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 India : in Three Volumes, Volume 3Murray, 1828 - 525 pages |
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... horse in Persian dresses , under a young officer splendidly mounted on a dapple - grey Arab horse , with the most showy accoutrements which I had seen in India , and a shield of rhinoceros - hide as transparent as horn , and ornamented ...
... horse in Persian dresses , under a young officer splendidly mounted on a dapple - grey Arab horse , with the most showy accoutrements which I had seen in India , and a shield of rhinoceros - hide as transparent as horn , and ornamented ...
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... horse , was cased completely in chain armour , like the figure representing a crusader at the exhibition of ancient armour in Pall - Mall . He had also a long spear shod with silver , a very large shield of transparent rhinoceros - hide ...
... horse , was cased completely in chain armour , like the figure representing a crusader at the exhibition of ancient armour in Pall - Mall . He had also a long spear shod with silver , a very large shield of transparent rhinoceros - hide ...
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... horse to pay , his subsidiary force being pro- vided for out of the ceded territory , and he is there- fore , probably , in more flourishing circumstances , and possesses more real power than any sovereign of India except Runjeet Singh ...
... horse to pay , his subsidiary force being pro- vided for out of the ceded territory , and he is there- fore , probably , in more flourishing circumstances , and possesses more real power than any sovereign of India except Runjeet Singh ...
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... horses and elephants , but the " Sircar , " Sovereign , ( meaning his father ) had not yet taken him out hunting . He had begun to read and write in Ma- haratta , but in no other language , and was fonder of drawing pictures than ...
... horses and elephants , but the " Sircar , " Sovereign , ( meaning his father ) had not yet taken him out hunting . He had begun to read and write in Ma- haratta , but in no other language , and was fonder of drawing pictures than ...
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... horse , with their standard and nagari . I pleaded that these were really unnecessary , considering the numerous guard of Sepoys , fifty men , whom I had sent on with the baggage . He answered , however , that though less might suffice ...
... horse , with their standard and nagari . I pleaded that these were really unnecessary , considering the numerous guard of Sepoys , fifty men , whom I had sent on with the baggage . He answered , however , that though less might suffice ...
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