Sketches of India: With Notes on the Seasons, Scenery, and Society of Bombay, Elephanta, and Salsette |
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Page 20
... turning over the leaves of this diary , I find but little worth extracting . It is but a record of sunshine and storms , and of many sad reflections upon taking leave of all that was near or dear to me on earth . The journal of my first ...
... turning over the leaves of this diary , I find but little worth extracting . It is but a record of sunshine and storms , and of many sad reflections upon taking leave of all that was near or dear to me on earth . The journal of my first ...
Page 21
... turn out as usual to their duty . Two bells were at last struck , and much to our surprise every hand appeared on deck . The malcontents saw that they had a deter- mined character to deal with in the person of Captain W. , and had ...
... turn out as usual to their duty . Two bells were at last struck , and much to our surprise every hand appeared on deck . The malcontents saw that they had a deter- mined character to deal with in the person of Captain W. , and had ...
Page 43
... turn the trade of Hindostan into a new channel , and to deprive the Venetians , the Genoese , and finally the Portuguese , of all the golden harvest they had been so long reaping on the sunny shores of the famed Indies . Here then was ...
... turn the trade of Hindostan into a new channel , and to deprive the Venetians , the Genoese , and finally the Portuguese , of all the golden harvest they had been so long reaping on the sunny shores of the famed Indies . Here then was ...
Page 65
... from 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 . - ...
... from 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 . - ...
Page 69
... turn our attention to the Arabian , who perambulates the streets of Bombay with his country wares and pro- duce . The curious - shaped bottles strung round his neck , are filled with delicious rose - water , of which the Hindoos and ...
... turn our attention to the Arabian , who perambulates the streets of Bombay with his country wares and pro- duce . The curious - shaped bottles strung round his neck , are filled with delicious rose - water , of which the Hindoos and ...
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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