A Voyage to South America and the Cape of Good Hope: In His Majesty's Brig Protectorauthor, 1819 - 119 pages |
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Aberdeen anchor animal appearance arrival Bart blubber boats brig Brigade Brigadier-General Beresford Britannia Broad-street Camberwell Cape Frio Cape Town capture CHAP coast colour command Commodore considerable convoy crew customs Diadem diamonds Diomede discovered Dispatch from Major-General Dutch Dutch houses East India enemy English Espoir expence Ferguson file killed fire fish fishery fleet French frigate frigate Funchal guns hoisted Hope Horatio Nelson Hottentots hour immediately inhabitants of Cape Jansens John Josias Rowley land latitude leagues Leda Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel longitude Lord Viscount Castlereagh Lordship Madeira Majesty's Ship Major-General Sir David manner Mauritius mines morning night noon obliged occasion officers pipe Portland-place Portuguese rank and file regiment RIGHT HONOURABLE Rio Janeiro Robert rocks sail scarcely sent shore Sir David Baird Sir Home Popham situation skin slaves soon squadron surf Table Bay troops Viscount Castlereagh Volontaire voyage whale William wind wounded
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Page 110 - ... hostilities; and, therefore, a temporary and disastrous resistance is all you can possibly oppose to superior numbers. Under these circumstances, nothing can result but the devastation of the country you casually occupy ; and such a consequence can never be contemplated without anguish by a generous mind ; or be gratifying to the man who feels for the prosperity and tranquillity of the colony lately subject to his administration. But if, unhappily, your resolution is formed to oppose an enemy...
Page 36 - ... some places to be at a great height from the ground, from which the water is conveyed by pipes into a fountain in the great square that exactly fronts the Viceroy's palace. At this fountain great numbers of people are continually waiting for their turn to draw water ; and the soldiers, who are posted at the governor's door, find it very difficult to maintain any regularity among them. The water at this fountain, however, is so bad, that we, who...
Page 47 - I have been myself," continues he, " a spectator of their terrible encounter The whale has no instrument of defence except the tail: with that it endeavours to strike the enemy; and a smgle blow taking place would effectually destroy its adversary: but the sword-fish is as active as the other is strong, and easily avoids the stroke; then bounding into the air, it falls, upon its great subjacent enemy, and endeavours not to pierce with its pointed beak, but to cut...
Page 101 - Ferguson, and the number of the enemy, who swarmed the plain, served only to augment their ardour and confirm their discipline. The enemy received our fire, and maintained his position obstinately, but in the moment of charging, the valour of British troops bore down all opposition, and forced him to a precipitate retreat.
Page 37 - Water of a better quality is laid into some other part of the town, but I could not learn by what means. The churches are very fine, and there is more religious parade in this place than in any of the Popish countries in Europe : there is a procession of some parish every day, with various insignia, all splendid and costly in the highest degree : they beg money, and say prayers in great form, at the corner of every street.
Page 99 - Lospard's bay," observes the general, " having considerably abated the ensuing morning, I determined, •with the concurrence of commodore sir Home Popham, to make an effort to get the troops on shore, 'and accordingly the Highland brigade, composed of the 71st, 72d, and 93d regiments, effected that object, under the command of brigadier-general Ferguson.
Page 84 - When they have regaled themselves another hour with itheir darling pipe, they lie down to their ,nap, which continues till .evening; they then rise, and perhaps take a walk or pay formal visits, but are always sure to smoke wherever they go. Coffee and gin succeed, accompanied with their pipe till about nine, when supper is introduced, and when that is finished, after another hour's fumigating, they retire to bed, gorged with heavy food, and perhaps destined to spend the remainder of the night with...
Page 99 - The enemy had scattered a party of sharp-shooters over the contiguous heights, and commanded the landing ; but the casualties of this service arose principally from natural difficulties ; and it is with the deepest concern I have the honour to inform your lordship that we lost thirtyfive rank and file of the 93d regiment, by the oversetting of one of the boats, notwithstanding every possible effort to rescue these unfortunate men.
Page 48 - Anderson, informs us having struck one of two whales, a male and a female, that were in company together, the wounded fish made a long and terrible resistance; it struck down a boat with three men in it, with a single blow of its tail, by which all went to the bottom.
Page 74 - Beresford sailed for Saldanha, preceded by Captain King in the Espoir, having on board Captain Smyth of the Engineers (an officer well acquainted with the country) with a view of seizing the post-master, and as many cattle as possible, antecedent to the arrival of the advanced division of the fleet. Soon after the Diomede weighed, the westerly wind began to abate; and on the...