At several such places we landed, but always found the ascent to the interior so covered with large loose rocks that it would have been impossible to have disembarked stores or stock on any. — 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 stay. — 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
