Continental India: Travelling Sketches and Historical Recollections [1822-1835] Illustrating the Antiquity, Religion and Manners of the Hindoos, the Extent of British Conquests, and the Progress of Missionary Operations, 2. köideT. Ward & Company, 1840 |
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Page 34
... servant brought up the rear in the morn- ing , and I made my movement as speedily forward as I could pick my way . On another occasion , however , I had to pass a night in circumstances not more propitious for comfort or refreshment ...
... servant brought up the rear in the morn- ing , and I made my movement as speedily forward as I could pick my way . On another occasion , however , I had to pass a night in circumstances not more propitious for comfort or refreshment ...
Page 44
... servant of the Hon . East India Company presides to pre- vent any breach of the articles of war or violation of the treaty ; so that the Sevaites and the Vish- nuites , if they do fall out , shall not come to blows , or break each ...
... servant of the Hon . East India Company presides to pre- vent any breach of the articles of war or violation of the treaty ; so that the Sevaites and the Vish- nuites , if they do fall out , shall not come to blows , or break each ...
Page 53
... servant , private . " the same correspondent , on the eve of an entire During two During two years had The next was written by eighteen months later , and and permanent separation . this intercourse been maintained , and it was very ...
... servant , private . " the same correspondent , on the eve of an entire During two During two years had The next was written by eighteen months later , and and permanent separation . this intercourse been maintained , and it was very ...
Page 54
... servant , private H. M. —— regiment . " I started from Walajahbad for Chinglepet a little before midnight , and reached it before six in the morning . My route lay through paddy or rice - fields and agricultural hamlets . The road was ...
... servant , private H. M. —— regiment . " I started from Walajahbad for Chinglepet a little before midnight , and reached it before six in the morning . My route lay through paddy or rice - fields and agricultural hamlets . The road was ...
Page 57
... servant came out almost a mile from his house to meet me : he had heard the " peria baba " of my bearers as we came along the road , and with his master's authority , conducted me to a furnished bungalow , with every convenience for the ...
... servant came out almost a mile from his house to meet me : he had heard the " peria baba " of my bearers as we came along the road , and with his master's authority , conducted me to a furnished bungalow , with every convenience for the ...
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