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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... Manner of catching Fish -Cashipoor - Women pinning - White Buffalo - Sugar mill - Imperial Tree - Moradabad - Making Ice - Yogis and Tigers - Canes set on fire by Friction - Party of supposed Bheels - Thugs 11 262 289 311 340 368 401 12 ...
... Manner of catching Fish -Cashipoor - Women pinning - White Buffalo - Sugar mill - Imperial Tree - Moradabad - Making Ice - Yogis and Tigers - Canes set on fire by Friction - Party of supposed Bheels - Thugs 11 262 289 311 340 368 401 12 ...
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... manner , and by no great merit of his own , rising from poverty and obscurity to fame and great wealth , and the enjoy ment of the object of his affections . The other characters , male and female , are mere sketches , but sketches of ...
... manner , and by no great merit of his own , rising from poverty and obscurity to fame and great wealth , and the enjoy ment of the object of his affections . The other characters , male and female , are mere sketches , but sketches of ...
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... manner . I find , indeed , that Captain Manning , and most persons on board , suppose that the grampus is only a young whale ; another , or the same grampus , in the course of the day , was seen chased by a group of porpoises , and a ...
... manner . I find , indeed , that Captain Manning , and most persons on board , suppose that the grampus is only a young whale ; another , or the same grampus , in the course of the day , was seen chased by a group of porpoises , and a ...
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... manner in which I may be able to acquit myself of duties so important , and in a situation so new . Deus adjuvet per Jesum Christum ! Friday , September 12. - Few things now occur to insert , except my progress in Hindoostanee . The ...
... manner in which I may be able to acquit myself of duties so important , and in a situation so new . Deus adjuvet per Jesum Christum ! Friday , September 12. - Few things now occur to insert , except my progress in Hindoostanee . The ...
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... manners he was no bad specimen of the low usurers who frequent almost all seaports . While we were conversing with him , a fowl fell overboard , and his crew were desired to hand it up again ; the naked rowers refused , as it is ...
... manners he was no bad specimen of the low usurers who frequent almost all seaports . While we were conversing with him , a fowl fell overboard , and his crew were desired to hand it up again ; the naked rowers refused , as it is ...
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