. A diary in the East : during the tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales . to imagine what satisfaction is causedby a httle triumph of this sort over surroundingfunctionaries, or the proportionate prostration of the 296 TE31E. [chap. XT. official mind at • being thwarted in tlie selection oftime and place for the conclusion of the day. Alazy man, who wished to gain a reputation for activehabits, caused some resentment by objecting to thecompulsory proceeding on the ground that he wouldhave liked to have gone on shore for half an hour totake a walk before dark; which hypothetical peram-bulat
. A diary in the East : during the tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales . to imagine what satisfaction is causedby a httle triumph of this sort over surroundingfunctionaries, or the proportionate prostration of the 296 TE31E. [chap. XT. official mind at • being thwarted in tlie selection oftime and place for the conclusion of the day. Alazy man, who wished to gain a reputation for activehabits, caused some resentment by objecting to thecompulsory proceeding on the ground that he wouldhave liked to have gone on shore for half an hour totake a walk before dark; which hypothetical peram-bulation he insinuated he would have indulged inhad the Captain been allowed to take up his quartersat an earlier hour. At night the wind fell—it would appear to be itswont at this time of year in the evening—and themoon, after a conflict with a screen of encumberingclouds, cast them oif, and sailed forth into a blueclear sea of sky ; a small moon, however, neitherso bright nor so large as we see her in less geniallands, nearer the cold and vaporous North. L 006 763 769 4.
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