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... passed the beautiful island of Madeira , and close by the Canary Islands , on one of which stands the lofty peak of Teneriffe . Further on we sighted the little Island of Ascension , from which large supplies of turtle are obtained ...
... passed the beautiful island of Madeira , and close by the Canary Islands , on one of which stands the lofty peak of Teneriffe . Further on we sighted the little Island of Ascension , from which large supplies of turtle are obtained ...
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... passing shadows . The mind forgot the world of waters around , and , in the enthusiam of the hour , flew in busy imagina- tion to that beautiful land , and roamed among its hills and valleys in dreamy enjoyment . These beauteous scenes ...
... passing shadows . The mind forgot the world of waters around , and , in the enthusiam of the hour , flew in busy imagina- tion to that beautiful land , and roamed among its hills and valleys in dreamy enjoyment . These beauteous scenes ...
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... Passing through two villages you arrive at the Frome Bridge , and then the road runs through the Park Lands which surround the city , and which have been wisely preserved for the recreation of the in- habitants . These Park Lands are ...
... Passing through two villages you arrive at the Frome Bridge , and then the road runs through the Park Lands which surround the city , and which have been wisely preserved for the recreation of the in- habitants . These Park Lands are ...
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... - duced the dividends , and also the price of shares . BURRA BURRA MINE . 66 Proceeding from Mr. Wren's hotel we passed through a. The following description of the Burra Burra appeared in the Adelaide papers : -. AND ITS GOLD REGIONS . 41.
... - duced the dividends , and also the price of shares . BURRA BURRA MINE . 66 Proceeding from Mr. Wren's hotel we passed through a. The following description of the Burra Burra appeared in the Adelaide papers : -. AND ITS GOLD REGIONS . 41.
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... passed through a gorge of the northern hill , and in a few minutes found ourselves in view of the 6 ' eighth wonder of the world . ' The Burra mines are chiefly in a basin about fifty acres in extent , nearly surrounded with low hills ...
... passed through a gorge of the northern hill , and in a few minutes found ourselves in view of the 6 ' eighth wonder of the world . ' The Burra mines are chiefly in a basin about fifty acres in extent , nearly surrounded with low hills ...
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Page 11 - ... of space remarkable for their extreme blackness, give a particular physiognomy to the southern sky. This sight fills with admiration, even those who, uninstructed in the branches of accurate science, feel the same emotion of delight in the contemplation of the heavenly vault, as in the view of a beautiful landscape, or a majestic site. A traveller...
Page 158 - They consist often of the bark of a single tree, bent in the middle, and placed on its two ends in the ground, affording shelter to only one miserable tenant.
Page 92 - Thus, under the blessing of God, was happily completed, in eight months and one week, a voyage which, before it was undertaken, the mind hardly dared venture to contemplate, and on which it was impossible to reflect without some apprehension as to its termination.
Page 90 - ... guard and the convicts who had been landed in the morning. The spot chosen for this purpose was at the head of the cove, near the run of fresh water, which stole silently along through a very thick wood, the stillness of which had then, for the first time since the creation, been interrupted by the rude sound of the labourer's axe, and the downfall of its ancient inhabitants; a stillness and tranquillity which from that day were to give place to the voice of labour, the confusion of camps and...
Page 10 - ... we were never wearied with admiring, every night, the beauty of the southern sky, which, as we advanced towards the south, opened new constellations to our view. We feel an indescribable sensation, when, on approaching the equator, and particularly on passing from one hemisphere to the other, we see those stars which we have contemplated from our infancy, progressively sink, and finally disappear. Nothing awakens in the traveller a livelier remembrance of the immense distance by which he is separated...
Page 11 - A traveller has no need of being a botanist, to recognise the torrid zone on the mere aspect of its vegetation ; and without having acquired any notions of astronomy, without any acquaintance with the celestial charts of Flamstead and de la Caille, he feels he is not in Europe, when he sees the immense constellation of the Ship, or the phosphorescent clouds of Magellan, arise on the horizon.
Page 95 - OF chance or change, O let not man complain, Else shall he never never cease to wail : For, from the imperial dome, to where the swain Rears the lone cottage in the silent dale, All feel the assault of fortune's fickle gale...
Page 10 - From the time we entered the torrid zone, we were never wearied with admiring, every night, the beauty of the Southern sky, which, as we advanced towards the south, opened new constellations to our view. We feel an indescribable sensation, when, on approaching the equator, and particularly on passing from one hemisphere to the other, we see those stars, which we have contemplated from our infancy, progressively sink, and finally disappear. Nothing awakens in the...
Page 95 - All feel the assault of Fortune's fickle gale: Art, empire, earth itself to change are doom'd ; Earthquakes have raised to heaven the humble vale, And gulfs the mountain's mighty mass entomb'd : And where the Atlantic rolls wide continents have bloom'd.
Page 142 - ... the north is the hot wind, and the south the cold; where the humblest house is fitted up with cedar...