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'Travels from India to England : comprehending a visit to the Burman Empire, and a journey through Persia, Asia Minor, European Turkey, &c., in the years 1825-26, by James Edward Alexander' [63] (116/412)
The record is made up of 1 volume (316 pages). It was created in 1866. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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BURMAN EMPIRE. 63
bucket, and found that the water which I took up was filled with
minute brownish particles, oblong in shape, probably a species of
medusa, if not the spawn of fish: their colour collectively was yellow,
individually brown. A delightful breeze set in from the north-west,
which carried us on at the rate of five knots.
The following night we had vivid lightning ; and at noon on the
2d of April, whilst in latitude 9° 30', near Cochin, heavy, dense,
and threatening clouds collected in the horizon. At 4 p.m . there
was a dead calm. In half an hour afterwards the sea began to rise,
with a long swell from the north-east; the clouds grew dark and
louring, and at length hung in a gloomy canopy overhead. The
wind began to blow in gusts, with the lower scud driving rapidly
along. On a sudden a rushing and howling sound was heard astern,
and on looking towards the east, we saw the water lifted up in white
foam, and advancing towards us at a furious rate like a wall. The
utmost confusion prevailed on board: the
Lascars
A term used by the British officials to describe non-European sailors employed on East India Company ships.
ran about stupified
with fear. All at once, before a single sail could be taken in, a
terrific gust took the ship, and laid her on her beam-ends. I
expected the masts to go by the board every instant; the upper ones
bent like willows. The top-gallant and topsail-haulyards were let go,
but the wind was so strong that the yards would not come down on
the caps ; and we rushed on through a tremendous sea, with the
spray washing clean over the bows, and pitching bowsprit under.
The sea was coming in at the lee-ports, when suddenly all the sails
went streaming in ribbons, with the exception of the fore-topsail,
and the ship righted : the main-topsail sheet broke, and the main-
yard tilted right up and down. The lightning all this time was
darting round the mast-heads, and with the thunder almost deprived
us
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Travels from India to England : comprehending a visit to the Burman Empire, and a journey through Persia, Asia Minor, European Turkey, &c., in the years 1825-26, by James Edward Alexander.
Publication Details: London : Parbury, Allen & Co., 1827.
Ownership: With stamps of the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Library.
There are numerous illustrations, maps and plates.
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- 1 volume (316 pages)
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There is a table of content at the beginning of the volume, detailing the arrangement of contents and page references and illustrations (pages xi-xvi).
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Dimensions: 270 mm x 220 mm.
Pagination: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xv); (1-301).
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- IOL.1947.b.134
- Title
- 'Travels from India to England : comprehending a visit to the Burman Empire, and a journey through Persia, Asia Minor, European Turkey, &c., in the years 1825-26, by James Edward Alexander'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:v-v, 1:20, 1:14, 14a:14d, 15:22, 22a:22d, 23:32, 32a:32d, 33:40, 40a:40d, 41:76, 76a:76d, 77:126, 126a:126d, 127:136, 136a:136d, 137:140, 140a:140f, 141:154, 154a:154d, 155:178, 178a:178d, 179:190, 190a:190d, 191:200, 200a:200d, 201:238, 238a:238d, 239:254, 254a:254d, 255:293, 293a, 294, 294a, 295, 295a, 296, 296a, 297, 297a, 298, 298a, 299, 299a, 300, 300a, 301:302, vi-r:viii-v, back-i
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- Alexander, Sir James Edward
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