Sketches of India: With Notes on the Seasons, Scenery, and Society of Bombay, Elephanta, and Salsette |
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Page xiii
... English coast . Vast fields of Sea - weed . A man overboard ! Madagascar at Sun - set . Search after the lost boy . Sorrow of the crew . Have the Sharks eaten him ? Sunday on the ocean . Our sea service . The Sesostris steam Frigate ...
... English coast . Vast fields of Sea - weed . A man overboard ! Madagascar at Sun - set . Search after the lost boy . Sorrow of the crew . Have the Sharks eaten him ? Sunday on the ocean . Our sea service . The Sesostris steam Frigate ...
Page xv
... parties and their miseries . Wages Cooks and cookery . English dishes . Pre- How to make a fortune . Porous jars and Duties of the Abdar . Indian hospitality . ยท 162 PAGE . CHAPTER VII . How Englishmen lose caste . CONTENTS . XV.
... parties and their miseries . Wages Cooks and cookery . English dishes . Pre- How to make a fortune . Porous jars and Duties of the Abdar . Indian hospitality . ยท 162 PAGE . CHAPTER VII . How Englishmen lose caste . CONTENTS . XV.
Page xvi
... English residences . Parsee property . The nest of the tailor warbler . Barracks and soldiers . Predisposing causes to cholera . Contagion . Sick bungalows . English chapel and old tombs . Sea shells and cowries . Land - crabs , their ...
... English residences . Parsee property . The nest of the tailor warbler . Barracks and soldiers . Predisposing causes to cholera . Contagion . Sick bungalows . English chapel and old tombs . Sea shells and cowries . Land - crabs , their ...
Page xvii
... English ladies and poor husbands . A box on the ear for stupidity . Indian butter . An old favourite . Sketch of Meeta and Metrane sweepers . Poor despised people . Chandalas forbidden to reside in towns . Their calling . Grave ...
... English ladies and poor husbands . A box on the ear for stupidity . Indian butter . An old favourite . Sketch of Meeta and Metrane sweepers . Poor despised people . Chandalas forbidden to reside in towns . Their calling . Grave ...
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... English coast . Vast fields of Sea - weed . A man overboard . Mada- gascar at Sun - set . Search after the lost boy . Have the sharks eaten him ? Sunday on the ocean . Her deck passengers . Sorrow of the crew . Our sea service . Bombay ...
... English coast . Vast fields of Sea - weed . A man overboard . Mada- gascar at Sun - set . Search after the lost boy . Have the sharks eaten him ? Sunday on the ocean . Her deck passengers . Sorrow of the crew . Our sea service . Bombay ...
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