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 xxi
... handsome church , and the sight was a very pleasing one . June 24. - This morning we were roused , after a night of much vexatious rolling , by the intelli- gence that a sail was in sight , by which we might send letters to England . I ...
... handsome church , and the sight was a very pleasing one . June 24. - This morning we were roused , after a night of much vexatious rolling , by the intelli- gence that a sail was in sight , by which we might send letters to England . I ...
Page lxx
... of which the subjoined sketch is a tolerably accurate representation . They were all small slender men , extremely black , but well made , with good countenances and COUNTRY BOATS . 3 fine features , -certainly a handsome.
... of which the subjoined sketch is a tolerably accurate representation . They were all small slender men , extremely black , but well made , with good countenances and COUNTRY BOATS . 3 fine features , -certainly a handsome.
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... handsome race ; the fruits were shaddocks , plaintains , and coco - nuts , none good of their kind as we were told ; the shaddock resembles a melon externally , but it is in fact a vast orange , with a rind of two inches thick , the ...
... handsome race ; the fruits were shaddocks , plaintains , and coco - nuts , none good of their kind as we were told ; the shaddock resembles a melon externally , but it is in fact a vast orange , with a rind of two inches thick , the ...
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... handsome edifices of Garden Reach , each standing by itself in a little woody lawn ( a " compound " they call it here , by an easy corruption from the Portuguese word Campaña , ) and consisting of one or more stories , with a Grecian ...
... handsome edifices of Garden Reach , each standing by itself in a little woody lawn ( a " compound " they call it here , by an easy corruption from the Portuguese word Campaña , ) and consisting of one or more stories , with a Grecian ...
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... handsome building in the centre of the fort , and of the vast square formed by its barracks and other buildings . The square is grassed over , and divided by broad roads of " pucka , " or pounded brick , with avenues of tall trees ...
... handsome building in the centre of the fort , and of the vast square formed by its barracks and other buildings . The square is grassed over , and divided by broad roads of " pucka , " or pounded brick , with avenues of tall trees ...
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