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Page xiv
... Parsee children . Popish seminary . Mohammedan temples . Cripples and Lepers . Devotees and rogues . Cornwallis and his Friends . Bombay castle , and Dock yard . Sally ports and Sepoys , & c . , & c . ยท 49 Climates . CHAPTER III . South ...
... Parsee children . Popish seminary . Mohammedan temples . Cripples and Lepers . Devotees and rogues . Cornwallis and his Friends . Bombay castle , and Dock yard . Sally ports and Sepoys , & c . , & c . ยท 49 Climates . CHAPTER III . South ...
Page xvi
... Parsees . The power of a hungry mus . The prayers on the sea shore . England's ten talents . What can we do individually . Have ... Parsee property . The nest of the tailor warbler . Barracks and soldiers . Predisposing causes to cholera ...
... Parsees . The power of a hungry mus . The prayers on the sea shore . England's ten talents . What can we do individually . Have ... Parsee property . The nest of the tailor warbler . Barracks and soldiers . Predisposing causes to cholera ...
Page xvii
... Parsee . My friend Nesserwanjee . Love of imitating English customs . Outcasts rejected . How they dispose of their dead . Dockmehs , or temples of silence . Religion . Oramanes and Arimanes . The Zendavista . Ormuzd and the Great ...
... Parsee . My friend Nesserwanjee . Love of imitating English customs . Outcasts rejected . How they dispose of their dead . Dockmehs , or temples of silence . Religion . Oramanes and Arimanes . The Zendavista . Ormuzd and the Great ...
Page 49
... Parsee Children . Popish Seminary . Mohammedan Temples . Cripple and Lepers . Devotees and Rogues . Cornwallis and his Friends . Bombay Castle , and Dock Yard . Sally Ports and Sepoys , & c . IN thus taking up my pen , but to jot down ...
... Parsee Children . Popish Seminary . Mohammedan Temples . Cripple and Lepers . Devotees and Rogues . Cornwallis and his Friends . Bombay Castle , and Dock Yard . Sally Ports and Sepoys , & c . IN thus taking up my pen , but to jot down ...
Page 57
... Parsee ladies , who go up to pray , unseen by the busy world below ; for they are supposed to lose caste if they appear in public , and are quite shut out from holding any intercourse with strangers ; consequently , their lives are ...
... Parsee ladies , who go up to pray , unseen by the busy world below ; for they are supposed to lose caste if they appear in public , and are quite shut out from holding any intercourse with strangers ; consequently , their lives are ...
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amusement animal appear Back Bay beautiful bheestie birds boat Bombay Bombay Castle Brahmins breeze bungalow captain cast centipede character coast cocoa-nut Colabah coloured cool creatures curious dark deck delicious Doorga dreadful earth East Elephanta England English esplanade feet figures flowers fresh fruit Guzerat hand Hindoo honour hot season India inhabitants insects island labour ladies land laudanum live lofty look lovely Malabar Point miles Mohammedan monsoon morning native never night ocean officers once ornaments palanquin Parsee party passed poor Porto Santo Portuguese prayers punkahs rains readers religious residence rich rock roof round rupees sacred sailors Salsette scarcely scene scenery seen seldom servants Shere Khan ship shore side Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy snake soon stone strange streets sweet tank temples thought tiger trees turban vessel voyage walk wonderful wood worship