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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... appearance of the men , and their discipline , a show little in- ferior to that of a man of war . He sent our letters , together with two newspapers and two bottles of milk , a present which he said would fairly pay for the carriage of ...
... appearance of the men , and their discipline , a show little in- ferior to that of a man of war . He sent our letters , together with two newspapers and two bottles of milk , a present which he said would fairly pay for the carriage of ...
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... appearance or probability of any larger fish being in pursuit of even one hundredth part of those which we saw , nor were there any birds to endanger their flight ; and those writers who describe the life of these animals as a constant ...
... appearance or probability of any larger fish being in pursuit of even one hundredth part of those which we saw , nor were there any birds to endanger their flight ; and those writers who describe the life of these animals as a constant ...
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... appearance to - day , sailing majestically around us on its wide dusky wings , unquestionably one of the largest birds which I ever saw . During these last two nights the motion of the vessel was so violent as to throw my cot far beyond ...
... appearance to - day , sailing majestically around us on its wide dusky wings , unquestionably one of the largest birds which I ever saw . During these last two nights the motion of the vessel was so violent as to throw my cot far beyond ...
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... appearance of religion among their men ; and , in many cases , the danger is said to be , not from neglect , but fanaticism . To * Henry Martyn went out to India , as chaplain on the Bengal Establishment , in the year 1805. He ...
... appearance of religion among their men ; and , in many cases , the danger is said to be , not from neglect , but fanaticism . To * Henry Martyn went out to India , as chaplain on the Bengal Establishment , in the year 1805. He ...
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... appearance of fear , but endeavoured in vain to rise , its . wings being too long to admit of its doing so from a plain and solid surface . Mr. Gresley took a drawing of it , after which it was , by the unanimous consent of the ...
... appearance of fear , but endeavoured in vain to rise , its . wings being too long to admit of its doing so from a plain and solid surface . Mr. Gresley took a drawing of it , after which it was , by the unanimous consent of the ...
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