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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... answered our purpose extremely well . Our latitude this day at noon was 48 ° 9 ' long . W. 7 ° 21 ' . The weather fine , though cruelly cold for midsummer . I was this morning engaged by Scoresby's voyage to old Greenland , in 1822 ...
... answered our purpose extremely well . Our latitude this day at noon was 48 ° 9 ' long . W. 7 ° 21 ' . The weather fine , though cruelly cold for midsummer . I was this morning engaged by Scoresby's voyage to old Greenland , in 1822 ...
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... answered difficulties , & c . The nights are now completely dark by six o'clock . August 4-8 . - I do not think that any thing very material has occurred during these days . The wind has varied in our favour , and is now N. E. by E ...
... answered difficulties , & c . The nights are now completely dark by six o'clock . August 4-8 . - I do not think that any thing very material has occurred during these days . The wind has varied in our favour , and is now N. E. by E ...
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... answer the helm , yet we found to our surprise that during the twenty - four hours we had advanced two degrees of longitude . On Thursday a light breeze blew , which , with the friendly help of the current , helped us on three degrees ...
... answer the helm , yet we found to our surprise that during the twenty - four hours we had advanced two degrees of longitude . On Thursday a light breeze blew , which , with the friendly help of the current , helped us on three degrees ...
Page 39
... answered by several vessels obviously at no great distance , but the doubt remained whether any of these were pilots , or whether they were merely like our- selves , in search of one . Captain Manning , however , sent his cutter with ...
... answered by several vessels obviously at no great distance , but the doubt remained whether any of these were pilots , or whether they were merely like our- selves , in search of one . Captain Manning , however , sent his cutter with ...
Page 59
... uncivil , when nothing less than incivility is intended . If you bid a man order breakfast , he will answer , " Have I not ordered it ? " or , " Is it not already coming ? " 60 BARRACKPOOR . merely meaning to express his own alacrity.
... uncivil , when nothing less than incivility is intended . If you bid a man order breakfast , he will answer , " Have I not ordered it ? " or , " Is it not already coming ? " 60 BARRACKPOOR . merely meaning to express his own alacrity.
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Abdullah Allahabad Almorah animals answered appearance asked attended Aûmeen bamboos bank Bareilly beautiful Benares Bengal boats Boulderson brahmin building Calcutta called camels Captain Cawnpoor Christian Chunar church Company's considerable Corrie coss cultivated Dacca Delhi Dinapoor distance dress elephants England English European extremely favourable Ganges Government handsome heard hills Himalaya Hindoo Hindoostanee horse India jemautdar journey jungle Kemaoon Khân kind King looking Lord Lord Hastings Lucknow Meerut Mendee miles morning mosque mountains Mussulmans native Nawâb neighbourhood neighbouring never night noble Oude pagoda palace palanquin party passed persons pinnace poor prayers present pretty pulwar rain Raja received Resident river road Rohillas round Ruderpoor ruins rupees Sahib seemed seen sent sepoys Serang servants side soon sort stream Sunderbunds supposed suttees suwarrs tents thing tiger told tomb town trees usual vessel village whole wind young Zemindars