Humbolt's travels and discoveries in South America (1846) (14757369736)

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Title: Humbolt's travels and discoveries in South America

Year: 1846 (1840s)

Authors: Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859

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Publisher: London, John W. Parker

Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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ey had no-thing to fear from the enemys vessels, which thenblocked up all the Spanish ports; but they had scarcelyreached the narrow channel between the continent andthe little rocky isles, when, to their great suprise, theymet an armed boat, which, hailing them at a greatdistance off, fired some musket-shots at them. Thisboat belonged to a privateer of Halifax; and, in spiteof their passjDorts and endeavours to give explanation,they were carried on board the privateer as a lawfulprize. But while Humboldt was engaged with thecaptain in the cabin, in endeavouring to defend his ownrights and those of the proprietor of the lancha, (openboat,) in which they had set out, a noise was heardupon deck, and something being whispered to thecaptain, he retired in consternation. The cause ofthis new behaviour in the captain was this:—^An Eng-lish sloop of war, the Hawk, cruising about in thoseparts, had come up, and made signals to the captainto bring to, which he not being prompt to obey, a gun

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The Air-Volcanoes of Turbaco. i . CAPTAIN GARNIER, 235 was fired from tlie sloop, and a midshipman sent onTboard, to demand the reason of the captains negli-gence. Humboldt was rery politely treated by themidshipman, and invited on board the Hawk, wherehe was received with the utmost kindness by CaptainJohn Oarnier, R.N., who told him that he had madethe voyage to the north-west coast with Vancouver,and who appeared to be highly interested in all thatwas related to him, of the great cataracts of Aturesand Maypures, and the communication of the Orinocowith the Amazon. Captain Garnier mentioned seve-ral of his of&cers who had been with Lord Macartneyin China. Humboldt had not, he says, for a year,enjoyed the society of so many well-informed persons.They had learnt from the English newspapers the ob-jects of his enterprise. He was treated with greatconfidence, and the commander gave him up his ownstate-room. They presented him, at parting, withthe astronomical ephemerides for the yea

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