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 16
... told off with a reference to the duties expected from them with more than usual hurry . It blew hard about ten o'clock , and from two to three the storm was regarded as serious . } On the morning of the 26th nothing remained but a ...
... told off with a reference to the duties expected from them with more than usual hurry . It blew hard about ten o'clock , and from two to three the storm was regarded as serious . } On the morning of the 26th nothing remained but a ...
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... told were " tropic birds . " . July 26. - To - day we passed the line , and the greater part of it was spent in the mummeries usual on such occasions , which went off very well and in good humour . The passengers were not liable to the ...
... told were " tropic birds . " . July 26. - To - day we passed the line , and the greater part of it was spent in the mummeries usual on such occasions , which went off very well and in good humour . The passengers were not liable to the ...
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... told that , as we ap- proach the Cape , their numbers will increase daily . Those called " Cape Pigeons , " are very pretty , not unlike the land bird whose name they bear , and which they are said to resemble in flavour . For these ...
... told that , as we ap- proach the Cape , their numbers will increase daily . Those called " Cape Pigeons , " are very pretty , not unlike the land bird whose name they bear , and which they are said to resemble in flavour . For these ...
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... told me that more would have staid , if they had not felt shy , and been afraid of exciting the ridicule of their companions . The same feeling , I find , kept one at least , and perhaps more , of the young cadets and writers away ...
... told me that more would have staid , if they had not felt shy , and been afraid of exciting the ridicule of their companions . The same feeling , I find , kept one at least , and perhaps more , of the young cadets and writers away ...
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... told , had probably been very seldom visited by Europeans , since few persons stop on the shore of the Ganges between Diamond Harbour and Fulta . Few of the inhabitants spoke Hindoostanee . Mr. Mill tried the Brahmin in Sanscrit , but ...
... told , had probably been very seldom visited by Europeans , since few persons stop on the shore of the Ganges between Diamond Harbour and Fulta . Few of the inhabitants spoke Hindoostanee . Mr. Mill tried the Brahmin in Sanscrit , but ...
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