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 239
... interesting , and even beautiful : a thorough Hindoo village , without either Euro- peans or Mussulmans , and a great part of the houses mere sheds or booths for the accommoda- tion of the " gomastas , " ( agents or supercargos ) who ...
... interesting , and even beautiful : a thorough Hindoo village , without either Euro- peans or Mussulmans , and a great part of the houses mere sheds or booths for the accommoda- tion of the " gomastas , " ( agents or supercargos ) who ...
Page 384
... interesting countenance , which he does not disfigure by such ostentatious marks of piety as are usual here , and is said to be eloquent , as well as extremely learned in the Sanscrit . One of the most interesting and singular objects ...
... interesting countenance , which he does not disfigure by such ostentatious marks of piety as are usual here , and is said to be eloquent , as well as extremely learned in the Sanscrit . One of the most interesting and singular objects ...
Page 407
... interesting himself , in the first instance , to save his life , but resolutely .fixed on keeping him in prison , and urging the Su- preme Court to distrust all his protestations . His life must now be dismally monotonous and weari ...
... interesting himself , in the first instance , to save his life , but resolutely .fixed on keeping him in prison , and urging the Su- preme Court to distrust all his protestations . His life must now be dismally monotonous and weari ...
Contents
FURREEDPOOR TO BOG LIPOOR | xv |
CHAPTER I | lxix |
CHAPTER II | 26 |
Copyright | |
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