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, Volume 1John Murray, 1828 |
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Page 33
... resident in India must expect to encounter , and which a new - comer is , perhaps , as able to bear as any other person . I therefore feel at present nothing but pleasure in the ' anticipation of our speedy arrival in that scene where I ...
... resident in India must expect to encounter , and which a new - comer is , perhaps , as able to bear as any other person . I therefore feel at present nothing but pleasure in the ' anticipation of our speedy arrival in that scene where I ...
Page 84
... residents in Calcutta were expected to attend , as well as the vakeels from several Indian princes . I found on my arrival the levee had begun , and that Lord Amherst , attend- ed by his aides - du - camp and Persian secretary , had ...
... residents in Calcutta were expected to attend , as well as the vakeels from several Indian princes . I found on my arrival the levee had begun , and that Lord Amherst , attend- ed by his aides - du - camp and Persian secretary , had ...
Page 142
... The cotton produced in this district is mostly sent to England raw , and the manufactures of England are preferred by the people of Dacca themselves for their cheapness . There are CHITTAGONG . 143 still a few Armenians resident in the 142.
... The cotton produced in this district is mostly sent to England raw , and the manufactures of England are preferred by the people of Dacca themselves for their cheapness . There are CHITTAGONG . 143 still a few Armenians resident in the 142.
Page 143
... resident in the town , some of them wealthy , with a church , and two priests . Their Archbishop , who makes once in four or five years a journey from Nakitchwan to India , is now in the place , on the same errand with me . There are ...
... resident in the town , some of them wealthy , with a church , and two priests . Their Archbishop , who makes once in four or five years a journey from Nakitchwan to India , is now in the place , on the same errand with me . There are ...
Page 146
... resident at Tipe- rah , or somewhere in that neighbourhood , who was for nineteen years together the only Christian within seventy miles , and at least 300 from any place of worship . Occasionally he has gone to receive the sacrament at ...
... resident at Tipe- rah , or somewhere in that neighbourhood , who was for nineteen years together the only Christian within seventy miles , and at least 300 from any place of worship . Occasionally he has gone to receive the sacrament at ...
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