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 75
... probably sleep during the cool weather . There is another powder - mill in this neigh- bourhood besides those near Garden Reach , and half - way between this place and Calcutta . The immense quantities of salt - petre found in Bengal ...
... probably sleep during the cool weather . There is another powder - mill in this neigh- bourhood besides those near Garden Reach , and half - way between this place and Calcutta . The immense quantities of salt - petre found in Bengal ...
Page 149
... probably the soil might be too clayey for it ; but added , " The indigo is a fine thing to put money into the purse of the Baboo , but we poor people do not want to see it . It raises the price of rice , and the rent of land . " rent of ...
... probably the soil might be too clayey for it ; but added , " The indigo is a fine thing to put money into the purse of the Baboo , but we poor people do not want to see it . It raises the price of rice , and the rent of land . " rent of ...
Page 238
... probably in many other countries , though in England , I have only seen it applied to eels . About nine o'clock , while passing a large col- lection of boats , the wind suddenly began to blow briskly from the north - east , and I had an ...
... probably in many other countries , though in England , I have only seen it applied to eels . About nine o'clock , while passing a large col- lection of boats , the wind suddenly began to blow briskly from the north - east , and I had an ...
Contents
FURREEDPOOR TO BOG LIPOOR | xv |
CHAPTER I | lxix |
CHAPTER II | 26 |
Copyright | |
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