A Voyage Round the World, from 1806 to 1812
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Campbell Archibald. A Voyage Round the World, from 1806 to 1812
PREFACE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
APPENDIX. VOCABULARY OF THE LANGUAGE OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS
APPENDIX No. I. A VOCABULARY OF THE LANGUAGE OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS
APPENDIX No. II. STATEMENT OF THE CASE OF ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL
APPENDIX No. III. NOTICE OF ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL, AUTHOR OF THE VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD
APPENDIX, No. IV. HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS
APPENDIX, No. V. NOTES
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Early in May, 1806, I entered as seaman on board the Thames Indiaman, Matthew Riches, Esq. commander, on a voyage to China.
We sailed on the 14th of that month from Motherbank, in company with the Arniston, Royal Charlotte, Glatton, Marquis of Ely, Marquis of Wellesley, Monarch, Cirencester, and Neptune, Indiamen, under convoy of the Lion, 64, and Medusa frigate; we were also accompanied by a fleet of transports, with troops, destined for the expedition to Buenos Ayres.
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After leaving Nangasaki, we navigated the strait which separates the principal island of Japan from others that lie to the north: in several places it is not above five miles broad. On each side the country is beautiful, abounding with cultivated fields, woods, villages, and single houses. Frequently, when near the coast, we observed the inhabitants come down to the shore, and make signals, as if to invite us to land; but, after the reception we had already experienced, the captain did not choose to have any further communication with the Japanese.8
At one time, in a thick fog, we were alarmed with the noise of breakers, apparently very near. Upon sounding, we found twenty fathoms, sandy bottom, and immediately let go the anchor. When the haze cleared away, we found ourselves close to a remarkable island or rock, about the size and the height of the craig of Ailsea, in the Frith of Clyde. An archway passed completely through it; and into this the sea rushed with that tremendous noise which had occasioned our late alarm.
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