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 xiv
... and Mussulmans - Sitting Dhûrna - Natives ' Opinions of English Governors - Allahabad - Fort - Jumna Musjeed -Confirmation - Preparations for marching - Festival of Rama and Seeta PAGE 401 LIST OF WOOD ENGRAVINGS IN VOL . I. Boat with.
... and Mussulmans - Sitting Dhûrna - Natives ' Opinions of English Governors - Allahabad - Fort - Jumna Musjeed -Confirmation - Preparations for marching - Festival of Rama and Seeta PAGE 401 LIST OF WOOD ENGRAVINGS IN VOL . I. Boat with.
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... English language exclu- sively , will generally be both intelligible and inter- esting to the lower classes . They do not want acuteness or the power of attending ; it is their vocabulary only which is confined , and if we ad- dress ...
... English language exclu- sively , will generally be both intelligible and inter- esting to the lower classes . They do not want acuteness or the power of attending ; it is their vocabulary only which is confined , and if we ad- dress ...
Page xxxi
... English than formerly , and their character seems to have recovered its natural English tone . One of the officers spoke well of their conduct even during the late war . A Company's ship , he said , on board which he was serving , had a ...
... English than formerly , and their character seems to have recovered its natural English tone . One of the officers spoke well of their conduct even during the late war . A Company's ship , he said , on board which he was serving , had a ...
Page xxxviii
... English May . Great numbers of birds are seen round the ship , and we are told that , as we ap- proach the Cape , their numbers will increase daily . Those called " Cape Pigeons " are very pretty , not unlike the land bird , the name of ...
... English May . Great numbers of birds are seen round the ship , and we are told that , as we ap- proach the Cape , their numbers will increase daily . Those called " Cape Pigeons " are very pretty , not unlike the land bird , the name of ...
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... English Liturgy , wherever , and whenever this is possible . On board the Gren- ville , though the men are extremely orderly , no prayer meetings have been yet thought of , nor , for the reasons which I have mentioned , do I wish for ...
... English Liturgy , wherever , and whenever this is possible . On board the Gren- ville , though the men are extremely orderly , no prayer meetings have been yet thought of , nor , for the reasons which I have mentioned , do I wish for ...
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Abdullah Allahabad animals appearance arrived attend bamboos bank Barrackpoor beautiful Benares Bengal birds boat boatmen Boglipoor boys Brahmin breeze building Buxar Calcutta Captain Christian Chunar Church colour Company's considerable Corrie crew crowd Dacca dandees deck Dinapoor distance dress England English European extremely favourable Ganges garden Ghazeepoor Government handsome heard Hindoo Hindoostanee Hooghly indigo interest JOURNAL kind land less looking Lord Lord Amherst miles Monghyr morning mosque Mussulmans native Nawâb neighbourhood neighbouring never night nullah o'clock officers ornamented pagoda passed Patna persons pinnace poor prayers present pretty Puharrees pulwars resembling rice river round ruins sails seems seen sent Sepoys Serang servants shewed ship shore side silver sticks soon sort stream Sunderbunds supposed suttees thing tion to-day told trees tyger usual vessel village VOYAGE TO INDIA walked whole wind young