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 vii
... sent to the different commissariat and mili- tary officers to attend to all my wants in their respective departments . ' 99 The liberality of the honourable the Court of Direct- ors , in providing the Bishop with a house , and making ...
... sent to the different commissariat and mili- tary officers to attend to all my wants in their respective departments . ' 99 The liberality of the honourable the Court of Direct- ors , in providing the Bishop with a house , and making ...
Page 15
... sent our letters , together with two newspapers and two bottles of milk , a present which he said would fairly pay for the carriage of our despatches to Eng- land . She turned out to be a Falmouth packet , nine days out of Lisbon ...
... sent our letters , together with two newspapers and two bottles of milk , a present which he said would fairly pay for the carriage of our despatches to Eng- land . She turned out to be a Falmouth packet , nine days out of Lisbon ...
Page 17
... sent our packets by the Chris- tiana , and that we had ( now that so much better an opportunity occurred ) nothing ready to despatch ; but it was not to be helped . Captain Manning hailed the vessel , and asked her Master to re- port at ...
... sent our packets by the Chris- tiana , and that we had ( now that so much better an opportunity occurred ) nothing ready to despatch ; but it was not to be helped . Captain Manning hailed the vessel , and asked her Master to re- port at ...
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... sent below , being equally resolved neither to fight against their country , nor to break their faith with their captors . All the officers agreed in speaking very ill of the French , and of their conduct towards their prisoners . This ...
... sent below , being equally resolved neither to fight against their country , nor to break their faith with their captors . All the officers agreed in speaking very ill of the French , and of their conduct towards their prisoners . This ...
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... sent off from the fore - chains to represent his boat dropping astern . I was much struck by the time during which this con- tinued visible at intervals , rising and sinking on the swell , till it was , at least , two miles distant ...
... sent off from the fore - chains to represent his boat dropping astern . I was much struck by the time during which this con- tinued visible at intervals , rising and sinking on the swell , till it was , at least , two miles distant ...
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