Oriental Commerce, Or, The East India Trader's Complete Guide: Containing a Geographical and Nautical Description of the Maritime Parts of India, China, Japan, and Neighbouring Countries ... with an Account of Their Respective Commerce ...Kingsbury, Parbury, and Allen, 1825 - 586 sivua |
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Tulokset 1 - 5 kokonaismäärästä 100
Sivu 3
... anchor can change her birth without licence . 6. No boats can pass between vessels and shore after sunset , without licence . 7. No seaman or soldier may leave ship without permission in writing from commanding officer . 8. Any such ...
... anchor can change her birth without licence . 6. No boats can pass between vessels and shore after sunset , without licence . 7. No seaman or soldier may leave ship without permission in writing from commanding officer . 8. Any such ...
Sivu 6
... anchor about half - way between it and Fuertaventura . Although apparently exposed , the road is very safe with the trade - wind ; the water is smooth , and the ground clean , being a fine sandy bottom . Right ashore from the road , on ...
... anchor about half - way between it and Fuertaventura . Although apparently exposed , the road is very safe with the trade - wind ; the water is smooth , and the ground clean , being a fine sandy bottom . Right ashore from the road , on ...
Sivu 7
... anchor from a cable's length from the shore , in 6 , 7 , and 8 fathoms , to half a mile , in 25 to 30 fathoms . The ground is foul in some places ; the cables should be buoyed if the ship remains long . A mole for landing in the middle ...
... anchor from a cable's length from the shore , in 6 , 7 , and 8 fathoms , to half a mile , in 25 to 30 fathoms . The ground is foul in some places ; the cables should be buoyed if the ship remains long . A mole for landing in the middle ...
Sivu 8
... anchor , but to stand off and on , sending a boat on shore to go through the necessary forms , and to order the requisite supplies . The preservation of the cables , and the safety of the ship , compensate for this little inconvenience ...
... anchor , but to stand off and on , sending a boat on shore to go through the necessary forms , and to order the requisite supplies . The preservation of the cables , and the safety of the ship , compensate for this little inconvenience ...
Sivu 12
... anchor . A reef projects from the N. end to about 2 miles . This island is frequented , especially by Americans , for its salt . The anchorage is rocky and dangerous . The town is wretched ; the surrounding country almost without ...
... anchor . A reef projects from the N. end to about 2 miles . This island is frequented , especially by Americans , for its salt . The anchorage is rocky and dangerous . The town is wretched ; the surrounding country almost without ...
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Sivu 104 - ... tubercles, varying from the size of a pin's head to that of a large pea, isolated or confluent ; or, secondly, as yellowish patches of irregular outline, slightly elevated, and with but little hardness.
Sivu 565 - ... Spirits or strong Waters the produce of any British Possession in America, not being sweetened Spirits, or Spirits mixed with any article so that the degree of strength thereof cannot be exactly ascertained by such hydrometer...
Sivu 585 - Journals of the Sieges of the Madras Army, in the years 1817, 1818, and 1819, with Observations on the System according to which such Operations have usually been conducted in India, and a Statement of the Improvements that appear necessary.
Sivu 517 - Desima, when anything is to be exported or imported, are seated the head and under banjoses, and interpreters, before whose eyes the whole undergoes a strict search. And that the Europeans may not scrape an acquaintance with the searchers, they are changed so often that no opportunity is given them. " This puts a stop to illicit commerce only, but not to private trade, as everybody is at liberty to carry in whatever he can dispose of, or there is a demand for, and even such articles as are not allowed...
Sivu 301 - They are found in such abundance, over many parts of Bengal and the adjoining provinces, as to have afforded to the natives, from time immemorial, an abundant supply of a most durable, coarse, dark coloured silk, commonly called Tusseh silk, which is woven into a kind of cloth called Tusseh doot'hies, much worn by Bramins and other sects of Hindoos.
Sivu 517 - ... are very dangerous to import ; but the Europeans are otherwise suffered to carry in a great number of books for their own use ; and the search was the less strict in this respect, as they looked into a few of them only. Latin, French, Swedish, and German books and manuscripts pass the more easily, as the interpreters do not understand them. Arms, it is true, are not allowed to be carried into the country ; nevertheless, we are as yet suffered to take our swords with us. " The Dutch themselves...
Sivu 518 - ... need of instruction, bear the denomination of apprentices or learners. Formerly the Japanese apprentices were instructed by the Dutch themselves in their language, but now they are taught by the elder interpreters. The apprentices had also, before this, liberty to come to the factory whenever they chose ; but now they are only suffered to come when they are on actual service. The interpreters rise gradually and in rotation to preferments and emoluments, without being employed in any other department....
Sivu 517 - ... nevertheless, we are as yet suffered to take our swords with us. "The Dutch themselves are the occasion of these over-rigorous searches, the strictness of which has been augmented on several different occasions, till it has arrived at its present height. Numerous artifices have been applied to the purpose of bringing goods into the factory by stealth ; and the interpreters, who heretofore had never been searched, used to carry contraband goods by degrees, and in small parcels, to the town, where...
Sivu 302 - Their cocoons are remarkably soft and white, or yellowish ; the filament so exceedingly delicate as to render it impracticable to wind off the silk : it is therefore spun like cotton. The yarn thus manufactured, is wove into a coarse kind of white cloth, of a seemingly loose texture, but of incredible durability, the life of one person being seldom sufficient to wear out a garment made of it ; so that the same piece descends from mother to daughter.