Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India: From Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825, (with Notes Upon Ceylon,) an Account of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826, and Letters Written in IndiaMurray, 1828 - 515 pages |
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Page xlii
... Bengal , more will attend . Of the Of the young men who did attend , I was happy to observe that they had all religious books in their hands in the course of the evening , and that they appeared , indeed , much impressed . How different ...
... Bengal , more will attend . Of the Of the young men who did attend , I was happy to observe that they had all religious books in their hands in the course of the evening , and that they appeared , indeed , much impressed . How different ...
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... Bengal ; but of bad reputation for its unhealthi- ness , the whole country round being swampy . Many ships were lying there . I saw no town , ex- cept a few native huts , some ruinous warehouses , now neglected and in decay , and an ...
... Bengal ; but of bad reputation for its unhealthi- ness , the whole country round being swampy . Many ships were lying there . I saw no town , ex- cept a few native huts , some ruinous warehouses , now neglected and in decay , and an ...
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... Bengal , since the province has scarcely any single eminence so high above the river . Whenever we see the banks a few feet higher than usual , we are told it is the dam of a " tank , " or large artificial pond . The country is ...
... Bengal , since the province has scarcely any single eminence so high above the river . Whenever we see the banks a few feet higher than usual , we are told it is the dam of a " tank , " or large artificial pond . The country is ...
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... Bengal ; at first they were here , as elsewhere , unpopular . Now they are much liked , and are spoken of as the best thing which the country has ever received from its European mas- ters . At dinner these people sit , not like the ...
... Bengal ; at first they were here , as elsewhere , unpopular . Now they are much liked , and are spoken of as the best thing which the country has ever received from its European mas- ters . At dinner these people sit , not like the ...
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... Bengal . As we ap- proached the village a number of men and boys came out to meet us , all naked except the cum- merbund , with very graceful figures , and distin- guished by a mildness of countenance almost ap- proaching to effeminacy ...
... Bengal . As we ap- proached the village a number of men and boys came out to meet us , all naked except the cum- merbund , with very graceful figures , and distin- guished by a mildness of countenance almost ap- proaching to effeminacy ...
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