Sketches of India: With Notes on the Seasons, Scenery, and Society of Bombay, Elephanta, and Salsette |
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Page 20
... live so many months on board of them . But these treats were of short duration ; and a few fine days set us all to rights again . The carpenter , a clever and active man , was not long in completing the new spars to supply the place of ...
... live so many months on board of them . But these treats were of short duration ; and a few fine days set us all to rights again . The carpenter , a clever and active man , was not long in completing the new spars to supply the place of ...
Page 26
... lives on the wide , wide sea , On the craggy ice , in the frozen air , And only seeketh her rocky lair To warm her young , and teach them to spring At once o'er the waves on their stormy wing ! " The stormy petrels congregate under the ...
... lives on the wide , wide sea , On the craggy ice , in the frozen air , And only seeketh her rocky lair To warm her young , and teach them to spring At once o'er the waves on their stormy wing ! " The stormy petrels congregate under the ...
Page 27
... lives . When disturbed in the water , the sail is rapidly folded up , and the little man - of - war sinks out of sight . We caught many of them in a bucket ; but I was charged not to handle them incautiously , as they would sting me ...
... lives . When disturbed in the water , the sail is rapidly folded up , and the little man - of - war sinks out of sight . We caught many of them in a bucket ; but I was charged not to handle them incautiously , as they would sting me ...
Page 54
... live in . So far as I could judge , they wanted that life about them , if I may use the expression , which we find in our cheerful English residences . There are no glass windows , but their places are supplied by dusty outside shutters ...
... live in . So far as I could judge , they wanted that life about them , if I may use the expression , which we find in our cheerful English residences . There are no glass windows , but their places are supplied by dusty outside shutters ...
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... live in a country where cruelty to the inferior animals was almost unknown , and where the beautiful creatures of the great Creator were justly valued , and not shot down for the mere sport of the idle and vicious . A stream of love ...
... live in a country where cruelty to the inferior animals was almost unknown , and where the beautiful creatures of the great Creator were justly valued , and not shot down for the mere sport of the idle and vicious . A stream of love ...
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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