Sketches of India: With Notes on the Seasons, Scenery, and Society of Bombay, Elephanta, and Salsette |
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... deck passengers . Bombay harbour . Land Sharks and servants . First impressions of India . Vasco del Gama . Moguls . Portuguese and Charles the Second . Situa- tion of Bombay . Strange people . Goa . What have we done Reflections , & c ...
... deck passengers . Bombay harbour . Land Sharks and servants . First impressions of India . Vasco del Gama . Moguls . Portuguese and Charles the Second . Situa- tion of Bombay . Strange people . Goa . What have we done Reflections , & c ...
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... deck passengers . Sorrow of the crew . Our sea service . Bombay harbour . The Sesostris steam - Frigate . Land Sharks and servants . Gama . Moguls . Portuguese and Charles the Second . Situation of Bombay . Strange people . Goa . What ...
... deck passengers . Sorrow of the crew . Our sea service . Bombay harbour . The Sesostris steam - Frigate . Land Sharks and servants . Gama . Moguls . Portuguese and Charles the Second . Situation of Bombay . Strange people . Goa . What ...
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... deck , and deluging my bed and cabin- and by other discomforts peculiar to new ships that have been fitted out in a hurry , and with but little regard to the comfort or convenience of those destined to live so many months on board of ...
... deck , and deluging my bed and cabin- and by other discomforts peculiar to new ships that have been fitted out in a hurry , and with but little regard to the comfort or convenience of those destined to live so many months on board of ...
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... deck , and informed by these men who had been selected as spokesmen by the rest , that it was their determination to work only in their watch ; that he was quite at liberty to confine them below deck if he thought proper , but work at ...
... deck , and informed by these men who had been selected as spokesmen by the rest , that it was their determination to work only in their watch ; that he was quite at liberty to confine them below deck if he thought proper , but work at ...
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... decks the mighty expanse in the most refreshing green . When he reflects that this immense body of water which surrounds him occupies a space on the surface of our globe greater than that which is called dry land , and covers an extent ...
... decks the mighty expanse in the most refreshing green . When he reflects that this immense body of water which surrounds him occupies a space on the surface of our globe greater than that which is called dry land , and covers an extent ...
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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