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
... Vessels - Garden Reach - Approach to Cal- cutta - Arrival - Old Government House - Native House- hold ....... CHAPTER II . CALCUTTA . Description of Calcutta - Cathedral - Environs - Quay- Child - murder - Barrackpoor - Menagerie ...
... Vessels - Garden Reach - Approach to Cal- cutta - Arrival - Old Government House - Native House- hold ....... CHAPTER II . CALCUTTA . Description of Calcutta - Cathedral - Environs - Quay- Child - murder - Barrackpoor - Menagerie ...
Page xxi
... vessel concealed and ornamented with flags of different nations . Chairs were set for the of- ficers and passengers on the poop , and round the afterpart of the deck , and spars laid across the remainder as seats for the sailors , who ...
... vessel concealed and ornamented with flags of different nations . Chairs were set for the of- ficers and passengers on the poop , and round the afterpart of the deck , and spars laid across the remainder as seats for the sailors , who ...
Page xxiv
... vessel bound for London , three days from Funchal , passed us at dinner - time . We regretted bitterly that we had sent our packets by the Christiana , and that we had , ( now that so much better an opportunity occurred , ) nothing ...
... vessel bound for London , three days from Funchal , passed us at dinner - time . We regretted bitterly that we had sent our packets by the Christiana , and that we had , ( now that so much better an opportunity occurred , ) nothing ...
Page xxx
... vessel was bound . The Danes have indeed a nominal factory , and a Consul at Serampore ; but what little commerce is carried on is in the ships of other nations . In the harbour of Calcutta ( and no large vessels mount so high as ...
... vessel was bound . The Danes have indeed a nominal factory , and a Consul at Serampore ; but what little commerce is carried on is in the ships of other nations . In the harbour of Calcutta ( and no large vessels mount so high as ...
Page xxxi
... vessel , supposed to be an Ame- rican , hove in sight , and an action was expected , they came forward in a body to desire to be sent below , being equally resolved neither to fight against their country , nor to break their faith with ...
... vessel , supposed to be an Ame- rican , hove in sight , and an action was expected , they came forward in a body to desire to be sent below , being equally resolved neither to fight against their country , nor to break their faith with ...
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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