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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Page 31
... lands , he said , was moderate ; it was only from year to year , but in a country where the crops are so precarious , a longer settlement was not desired by the people ... land here , as elsewhere 8- STATE OF KNOWLEDGE IN GUZERÂT . 31.
... lands , he said , was moderate ; it was only from year to year , but in a country where the crops are so precarious , a longer settlement was not desired by the people ... land here , as elsewhere 8- STATE OF KNOWLEDGE IN GUZERÂT . 31.
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... land here , as elsewhere in India , is the system of the Adawlut Courts , their elaborate and intricate machinery , their into- lerable and expensive delays , and the severity of their debtor and creditor laws . Even in the Adaw- lut ...
... land here , as elsewhere in India , is the system of the Adawlut Courts , their elaborate and intricate machinery , their into- lerable and expensive delays , and the severity of their debtor and creditor laws . Even in the Adaw- lut ...
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... lands again . The hot wind blew fiercely all the day , and , though it ceased at night , was followed by a calm more close and oppressive still . I had certainly no conception that any where in India the month of March could offer such ...
... lands again . The hot wind blew fiercely all the day , and , though it ceased at night , was followed by a calm more close and oppressive still . I had certainly no conception that any where in India the month of March could offer such ...
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... lands , one to the Christians , another to the Mussulmans , another to the Hindoos in time past , adding something like a hint , that another avatar of Krishna , or the Sun , had taken place in himself . I answered , " O Pun- dit - jee ...
... lands , one to the Christians , another to the Mussulmans , another to the Hindoos in time past , adding something like a hint , that another avatar of Krishna , or the Sun , had taken place in himself . I answered , " O Pun- dit - jee ...
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... land time enough to stop us . The river was , he said , a coss and a half wide , of which , when the tide was out , about a third was occupied by water , and the rest was all mud and muscle - banks . Many Sahibs had passed that way ...
... land time enough to stop us . The river was , he said , a coss and a half wide , of which , when the tide was out , about a third was occupied by water , and the rest was all mud and muscle - banks . Many Sahibs had passed that way ...
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