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 11
... Animals and Birds - Wild Dogs -Visits from Vakeel and Pundit - Cold at Pruny - Poverty of Chur- wali - Koosilla River - Description of Okul Dunga - Pillibheet Rice- Emetic Property of Wild Tea - Ghorkha Boy - Manner of catching Fish ...
... Animals and Birds - Wild Dogs -Visits from Vakeel and Pundit - Cold at Pruny - Poverty of Chur- wali - Koosilla River - Description of Okul Dunga - Pillibheet Rice- Emetic Property of Wild Tea - Ghorkha Boy - Manner of catching Fish ...
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... animals as a constant succession of alarms , and ren- dered miserable by fear , have never , I conceive , seen them in their mirth , or considered those natural feelings of health and hilarity which seem to lead all creatures to exert ...
... animals as a constant succession of alarms , and ren- dered miserable by fear , have never , I conceive , seen them in their mirth , or considered those natural feelings of health and hilarity which seem to lead all creatures to exert ...
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... animal was found in this condition shortly after . He protested his innocence , and said the sheep had thrown down a board on which the knives were laid . The story was a lame one ; but , with a very praise- worthy moderation , Captain ...
... animal was found in this condition shortly after . He protested his innocence , and said the sheep had thrown down a board on which the knives were laid . The story was a lame one ; but , with a very praise- worthy moderation , Captain ...
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... animal food to the Hindoos . It is not from any abstract desire to spare the life of living creatures , since fish would be a violation of this principle as well as beef ; but from other notions of the hallowed or the polluted nature of ...
... animal food to the Hindoos . It is not from any abstract desire to spare the life of living creatures , since fish would be a violation of this principle as well as beef ; but from other notions of the hallowed or the polluted nature of ...
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... animals grew loud and incessant as we returned to the ship , and so nearly resembled the voice of children at play , that it was scarcely possible at first to ascribe them to any other source . On our arrival at the vessel we found two ...
... animals grew loud and incessant as we returned to the ship , and so nearly resembled the voice of children at play , that it was scarcely possible at first to ascribe them to any other source . On our arrival at the vessel we found two ...
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