Sketches of India: With Notes on the Seasons, Scenery, and Society of Bombay, Elephanta, and Salsette |
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Page 21
... soon as the cloth was drawn , the mate was ordered to get the irons out - to load with ball three pistols and to see that cutlasses were placed conveniently in every state - room in case they should be wanted in a hurry . Having ...
... soon as the cloth was drawn , the mate was ordered to get the irons out - to load with ball three pistols and to see that cutlasses were placed conveniently in every state - room in case they should be wanted in a hurry . Having ...
Page 39
... soon as we should arrive in Bombay , from whence she had sailed— which request was roared through a speaking- trumpet , by a very little red - faced man , who , by the bye , forgot to ask whether we were in want of water , or had run ...
... soon as we should arrive in Bombay , from whence she had sailed— which request was roared through a speaking- trumpet , by a very little red - faced man , who , by the bye , forgot to ask whether we were in want of water , or had run ...
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... soon to disturb its tranquillity , and to relieve it of a portion of its riches . How little did he dream , that England was eventually to reap the benefits of his discovery , and that a quiet little company of Leadenhall Street mer ...
... soon to disturb its tranquillity , and to relieve it of a portion of its riches . How little did he dream , that England was eventually to reap the benefits of his discovery , and that a quiet little company of Leadenhall Street mer ...
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... one of these men , eleven rupees each , equal to twenty- two shillings of our money . I was only sorry I had not more sovereigns to turn them into the Company's silver , as I very soon found that money is I RECOLLECTIONS OF INDIA . -65.
... one of these men , eleven rupees each , equal to twenty- two shillings of our money . I was only sorry I had not more sovereigns to turn them into the Company's silver , as I very soon found that money is I RECOLLECTIONS OF INDIA . -65.
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... soon found that money is obtained with as much difficulty at Bombay as in England ; and that people work quite as hard for it there as here . The golden expectations of youth are too often disappointed in India . There is no country in ...
... soon found that money is obtained with as much difficulty at Bombay as in England ; and that people work quite as hard for it there as here . The golden expectations of youth are too often disappointed in India . There is no country in ...
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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