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New Voyages and Travels; Originals and Translations [ed. by Sir R. Phillips].
New Voyages and Travels Originals and Translations - ed. by Sir R. Phillips Author:Richard Phillips General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1823 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA; OF A SHIPWRECK ON BOARD THE LADY CASTLEREAGH; AVD A DESCRIPTION OF NEW SOUTH WALES. BY W. B. CRAMP. LONDON : PRINTED FOR SIR RICHARD PHILLIPS Amd Co. BRIDE-COURT, BBIDGK-STRBET. 1823. e. O. Stdney, Printer, NMthMnbtrland Street, . Strand. NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA, SECTION I. Thb Author's Dkparturb From England -- Description o THB CEREMONY ON CROSSING THB EQUINOCTIAL LINE, AND HIS ARRIVAL AT MADRAS. On the 8th or 9th of January, 1815, we proceeded, in the Princess Charlotte, Indiaman, to North-fleet Hope, and received on board our cargo.. On February 2Htb, we sailed to Gravesend, in company with the Company's ships Ceres, Lady Melville, Rose, and Medealfe, and arrived at the Downs on the 3d of March. Otljdispatches not being expected for some time, we moored shipv Our time passed on very pleasantly till the 27th inst., when the weather became rather boisterous, and accompanied by a heavy swell. On the evening of the 28th, as the Hon. Company's ship Tarva, from Bengal, was rounding the Foreland, she struck Oh the Goodwin Sands, and was forced to cut away her masts to lighten her, and get her clear off. The Ceres drifted almost on board us; we slipped our cables, and with difficulty escaped the Goodwin Sands. On the 1st of April the pursers joined their respective ships, and on the 3d we made sail with a fair breeze, and soon cleared the English channel. Nothing was now heard but confusion ; the pilot having just left the ship, the hoarse voice of the captain resounded through a speaking trumpet, while the seamen were busy in making sail. We had a fine stead...« less