Indian RecollectionsS. Bagster, 1832 - 468 pages |
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John Statham. Copperah , cloth of any sort . Cummerbund , girdle round the waist . Dandee , boatman . Daroga , superintendent . Dawk , post . Debtas , or Devtas , spirits , saints . Decoit , or Dacoit , river thief . Dewan , an agent ...
John Statham. Copperah , cloth of any sort . Cummerbund , girdle round the waist . Dandee , boatman . Daroga , superintendent . Dawk , post . Debtas , or Devtas , spirits , saints . Decoit , or Dacoit , river thief . Dewan , an agent ...
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... rounded the Cape without seeing land , when one fine morning at the end of September , 1818 , whilst all eyes were anxiously surveying the chart on which the ship's course was marked , and which the captain had spread upon one of the ...
... rounded the Cape without seeing land , when one fine morning at the end of September , 1818 , whilst all eyes were anxiously surveying the chart on which the ship's course was marked , and which the captain had spread upon one of the ...
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... round their loins ; this at first sight was very disgusting , but in a few days the feeling wore off , and we became quite familiarized to their appearance . The men were very small and weakly looking persons , but seemed to manage ...
... round their loins ; this at first sight was very disgusting , but in a few days the feeling wore off , and we became quite familiarized to their appearance . The men were very small and weakly looking persons , but seemed to manage ...
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... round with a blue ribbon , and sometimes with many rupees in his pocket ; the dinghy - whallah guesses when this is the case , and proffers his services as " master's " interpreter , generally observing , " I go with master , else black ...
... round with a blue ribbon , and sometimes with many rupees in his pocket ; the dinghy - whallah guesses when this is the case , and proffers his services as " master's " interpreter , generally observing , " I go with master , else black ...
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... round , but none have keels ; many of them are covered with something like a thatched cottage , others are quite open . Those which bring cotton down the country , being of immense size and very unwieldy , seldom return , but are gene ...
... round , but none have keels ; many of them are covered with something like a thatched cottage , others are quite open . Those which bring cotton down the country , being of immense size and very unwieldy , seldom return , but are gene ...
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