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 166
... Mussulmans have a great ve- neration , is a sort of mythological personage , made up of different Rabbinical fables concerning Eliezer the servant of Abraham , and the prophet Elijah , on which are engrafted the chivalrous legends re ...
... Mussulmans have a great ve- neration , is a sort of mythological personage , made up of different Rabbinical fables concerning Eliezer the servant of Abraham , and the prophet Elijah , on which are engrafted the chivalrous legends re ...
Page 234
... MUSSULMANS . the usual route from Dacca to the upper provinces . We stood directly up the Ganges in a north - west direction , favoured by a little breeze . a little breeze . The crew on leaving the shore set up as usual , though I be ...
... MUSSULMANS . the usual route from Dacca to the upper provinces . We stood directly up the Ganges in a north - west direction , favoured by a little breeze . a little breeze . The crew on leaving the shore set up as usual , though I be ...
Page 261
... MUSSULMAN TOMB . 261 timber growing on and round it , it a good deal re- sembles . I saw some ruins on the top , and ... Mussulmans and Hindoos , that every Thursday night a tyger comes , couches close to the grave , and remains there ...
... MUSSULMAN TOMB . 261 timber growing on and round it , it a good deal re- sembles . I saw some ruins on the top , and ... Mussulmans and Hindoos , that every Thursday night a tyger comes , couches close to the grave , and remains there ...
Contents
FURREEDPOOR TO BOG LIPOOR | xv |
CHAPTER I | lxix |
CHAPTER II | 26 |
Copyright | |
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