Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461 - Volume 18, New Series, October 30, 1852 THE SLAVER. THE 'ADVOCATE'...
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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461

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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461

Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461

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Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 461 - Volume 18, New Series, October 30, 1852

THE SLAVER. THE 'ADVOCATE' AND ITS AUTHOR. A NIGHT ADVENTURE. VISIT TO A CHOCOLATE MANUFACTORY. THE WORKING-CLASSES IN 'THE GOOD OLD TIMES.' EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY OF A TRAVELLER IN CHILI. THINGS TALKED OF IN LONDON. THE POET'S POWER. IMPORTANCE OF THE CULTIVATION OF THE SENSES. AN AMERICAN NOTION. On the 18th day of February 1850, Her Majesty's steamship Rattler was lying at anchor about twenty miles to the northward of Ambriz, a slave dept situated on the western coast of Africa. Week after week had passed away in dull uniformity; while the oppressive heat, the gentle breeze which scarcely ruffled the surface of the deep, and the lazy motion of the vessel as it rolled on the long unceasing swell that ever sets on that rocky shore, lulled the senses of all into a sleepy apathy. The only music that ever reached our ears was the eternal roar of that monotonous surf, as it licked the rugged beach with its snowy tongue. A few miles off, a range of low brown hills, covered with a stunted vegetation, runs parallel with the shorealong their undulating sides, angular spires of granite project through the parched and scanty soil; while on their highest brow one solitary giant stands, resembling an obelisk, from which the anchorage derives its name, 'The Granite Pillar.' No appearance of human life or labour exists around; the whole is a desert, over which these columnar formationsresembling a city of the Titans, crumbling slowly into dusthold an empire of solitude and death. The imagination is oppressed with a sense of utter desolation that withers every mental effort. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 24261
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Editor: Chambers, Robert, 1802-1871 , Chambers, William, 1800-1883

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