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 IndiaMurray, 1828 - 515 pages |
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... build , and with a British pendant , which made her pass for a man of war , though , on a nearer ap- proach , the apparent slovenliness of her equipment , and a crowd of foreign and dirty - looking people on board , gave rise to various ...
... build , and with a British pendant , which made her pass for a man of war , though , on a nearer ap- proach , the apparent slovenliness of her equipment , and a crowd of foreign and dirty - looking people on board , gave rise to various ...
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... buildings . These are the remains of a village began by a joint company , who undertook to cut down the thickets and reclaim the marshes of Saugor , a few years ago . They found , however , that as the VOL . I. B 2 TYGERS . woods were ...
... buildings . These are the remains of a village began by a joint company , who undertook to cut down the thickets and reclaim the marshes of Saugor , a few years ago . They found , however , that as the VOL . I. B 2 TYGERS . woods were ...
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... buildings with one or more high towers , like glass - houses . The Hooghly is still of vast width and rapidity . Our ... build , except that her stern was overloaded with open galleries and verandahs , with three very tall masts , and ...
... buildings with one or more high towers , like glass - houses . The Hooghly is still of vast width and rapidity . Our ... build , except that her stern was overloaded with open galleries and verandahs , with three very tall masts , and ...
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... building with three apertures in front , resembling lancet windows of the age of Henry the Second . A flight of steps led up to it , in which the Brahmin of the place was waiting to receive us , -an elderly man , 1 1 VILLAGE , ON THE ...
... building with three apertures in front , resembling lancet windows of the age of Henry the Second . A flight of steps led up to it , in which the Brahmin of the place was waiting to receive us , -an elderly man , 1 1 VILLAGE , ON THE ...
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... building , with a thatched verandah looking towards the village , and behind was a court filled with coco- nut husks , and a little rice straw ; in the centre of this was a round thatched building , raised on bam- boos about a foot from ...
... building , with a thatched verandah looking towards the village , and behind was a court filled with coco- nut husks , and a little rice straw ; in the centre of this was a round thatched building , raised on bam- boos about a foot from ...
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Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India, from ..., Volume 1 Reginald Heber,Amelia Heber No preview available - 2016 |
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