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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... language . About twenty persons called , comprising the greater part of those to whom I had been introduced the day of my arrival . Three of them were very young men , or rather boys , the sons of the late minister , Shastree , who , as ...
... language . About twenty persons called , comprising the greater part of those to whom I had been introduced the day of my arrival . Three of them were very young men , or rather boys , the sons of the late minister , Shastree , who , as ...
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... 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 letters , the same word , " likna , " being used both for drawing and 18 VISIT OF THE RAJA.
... 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 letters , the same word , " likna , " being used both for drawing and 18 VISIT OF THE RAJA.
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... language of the coun- try , the Sepoys , of the Collector Mr. Williamson , all of the Kholee caste , rather short but broad - set and muscular men , with a harshness , not to say ferocity , in the countenances of many of them , which ...
... language of the coun- try , the Sepoys , of the Collector Mr. Williamson , all of the Kholee caste , rather short but broad - set and muscular men , with a harshness , not to say ferocity , in the countenances of many of them , which ...
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... language , and appointing all proceed- ings to be in that of Guzerât . Still there remained many evils , and in a land so eaten up by poverty on the one hand , and usury on the other , the most calamitous results continually followed ...
... language , and appointing all proceed- ings to be in that of Guzerât . Still there remained many evils , and in a land so eaten up by poverty on the one hand , and usury on the other , the most calamitous results continually followed ...
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... language allowed , and by the interpre- tation of friends , to learn what he believed on reli- gious matters , and to tell him what I myself be- lieved , and that if he would come and see me at Kairah , where we should have more leisure ...
... language allowed , and by the interpre- tation of friends , to learn what he believed on reli- gious matters , and to tell him what I myself be- lieved , and that if he would come and see me at Kairah , where we should have more leisure ...
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appearance Archdeacon arrival beautiful believe Benares Bengal Bishop of Calcutta blessed boat Bombay Brahmins brethren brother Ceylon Chaplain Christ Christian Church Church Missionary Society Church of England Cingalese Clergy climate Colombo comfort congregation Dacca dear Deckan desire districts Elphinstone England English Esqre European Father favourable Gospel Government Grace Guzerât heard heathen HEBER Hindoo Hindoostanee Hindostan holy Honble honour hope horses India island journey kind language less letter Lord Bishop Lordship Madras Maharatta Malabar Mar Abraham Mar Athanasius Mar Gregorius Mar Reginald March ment Metropolitan miles Missionaries morning Mussulmans native neighbourhood officers palanquins persons poor prayers preached present priests racter Raja reason received REGINALD CALCUTTA residence Revd river road schools seen sent servants shew Sir Edward Barnes society station Syrian Tamul Tanjore temple thee thing tion Travancore Trichinopoly unto village