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 IndiaMurray, 1828 - 515 pages |
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... nearly on our beam ends , and had we been carrying any thing like our previous sail , must have been completely dismasted . Tremendous rain followed , with some thunder and lightening , and continued the greater part of the day ...
... nearly on our beam ends , and had we been carrying any thing like our previous sail , must have been completely dismasted . Tremendous rain followed , with some thunder and lightening , and continued the greater part of the day ...
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... nearly all night , and very anxious . The soundings showed a bottom of coarse sand and a little gravel . September 29. - In the morning we had the mor- tification to find ourselves still in sight of Jugger- naut and the Black Pagoda ...
... nearly all night , and very anxious . The soundings showed a bottom of coarse sand and a little gravel . September 29. - In the morning we had the mor- tification to find ourselves still in sight of Jugger- naut and the Black Pagoda ...
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... nearly straight from Juggernaut to Pal- miras . The night was fine and starlight , and we crept along , sounding every half - hour in from se- venteen to twenty - three fathoms till after midnight , when we entered suddenly into a rapid ...
... nearly straight from Juggernaut to Pal- miras . The night was fine and starlight , and we crept along , sounding every half - hour in from se- venteen to twenty - three fathoms till after midnight , when we entered suddenly into a rapid ...
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... nearly in a N. E. direction , but too weak and too shallow to contend with the mighty Ganges , which ran like a mill - stream , at a fathom or two underneath , and against which nothing but a very powerful gale could contend . Our hope ...
... nearly in a N. E. direction , but too weak and too shallow to contend with the mighty Ganges , which ran like a mill - stream , at a fathom or two underneath , and against which nothing but a very powerful gale could contend . Our hope ...
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... nearly resembling those which I have seen at Wynnstay and Combermere . Buffaloes are un- common in the lower parts of Bengal . As we ap- proached the village a number of men and boys came out to meet us , all naked except the cum ...
... nearly resembling those which I have seen at Wynnstay and Combermere . Buffaloes are un- common in the lower parts of Bengal . As we ap- proached the village a number of men and boys came out to meet us , all naked except the cum ...
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