Voyage to Loo Choo And Other Places in the Eastern Seas in the Year 1816 Incl
Voyage to Loo Choo And Other Places in the Eastern Seas in the Year 1816 Incl
Hall Basil
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In all countries, indeed, to- bacco in one shape or another is a very sociable lux- my ; much has been done by the friendly offer of a pinch of snuff; and I have seen the good- will of a whole Spanish village secured by a few bunches of tobacco leaves. After smoking and chatting, therefore, for some time, the chiefs took leave for the night, both parties feeling on much more friend- ly terms than before. On the 18th of September, Captain Maxwell sent to me in the course of the morning, to say h...e wished me to land along with him on a pro- montory at some distance from the town, in or- der to observe the sun's meridian altitude with VOL. I. M 134 LOO-CHOO. an artificial horizon. But just as I was setting out to accompany Iiiin, I was stopped by the arrival of two very well-dressed natives, who had boarded us with such dispatch that they were half-way down the cabin-ladder before I knew of their approach. One of them, I found, had come to superintend the measurement of the Lyra, for which purpose his assistant had brought with him two long black cords, and several rods of diiferent lengths and sizes.
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