East by West: A Journey in the Recess, Volume 2Bentley, 1885 - 361 pages |
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Page 169
... Bombay , I hasten to say that the city is actually an island , extending over an area of twenty - two square miles . It is one of the few valuable acquisitions that came with the Stuarts , being ceded to this country in 1661 as part of ...
... Bombay , I hasten to say that the city is actually an island , extending over an area of twenty - two square miles . It is one of the few valuable acquisitions that came with the Stuarts , being ceded to this country in 1661 as part of ...
Page 170
... Bombay , and in 1668 , nothing in the way of money being squeezable out of the new possession , King Charles handed it over to the East India Company for an annual payment of £ 10 . The Company proceeded in business - like manner to ...
... Bombay , and in 1668 , nothing in the way of money being squeezable out of the new possession , King Charles handed it over to the East India Company for an annual payment of £ 10 . The Company proceeded in business - like manner to ...
Page 171
... Bombay . After all these years there are only 169 in the city . The reason for this is perhaps not far to seek . The work which the Chinese successfully undertake in Hongkong , the Straits Settlements , and the Malay Peninsula , is ...
... Bombay . After all these years there are only 169 in the city . The reason for this is perhaps not far to seek . The work which the Chinese successfully undertake in Hongkong , the Straits Settlements , and the Malay Peninsula , is ...
Page 172
... Bombay had at one time an evil reputation for its fatal insanitariness . It was a common saying that the duration of a European's life was spanned by two monsoons . On one side of the town there was , and in bettered con- dition still ...
... Bombay had at one time an evil reputation for its fatal insanitariness . It was a common saying that the duration of a European's life was spanned by two monsoons . On one side of the town there was , and in bettered con- dition still ...
Page 173
... Bombay . It was too late to prevent the creation of the embankment , and the Governor could only write and express ... Bombay , and an enduring monu- ment to the memory of the audacious Governor . Oddly enough , within the last twenty ...
... Bombay . It was too late to prevent the creation of the embankment , and the Governor could only write and express ... Bombay , and an enduring monu- ment to the memory of the audacious Governor . Oddly enough , within the last twenty ...
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