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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... trees , dark - like firs , and jungle about the height of young coppice wood , of a very fresh and vivid green . With a large glass I could distinguish something like deer grazing or lying down amid the swampy grass , and also some ...
... trees , dark - like firs , and jungle about the height of young coppice wood , of a very fresh and vivid green . With a large glass I could distinguish something like deer grazing or lying down amid the swampy grass , and also some ...
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... trees , and some low palms , were seen among them , and a fresh vegeta- ble fragrance was wafted from the shore . stream is here intense , and its struggle with the spring - tide raises waves of a dark - coloured water , which put me in ...
... trees , and some low palms , were seen among them , and a fresh vegeta- ble fragrance was wafted from the shore . stream is here intense , and its struggle with the spring - tide raises waves of a dark - coloured water , which put me in ...
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... trees , and vil- lages of huts , thatched , and with their mud walls so low , that they look like hay - stacks . We anchored a few miles short of Diamond Har- bour . The current and ebb - tide together ran at a rate really tremendous ...
... trees , and vil- lages of huts , thatched , and with their mud walls so low , that they look like hay - stacks . We anchored a few miles short of Diamond Har- bour . The current and ebb - tide together ran at a rate really tremendous ...
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... trees of a considerable height , in colour and foliage resembling the elm . We have seen one or two Pagodas , dingy buildings with one or more high towers , like glass - houses . The Hooghly is still of vast width and rapidity . Our ...
... trees of a considerable height , in colour and foliage resembling the elm . We have seen one or two Pagodas , dingy buildings with one or more high towers , like glass - houses . The Hooghly is still of vast width and rapidity . Our ...
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... trees , among which the banyan was very conspicu- ous and beautiful ; we were cautioned against at- tempting to enter the houses , as such a measure gives much offence . Some of the natives , however , came up and offered to shew us the ...
... trees , among which the banyan was very conspicu- ous and beautiful ; we were cautioned against at- tempting to enter the houses , as such a measure gives much offence . Some of the natives , however , came up and offered to shew us the ...
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