This part of Brazil offered the curious spectacle of a great evil, which has been long suffered to exist and is now… — George Grey Copy Share Image
In front of us lay a smooth sandy beach, beyond which rose gradually a high wooded country, and behind us was the… — George Grey Copy Share Image
Part of my plan was not only to introduce all useful animals that I possibly could into this part of Australia, but also the… — George Grey Copy Share Image
I mention this fact as tending to support what I have often heard stated, namely, that a shark's sense of smell is so keen… — George Grey Copy Share Image
This part of Brazil offered the curious spectacle of a great evil, which has been long suffered to exist and is now advancing, gradually… — George Grey Copy Share Image
In front of us lay a smooth sandy beach, beyond which rose gradually a high wooded country, and behind us was the sea, studded… — George Grey Copy Share Image
At several such places we landed, but always found the ascent to the interior so covered with large loose rocks that it would have… — George Grey Copy Share Image
I remarked constantly, just at sunset, in these latitudes, that the eastern horizon was brilliantly illuminated with a kind of mock sunset. This in… — George Grey Copy Share Image
To sleep after sunrise was impossible on account of the number of flies which kept buzzing about the face. — George Grey Copy Share Image
On embarking to return we could perceive no sign of One Tree Island; and as we swept down towards the sea the leafy top… — George Grey Copy Share Image
All the principal people in the town are concerned in the slave trade, and their chief wealth consists in the number of slaves they… — George Grey Copy Share Image
Sunrise offered a very beautiful spectacle; the water was quite unruffled, but the motion communicated by the tides was so great that, although there… — George Grey Copy Share Image
The Slave Trade, though nominally abolished, is actively pursued here, eighty-three slaves having been landed just before my arrival, and another cargo during my… — George Grey Copy Share Image
Spanish alone was understood or spoken here; our friend, the countryman, stuck to us most nobly, he understood us not a bit better than… — George Grey Copy Share Image
