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Page 499 - which a careful perusal of it is calculated to leave behind.**— XVI. Blackwood's Magazine. The HON. GEORGE KEPPEL'S NARRATIVE of a JOURNEY from INDIA to ENGLAND, by Bussorah, Bagdad, the Ruins of Babylon, Curdistan, the Court of Persia, the
Page 235 - it were an easy leap To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced deep." Don Pablo Ochou, who was for many years a superintendent
Page 499 - THOMPSON, Esq., comprising Observations made during an Eight Years' Residence at the Cape; on the Progress and Prospects of British Emigrants; on the Agriculture and Commercial Resources of the Colony; and its Adaptation for receiving a large additional Influx of European Settlers. The Second Edition, in 2 vols.
Page 499 - are so infested by hordes of Arab robbers, that it is exceedingly dangerous to navigate the river without a strong force ; but, with this advantage. Captain Keppel was enabled to investigate all the interesting remains of antiquity in this neighhourhood, and on the shores of the Euphrates, including the
Page 498 - X. PORTUGAL in 1828. Comprising SKETCHES of the STATE of SOCIETY in that Kingdom under DON MIGUEL,. With a Narrative of the Author's Residence there, and of his Persecution and Trial as a
Page 498 - Monthly Magazine. XI. LETTERS FROM THE WESTERN STATES of AMERICA ; containing Sketches of Scenery, Manners, and Customs, with Anecdotes connected with the first Settlement of the Western Sections
Page 305 - (a name which they give to spirits,) they beat their families, and assassinate their friends. They rob each other, and under the sign of the cross, they persecute the helpless and betray the strong. Their old men are unfit for counsel, as
Page 240 - There is something romantic in these hunts : and as they are proofs of the determined bravery of the natives, it would be unpardonable to pass them over in silence. From the mountainous state of the country, it may be supposed that there are likewise an infinity of
Page 392 - The Mayos on the river Mayo inhabit the following towns : Tepague, Conecare, Camoa, Tesia, Navahoa, Curinghoa, Echehoa, and Santa Cruz de Mayo, a sea-port. Towns of the same nation on the Rio del Fuerte: Toro, Baca, Chois,
Page 500 - in all the volumes put together which have been hitherto published on the condition of that promising Colony."—Monthly Keview. XIX. TRAVELS in MESOPOTAMIA ; including a Journey from ALEPPO, across the