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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... sailors called a devil - fish , others , I believe more correctly , a sun - fish . It was a very large and nearly circular flat fish , with , apparently , some rather vivid 16 JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA . colours about.
... sailors called a devil - fish , others , I believe more correctly , a sun - fish . It was a very large and nearly circular flat fish , with , apparently , some rather vivid 16 JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO INDIA . colours about.
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... believe that many persons , both in Scotland and on the Continent , have strange notions of our ceremonies , his having been an accidental specta- tor of them ( for he was on the poop all the time ) may remove some prejudices . I ...
... believe that many persons , both in Scotland and on the Continent , have strange notions of our ceremonies , his having been an accidental specta- tor of them ( for he was on the poop all the time ) may remove some prejudices . I ...
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... believe , does much good among his messmates , as well as that he is very assiduous and intelligent in teaching those who are immediately under his care . Of Captain Manning himself , I had previously heard an excellent character , and ...
... believe , does much good among his messmates , as well as that he is very assiduous and intelligent in teaching those who are immediately under his care . Of Captain Manning himself , I had previously heard an excellent character , and ...
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... believe a Gannet , ) a little larger than a large goose , with brown glossy feathers , large white eyes with black pupils , a broad yellow bill , very slender legs , broad webbed feet , and long wings resembling those of a kite . It ...
... believe a Gannet , ) a little larger than a large goose , with brown glossy feathers , large white eyes with black pupils , a broad yellow bill , very slender legs , broad webbed feet , and long wings resembling those of a kite . It ...
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... believe we all thought much of home , as we passed ( which occurred about nine o'clock ) the meridian of Greenwich . It was a pleasing , though almost painful task , to figure to ourselves the different employments of our friends in ...
... believe we all thought much of home , as we passed ( which occurred about nine o'clock ) the meridian of Greenwich . It was a pleasing , though almost painful task , to figure to ourselves the different employments of our friends in ...
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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