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 xi
... Arrival - Old Government House - Native House- hold ....... CHAPTER II . CALCUTTA . Description of Calcutta - Cathedral - Environs - Quay- Child - murder - Barrackpoor - Menagerie - Female Or- phan Asylum - Consecration of Churches ...
... Arrival - Old Government House - Native House- hold ....... CHAPTER II . CALCUTTA . Description of Calcutta - Cathedral - Environs - Quay- Child - murder - Barrackpoor - Menagerie - Female Or- phan Asylum - Consecration of Churches ...
Page xli
... arrival at Calcutta . On the whole , the result of the experiment , ( for such it was considered , ) has been most satisfac- tory ; and I ought to be , and I hope am , very grate- ful for the attention which I receive , and the op ...
... arrival at Calcutta . On the whole , the result of the experiment , ( for such it was considered , ) has been most satisfac- tory ; and I ought to be , and I hope am , very grate- ful for the attention which I receive , and the op ...
Page lv
... arrival at Saugor anchorage before the 1st of October ; and some of our party are almost tempted to murmur at the sin- gular rapidity with which our passage has been fa- voured , as bringing us into India at an unwhole- For my own part ...
... arrival at Saugor anchorage before the 1st of October ; and some of our party are almost tempted to murmur at the sin- gular rapidity with which our passage has been fa- voured , as bringing us into India at an unwhole- For my own part ...
Page lxvii
... arrived in India , of an asthmatic complaint , to which he had been long subject . The pilot spoke much of the degree to which he was regretted , and of the influ- ence which , even in that small time , he had ac- quired over the ...
... arrived in India , of an asthmatic complaint , to which he had been long subject . The pilot spoke much of the degree to which he was regretted , and of the influ- ence which , even in that small time , he had ac- quired over the ...
Page lxix
... Arrival : Old Go- vernment House : Native household . Ar day - break of October the 4th , we had a good view of the Island of Saugor , a perfectly flat and swampy shore , with scattered tall trees , dark - like firs , and jungle about ...
... Arrival : Old Go- vernment House : Native household . Ar day - break of October the 4th , we had a good view of the Island of Saugor , a perfectly flat and swampy shore , with scattered tall trees , dark - like firs , and jungle about ...
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