese snakes is hideous; and we become reconciled to the crude and clouily land in which we live, from reflecting, that the indiscriminate...King of Candia are partly defended by leeches, which abound in the woods, and from which our soldiers suflered in the most dreadful manner. Tbe Ceylonese,... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - Anecdotes - 1853 - 252 pages
...in the East Indies ; in whose body they found the chaplain of the garrison, all in black, the Eev. Mr. , (somebody or other, whose name we have forgotten,)...king of Candia are partly defended by leeches, which abound in the woods, and from which our soldiers suffered in the most dreadful manner. The Ceylonese,... | |
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