The boy, sobbing, told him; the captain shrugged his shoulders, and the boy was put out of the ship.
How many similar and even more provoking incidents have I seen?
The so-called "barbarian and heathen people" have good reason to hate us.

Wherever the Europeans go they will not give any reward, but only orders and commands; and their rule is generally much more oppressive than that of the natives.
26th December.

The custom of exposing dying people on the banks of the Ganges, does not appear to be so general as some travellers state.

We sailed on the river for fourteen days, during which time we passed many thickly populated towns and villages, and did not meet with a single case until today.

The dying man lay close to the water, and several men, probably his relations, were seated round him, awaiting his decease.