Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825: With Notes Upon Ceylon, [and] an Account of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826, and Letters Written in India, Volume 1B.R. Publishing Corporation, 1985 |
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Page 330
... Buxar the sirdar came to me with hands joined , and that sort of anxious smile which signifies that its wearer is about to ask a favour . He said that his parents lived close to the place where we now were , and requested a two days ...
... Buxar the sirdar came to me with hands joined , and that sort of anxious smile which signifies that its wearer is about to ask a favour . He said that his parents lived close to the place where we now were , and requested a two days ...
Page 336
... , said that if the wind failed ever so little , I should not get there in one day . I therefore wrote a few lines to Mr. Corrie , explain- ing my plans , and advising him to stay over Sunday BUXAR SCHOOL . 337 at Buxar , and set off 8.
... , said that if the wind failed ever so little , I should not get there in one day . I therefore wrote a few lines to Mr. Corrie , explain- ing my plans , and advising him to stay over Sunday BUXAR SCHOOL . 337 at Buxar , and set off 8.
Page 337
... BUXAR SCHOOL . 337 at Buxar , and set off , finding as an additional reason for quitting my present situation , that the water in the river had fallen nearly a cubit in the course of the night , and that if I remained , I might have ...
... BUXAR SCHOOL . 337 at Buxar , and set off , finding as an additional reason for quitting my present situation , that the water in the river had fallen nearly a cubit in the course of the night , and that if I remained , I might have ...
Contents
FURREEDPOOR TO BOG LIPOOR | xv |
CHAPTER I | lxix |
CHAPTER II | 26 |
Copyright | |
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