Word: transporting
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...purpose of st dying and making a collection of the rate coral formations of the Indian Ocean. Mr. Agassiz fitted out the expedition and is conducting it in person, accompanied by W. McM. Woodworth. A steamer was chartered at Colombo, Ceylon, from the British India Company, to transport the expedition to the southern part of the Indian Ocean, where the Maldive Islands lie. The islands of the Indian Ocean are the only group of atolls remaining which Mr. Agassiz has not examined in his explorations for the study of coral formations. The islands are remote and unfrequented...
...creations of all arts, once created, remain a part of memory. An artist should aim to please the eye and to transport his audience by the presentation of the character. If he succeeds in this, he is indeed an artist. Comedy, as such, is essentially an art of civilized man, and develops in proportion to the development of man. The true actor must know the intention of the author, and the type of character he wishes to represent. He has seen life, imbibed its feelings; his character opens as he studies; he dons his costume and gradually merges into...
Among other things the pamphlet states that one of the five transports which will bring the 1450 teachers to Boston will be given up entirely to women. Leaving Cuba about June 26, they will arrive about July 1, after which the teachers will at once be brought to their rooms in Cambridge. Every effort will be made to secure comfort on the transport ships, and special decks are to be fitted up for the accommodation, of the men in the party...