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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... passed the gate of the town , and that we should find him without the gates under some trees . We therefore quickened our pace as much as was compatible with the comfort of our attendants on foot , and with the movements of the suwarree ...
... passed the gate of the town , and that we should find him without the gates under some trees . We therefore quickened our pace as much as was compatible with the comfort of our attendants on foot , and with the movements of the suwarree ...
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... passing through the city I saw two very fine hunting tygers in silver chains , and a rhinoceros ( the present of Lord Am- herst to the Guicwar ) which is so tame as to be ridden by a mohout , quite as patiently as an ele- phant . There ...
... passing through the city I saw two very fine hunting tygers in silver chains , and a rhinoceros ( the present of Lord Am- herst to the Guicwar ) which is so tame as to be ridden by a mohout , quite as patiently as an ele- phant . There ...
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... passed by no troops in the world , and this is fortu- nate , since no army can have a more troublesome country to manage . The Guicwar is said to be a man of talent , who governs his states himself , his minister having very little ...
... passed by no troops in the world , and this is fortu- nate , since no army can have a more troublesome country to manage . The Guicwar is said to be a man of talent , who governs his states himself , his minister having very little ...
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... passed . passed . He condemned theft and bloodshed ; and those villages and districts , which had received him , from being among the worst , were now among the best and most orderly in the provinces . Nor was this all , insomuch as he ...
... passed . passed . He condemned theft and bloodshed ; and those villages and districts , which had received him , from being among the worst , were now among the best and most orderly in the provinces . Nor was this all , insomuch as he ...
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... passed by the commander - in - chief , Sir Charles Colville . I regret this restriction , because I am convinced that , in this climate , the utility of the library will be much impaired by it , since men will not read when they can ...
... passed by the commander - in - chief , Sir Charles Colville . I regret this restriction , because I am convinced that , in this climate , the utility of the library will be much impaired by it , since men will not read when they can ...
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