Extracts from a Journal: Written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, Volume 2Archibald Constable and Company, 1824 |
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Page 90 - I have," says this illustrious patriot, " fulfilled the sacred promise which I made to Peru. I have witnessed the assembly of its representatives. The enemy's force threatens the independence of no place that wishes to be free, and possesses the means of being so. A numerous army, under the direction of warlike chiefs, is ready to march in a few days to put an end to the war. Nothing is left for me to do, but to offer you my sincerest thanks, and to promise that if the liberties of the Peruvians...
Page 226 - ... never stung us, though our faces and hands were covered with them. It is said, however, that there is a bee in the country which does sting ; but the kind we saw seem to have neither the power nor the inclination, for they certainly did not hurt us, and our friends said they were always " muy manso," very tame, and never stung any one.
Page 179 - It comes in a fine, small, black curl upon the water, when as all the sea between it and the shore not yet reached by it is as smooth and even as glass in comparison ; in half an hour's time after it has reached the shore it fans pretty briskly, and so increaseth gradually till twelve o'clock, then it is commonly strongest, and lasts so till two or three a very brisk gale ; about twelve at noon it also veers off...
Page 9 - ... or, as seamen term it, just lipping with the water's edge. It is several miles wide, and shaped like a delta ; its sides are at many places deeply indented with ravines, which show it to be composed exclusively of the same water-worn materials as the roads...
Page 224 - ... rings, so as to form rather handsome ornaments in the verandah of a house, where they are suspended by cords from the roof, in the same manner that the wooden ones in the villages are hung to the eaves of the cottages. On one side of the hive, half-way between the ends, there is a small hole made, just large enough for a loaded bee to enter, and shaded by a projection to prevent the rain from trickling in. In this hole, generally representing the mouth of a man, or some monster, the head of which...
Page 179 - ... do blow in the day and rest in the night, so, on the contrary, these do blow in the night and rest in the day, and so they do alternately succeed each other. For when the...
Page 169 - ... of a harbour. It is easy of access; very capacious ; the water not too deep ; the holdingground good; quite free from hidden dangers; and as secure as the basin in the centre of Portsmouth dockyard.
Page 168 - Acapulco harbour, a place familiar to the memory of most people, from its being the port whence the rich Spanish galleons, of former days, took their departure to spread the wealth of the Western over the Eastern world. It is celebrated also in...
Page 178 - These sea breezes do commonly rise in the morning about nine o'clock, sometimes sooner, sometimes later ; they first approach the shore, so gently as if they were afraid to come near it, and ofttimes they make some faint breathings, and, as if not willing to offend, they make a halt, and seem ready to retire. I have waited many a time both ashore to receive the pleasure, and at sea to take the benefit of it. " It comes in a fine, small, black...
Page 224 - Some persons use cylindrical hives, made of earthenware, instead of the clumsy apparatus of wood ; these are relieved by raised figures and circular rings, so as to form rather handsome ornaments in the verandah of a house, where they are suspended by cords from the roof, in the same manner that the wooden ones in the village are hung to the eaves of the cottage.