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 23
... poor thieves are , when trusted , the trustiest of men , and of all sentries the most wakeful and indefatigable . They and the Kholees , a race almost equally wild , are uniformly preferred in Guzerāt for the service of the police , and ...
... poor thieves are , when trusted , the trustiest of men , and of all sentries the most wakeful and indefatigable . They and the Kholees , a race almost equally wild , are uniformly preferred in Guzerāt for the service of the police , and ...
Page 32
... poor compensa- tion for the evils of a system which , to pay a debt , no matter how contracted , strips the weaver of his loom , the husbandman of his plough , and pulls the roof from the castle of the feudal chieftain , and which ...
... poor compensa- tion for the evils of a system which , to pay a debt , no matter how contracted , strips the weaver of his loom , the husbandman of his plough , and pulls the roof from the castle of the feudal chieftain , and which ...
Page 37
... poor people of Guzerāt , and that I greatly desired his acquaintance ; that I re- gretted that I knew Hindoostanee so imperfectly , but that I should be very glad , so far as my know- ledge of the language allowed , and by the interpre ...
... poor people of Guzerāt , and that I greatly desired his acquaintance ; that I re- gretted that I knew Hindoostanee so imperfectly , but that I should be very glad , so far as my know- ledge of the language allowed , and by the interpre ...
Page 51
... neighbourhood , for pilgrims and poor travel- lers . I was at some pains to explain to these people that I was only a traveller and with no au- sys- thority in the Government , and that , as E 2 PETITION OF SWAAMEE NARAIN . 51.
... neighbourhood , for pilgrims and poor travel- lers . I was at some pains to explain to these people that I was only a traveller and with no au- sys- thority in the Government , and that , as E 2 PETITION OF SWAAMEE NARAIN . 51.
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... poor travellers , and that I would report , as I was bound to do , the good ac- count which I heard from all quarters of the tem of morals preached by Swaamee Narain , and acted on by his disciples . From Mr. Ironside , who knows him ...
... poor travellers , and that I would report , as I was bound to do , the good ac- count which I heard from all quarters of the tem of morals preached by Swaamee Narain , and acted on by his disciples . From Mr. Ironside , who knows him ...
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