Sketches of India: With Notes on the Seasons, Scenery, and Society of Bombay, Elephanta, and Salsette |
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Page xiv
... morning . Scenery in the harbour . Native boats . Sea birds and picturesque objects . Closer view of Elephanta . The Landing . Delicious shade from the sun . Stone Horse and Elephant . The handiwork of Father Time . flowers . Punkah ...
... morning . Scenery in the harbour . Native boats . Sea birds and picturesque objects . Closer view of Elephanta . The Landing . Delicious shade from the sun . Stone Horse and Elephant . The handiwork of Father Time . flowers . Punkah ...
Page xv
... morning breeze . Tiffin . Dress coats and white jackets . Dancing . The horse - hair jupe . of domestics . served meats . wine coolers . Boarding houses , & c . , & c . Dinner parties and their miseries . Wages Cooks and cookery ...
... morning breeze . Tiffin . Dress coats and white jackets . Dancing . The horse - hair jupe . of domestics . served meats . wine coolers . Boarding houses , & c . , & c . Dinner parties and their miseries . Wages Cooks and cookery ...
Page 21
... morning , as we were sitting at breakfast , he was summoned on 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 ...
... morning , as we were sitting at breakfast , he was summoned on 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 ...
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... morning that revealed to me the beauties of Porto Santo , the first land which we had seen since bidding adieu to dear happy old England . The pangs of separation had in a great measure passed away , and I now began to look more soberly ...
... morning that revealed to me the beauties of Porto Santo , the first land which we had seen since bidding adieu to dear happy old England . The pangs of separation had in a great measure passed away , and I now began to look more soberly ...
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... morning was only a foxy one , and we might still expect a conti- nuance of boisterous weather . A few words about the stormy petrel of these seas may prove acceptable to some of my younger readers . The procellaria pelagica is a pretty ...
... morning was only a foxy one , and we might still expect a conti- nuance of boisterous weather . A few words about the stormy petrel of these seas may prove acceptable to some of my younger readers . The procellaria pelagica is a pretty ...
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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