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 28
... leave their families in complete ignorance as to where or why they are going ; and the only way in which , should one of their number fall in battle , the sur- vivors communicate his loss to his widow or parents , 11 is by throwing ...
... leave their families in complete ignorance as to where or why they are going ; and the only way in which , should one of their number fall in battle , the sur- vivors communicate his loss to his widow or parents , 11 is by throwing ...
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... I was to go next day , and appointed , in their teacher's name , that he would visit me at Nerriad in the forenoon ; they then took their leave , I having first embraced the Thakoor , and sent my salam both to his 30 SWAAMEE NARAIN .
... I was to go next day , and appointed , in their teacher's name , that he would visit me at Nerriad in the forenoon ; they then took their leave , I having first embraced the Thakoor , and sent my salam both to his 30 SWAAMEE NARAIN .
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... leave the morning's ebb free for the passage of the animals . The boats , however , were not ready ; and next morning , April 7 , when I went to the scene of action a little before five , I found the embarkation going on slowly , though ...
... leave the morning's ebb free for the passage of the animals . The boats , however , were not ready ; and next morning , April 7 , when I went to the scene of action a little before five , I found the embarkation going on slowly , though ...
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... leave our party , but it was necessary to be po- sitive with him . Some complaints were brought by the country people against the Sepoys , for bullying and mal- treating them ; and I was compelled to send a sharp reprimand to the ...
... leave our party , but it was necessary to be po- sitive with him . Some complaints were brought by the country people against the Sepoys , for bullying and mal- treating them ; and I was compelled to send a sharp reprimand to the ...
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... leaving Matoonga , an artillery cantonment about the centre of the island , the country became inte- resting as well from its novelty as from its increased beauty . The road lay principally through a valley formed by hills of a moderate ...
... leaving Matoonga , an artillery cantonment about the centre of the island , the country became inte- resting as well from its novelty as from its increased beauty . The road lay principally through a valley formed by hills of a moderate ...
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