Vacation Tourists and Notes of Travel in 1860 [1861], [1862-3]: I. Clark, W.G. Naples and Garibaldi. II. Spottiswoode, G.A. A tour in civil and military Croatia, and through part of Hungary. III. D., R. Slavonic races. IV. K., G.H. A gossip on a Sutherland hillside. V. Bowen C.C. A visit to Peru. VI. Cowell, J.J. Gralan Alps and Mount Iseran. VII. Stephen, Leslie. The Alleleinborn. VIII. Hawkins, F.V. Partial ascent of Mont-Cervin (Matterhorn) IX. Tyndall, John. From Lauterbrunnen to the Æggisch-horn by the Lauwinenthor in one day. X. Clark, J.W. Journal of a yacht voyage to the Faroe Islands and Iceland. XI. Tozer, H.F. Norway. XII. [Galton, Francis] A visit to the north of Spain at the time of the eclipse. XIII. Noel, R.B.W. Syrian travel, and Syrian tribesFrancis Galton Macmillan, 1861 - Voyages and travels |
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Page 35
... narrow , filthy bye - streets , to Sta . Maria Apparente . There the cells had been newly cleansed and whitewashed , so that there was nothing disgusting in their appearance ; but the prison system in vogue under Ferdinand . was such as ...
... narrow , filthy bye - streets , to Sta . Maria Apparente . There the cells had been newly cleansed and whitewashed , so that there was nothing disgusting in their appearance ; but the prison system in vogue under Ferdinand . was such as ...
Page 72
... Narrow walks intersect each other at right angles , bordered on each side by tall hedges of box overtopped by ilex and bay ( here meriting its name of laurus nobilis ) , with generally at each angle a cypress or pine . Such a garden ...
... Narrow walks intersect each other at right angles , bordered on each side by tall hedges of box overtopped by ilex and bay ( here meriting its name of laurus nobilis ) , with generally at each angle a cypress or pine . Such a garden ...
Page 82
... narrow channel . A strange - looking streak of foam and spray , which crosses the water at one spot a little before us , attracts our attention . Before long , we know that this is the point where the Bora first strikes the sea ...
... narrow channel . A strange - looking streak of foam and spray , which crosses the water at one spot a little before us , attracts our attention . Before long , we know that this is the point where the Bora first strikes the sea ...
Page 95
... narrow rooms , with one or two windows at one end , the door at the other , a stove in one corner , and generally three beds , is the usual plan of the upper part of the house . It was , of course , often difficult to make the people ...
... narrow rooms , with one or two windows at one end , the door at the other , a stove in one corner , and generally three beds , is the usual plan of the upper part of the house . It was , of course , often difficult to make the people ...
Page 96
... narrow winding passage had been cut wide enough for country carts , but scarcely so for a carriage . A pull all together extricated us at last ; and as night closed in we were driving across the fields leading to the baths of Furëd ...
... narrow winding passage had been cut wide enough for country carts , but scarcely so for a carriage . A pull all together extricated us at last ; and as night closed in we were driving across the fields leading to the baths of Furëd ...
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