Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bambay, 1824-1825; (With Notes Upon Ceylon,) an Account of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826, and Letters Written in India, Volume 11856 |
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... servant on the crup- per behind with an umbrella . The howdah itself , which Europeans use , is not unlike the body of a small gig , but without a head . The native howdahs have a far less elevated seat , and are much more ornamented ...
... servant on the crup- per behind with an umbrella . The howdah itself , which Europeans use , is not unlike the body of a small gig , but without a head . The native howdahs have a far less elevated seat , and are much more ornamented ...
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... servants ; when most impressive form of dedication to they have relations in England they these two churches , as likely to do good are usually sent thither , unless eligible to all who shared in the service , and to matches occur for ...
... servants ; when most impressive form of dedication to they have relations in England they these two churches , as likely to do good are usually sent thither , unless eligible to all who shared in the service , and to matches occur for ...
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... servants of that reli- gion ran forward to wash their hands in his blood , -which I am told they always do whenever they kill , or wit- ness the death of , a wild beast . The Indian squirrel , which abounds in the park , is smaller than ...
... servants of that reli- gion ran forward to wash their hands in his blood , -which I am told they always do whenever they kill , or wit- ness the death of , a wild beast . The Indian squirrel , which abounds in the park , is smaller than ...
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... servants sent presents of plum - cakes , fish , and fruit ; and even our poor bearers came in a body , their faces decorated with an extra quantity of raddle , chalk , and tin- foil , to beg my acceptance of a basket of plantains and ...
... servants sent presents of plum - cakes , fish , and fruit ; and even our poor bearers came in a body , their faces decorated with an extra quantity of raddle , chalk , and tin- foil , to beg my acceptance of a basket of plantains and ...
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... servants told me , the unhappy widow had been stretched out , surrounded with combustibles . Only a heap of glowing embers was now seen here , besides two long bamboos , which seemed intended to keep down any struggles which nature ...
... servants told me , the unhappy widow had been stretched out , surrounded with combustibles . Only a heap of glowing embers was now seen here , besides two long bamboos , which seemed intended to keep down any struggles which nature ...
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Page 113 - O'er broad Hindostan's sultry meads, o'er bleak Almorah's hill. That course nor Delhi's kingly gates, nor wild Malwah detain, For sweet the bliss us both awaits by yonder western main. Thy towers, Bombay, gleam bright, they say, across the dark blue sea : But ne'er were hearts so blithe and gay as there shall meet in thee!
Page 111 - To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Page 113 - O'er Gunga's mimic sea ! I miss thee at the dawning gray, When, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay, And woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga's stream My twilight steps I guide, But most beneath the lamp's pale beam, I miss thee from my side.
Page 115 - The shrill cigala strikes his lyre ; And what is she, whose liquid strain Thrills through yon copse of sugar-cane ? I know that soul-entrancing swell ! It is — it must be — Philomel. Enough, enough, the rustling trees Announce a shower upon the breeze, — The flashes of the summer sky Assume a deeper, ruddier dye ; Yon lamp that trembles on the stream, From forth our cabin sheds its beam ; And we must early sleep, to find Betimes the morning's healthy wind. But, oh ! with thankful hearts confess...
Page 81 - ... swimming' about at the full extent of their strings, or lying half in and half out of the water, others were rolling themselves in the sun on the sandy bank, uttering a shrill whistling noise as if in play. I was told that most of the fishermen in this neighbourhood kept one or more of these animals, who were almost as tame as dogs, and of great use in fishing, sometimes driving the shoals into the nets, sometimes bringing out the larger fish with their teeth.
Page 81 - ... more of these animals, who were almost as tame as dogs, and of great use in fishing, sometimes driving the shoals into the nets, sometimes bringing out the larger fish with their teeth. I was much pleased and interested with the sight. It has always been a fancy of mine that the poor creatures whom we waste and persecute to death for no cause, but the gratification of our cruelty, might by reasonable treatment be made the sources of abundant amusement and advantage to us. The simple Hindoo shows...
Page 115 - mid charcoal gleams, The Moslems' savoury supper steams, While all apart, beneath the wood, The Hindoo cooks his simpler food. Come walk with me the jungle through; If yonder hunter told us true; Far off, in desert dank and rude. The...
Page 251 - I asked Mr. Boulderson if it .were true that the monkeys forsook these woods during the unwholesome months. He answered that not the monKeys only, but everything which had the breath of life, instinctively deserts them, from the beginning of April to October. The tigers go up to the hills, the antelopes and wild hogs make incursions into the cultivated plain ; and those persons, such as Dak-bearers, or military officers, who are obliged to traverse the forest in the intervening months, agree that...
Page 113 - I miss thee from my side. I spread my books, my pencil try The lingering noon to cheer, But miss thy kind approving eye, Thy meek attentive ear. But when...
Page 306 - While in the small apartment where I got rid of my shining garments, I was struck with its beautiful ornaments. It was entirely lined with white marble, inlaid with flowers and leaves of green serpentine, lapis lazuli, and blue and red porphyry ; the flowers were of the best Italian style of workmanship, and evidently the labour of an artist of that country.