Extracts from a Journal: Written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru, and Mexico, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, Band 2Archibald Constable and Company, 1824 |
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Acapulco acquainted advantage afterwards amongst anchor appearance army breeze Callao called Cape Corrientes Cape Horn capital carried Chili coast commerce Congress consequence considerable Conway Copiapó copper Coquimbo coun course declared degree distance dollars earthquake English feeling feet flag of Spain friends gentleman Guasco Guayaquil habilitador hour hundred independence inhabitants interest Island Iturbidé ladies land latitude length Lima looked manner means ment merchants Mexican Mexico miles miner mines morning mountains native nearly nerally never night O'Donaju observed old Spaniards Panama party passage Patriots Payta peak person Peru Plan of Iguala port possessed quartz quintal reached remarkable river rock round ruin sailed San Blas San Martin seen ship shore side silver soon South America Spain Spaniards Spanish spot stood stream Tepic things tide tion took town trees troops valley Valparaiso weather whole wind
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Seite 183 - ... not keep to an hour, but they commonly spring up between six and twelve in the evening, and last till six, eight, or ten in the morning. They both come and go away again earlier or later, according to the weather, the season of the year, or some accidental cause from the land. For, on some coasts, they do rise earlier, blow fresher, and remain later than on other coasts, as I shall show hereafter.
Seite 183 - Then the landwinds, whose office it is to breathe in the night, moved by the same order of Divine impulse, do rouse out of their private recesses, and gently fan the air till the next morning, and then their task ends, and they leave the stage.
Seite 178 - It is not well situated for commerce, as the country lying between it and Mexico is difficult to cross, and is not rich either in agricultural produce, or in mines. The town, at present, consists of not more than thirty houses, with a large suburb of huts, built of reeds, wattled in open basket-work to give admission to the air. It is guarded by an extensive and formidable fortress, called the Castle of San Carlos, •standing on a height, commanding the whole harbour,. The inhabitants told us, when...
Seite 228 - ... 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...
Seite 183 - ... 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...
Seite 229 - ... whole day. When it is ascertained by the weight that the hive is full, the end pieces are removed, and the honey withdrawn. The hive we saw opened was only partly filled ; which enabled us to see the economy of the interior to more advantage. The honey is not contained in the elegant hexagonal cells of our hives, but in wax bags, not quite so large as an egg.
Seite 182 - 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...
Seite 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 ; and on both sides, the roads are easily traced at the same levels, and in perfect conformity with those on the opposite banks of the valley. The stones are principally granite and gneiss, with masses of shistus, whinstone, and quartz, mixed...
Seite 182 - ... o'clock it begins to die away again, and gradually withdraws its force till all is spent, and about five o'clock, sooner or later according as the weather is, it is lulled asleep, and comes no more till the next morning.
Seite 172 - 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.