A Memoir of Richard Williams : Surgeon: Catechist to the Patagonian Missionary Society in Tierra Del FuegoJames Nisbet, 1854 - 255 pagine |
Dall'interno del libro
Risultati 1-5 di 19
Pagina 56
... an examination in theology , he was appointed , along with Mr Maidment , a cate- chist in the Fuegian Mission . In taking this step , Mr Williams relinquished a good income , and postponed for a long period some 56 THE MISSION .
... an examination in theology , he was appointed , along with Mr Maidment , a cate- chist in the Fuegian Mission . In taking this step , Mr Williams relinquished a good income , and postponed for a long period some 56 THE MISSION .
Pagina 84
... Fuegian taken to England by Captain FitzRoy , was left on his return from Eng- land , after three years ' absence . If we can make him out , doubtless it may prove very advantage- ous to us . At all events , we mean to purchase , * if ...
... Fuegian taken to England by Captain FitzRoy , was left on his return from Eng- land , after three years ' absence . If we can make him out , doubtless it may prove very advantage- ous to us . At all events , we mean to purchase , * if ...
Pagina 88
... Fuegian weather . If we must take it for a sample , it is certainly none of the best ; -sudden puffs of wind , with ominous gathering of dark clouds , and a chilly aspect of the whole heavens , with a conviction seizing your mind , that ...
... Fuegian weather . If we must take it for a sample , it is certainly none of the best ; -sudden puffs of wind , with ominous gathering of dark clouds , and a chilly aspect of the whole heavens , with a conviction seizing your mind , that ...
Pagina 96
... Fuegian and his family , more or less numerous . In each there were two women and children , in one an infant at the ... Fuegians could be seen in it . As these dark masses of hair , like so many mops , drew nearer , we were able to ...
... Fuegian and his family , more or less numerous . In each there were two women and children , in one an infant at the ... Fuegians could be seen in it . As these dark masses of hair , like so many mops , drew nearer , we were able to ...
Pagina 101
... Fuegian archipelago , the cordillera is lost in the ocean . As seen on a school - room map , this Tierra del Fuego is a dim islet , deriving its chief importance from its famous headland , Cape Horn . On a nearer inspection , however ...
... Fuegian archipelago , the cordillera is lost in the ocean . As seen on a school - room map , this Tierra del Fuego is a dim islet , deriving its chief importance from its famous headland , Cape Horn . On a nearer inspection , however ...
Altre edizioni - Visualizza tutto
A Memoir of Richard Williams, Surgeon: Catechist to the Patagonian ... James Hamilton Visualizzazione completa - 1854 |
A Memoir of Richard Williams, Surgeon: Catechist to the Patagonian ... James Hamilton Visualizzazione completa - 1854 |
A Memoir of Richard Williams, Surgeon: Catechist to the Patagonian ... James Hamilton Visualizzazione completa - 1854 |
Parole e frasi comuni
66 Tuesday able anchor arrived Badcock Banner Cove beach Beagle Channel betwixt bless blowing boat Burslem canoes Cape Captain Gardiner cheerful Christ Christian cold comfort Cook's River danger dark delightful Erwin eternal faith favor fear feel felt friends Fuegian Garden Island glorious glory God's grace greatly guanaco hand heart heaven heavenly holy hope Jemmy Jemmy Button Jesus land Lennox Harbour light Lord Maidment meerschaum mercy mind mission missionary Montevideo morning natives Navarin Island ness never night o'clock Ocean Queen party Patagonian PATAGONIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY peace Picton Island Pioneer poor praise prayer present rejoice rocks salvation Saturday Saviour scarcely seemed shewed ship shore sight soon soul Spaniard Harbour Speedwell Spirit Staten Island Straits of Magellan thee things thought tide Tierra del Fuego tion To-day truth unto vessel voyage weather whilst wigwam Williams wind