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How strong the contrast appears in the inhabitant of the Punjab ; those even of
domestic and laborious professions , are brave , daring , and often cruel ..
Bramins are the usual soldiers of the country , ' many of whom eat fesh meąt ; and
they ...
How strong the contrast appears in the inhabitant of the Punjab ; those even of
domestic and laborious professions , are brave , daring , and often cruel ..
Bramins are the usual soldiers of the country , ' many of whom eat fesh meąt ; and
they ...
Page 5
... interspersed throughout the provinces , adopted the manners of sovereign
princes and that all their more luxurious articles of dress were fabricated in
Bengal ; we must conclude , that the discontinuation of such a traffic has
produced strong ...
... interspersed throughout the provinces , adopted the manners of sovereign
princes and that all their more luxurious articles of dress were fabricated in
Bengal ; we must conclude , that the discontinuation of such a traffic has
produced strong ...
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The Ganges , which at Sooty , * is full four miles across , was that day roughly
agitated by a strong wind , which heaving the waters into a short breaking wave ,
appearance of an arm of the sea . The riches of Bengal , with a large portion of
the ...
The Ganges , which at Sooty , * is full four miles across , was that day roughly
agitated by a strong wind , which heaving the waters into a short breaking wave ,
appearance of an arm of the sea . The riches of Bengal , with a large portion of
the ...
Page 14
... who died there , on his journey to Calcutta : these objects would not prehaps
deserve notice , did they not present picturesque land - marks . 28th . - the wind
being light , and the current strong , the men were were obliged to track the boat .
... who died there , on his journey to Calcutta : these objects would not prehaps
deserve notice , did they not present picturesque land - marks . 28th . - the wind
being light , and the current strong , the men were were obliged to track the boat .
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The event having removed a strong bar to Cassum's ambition , and there also
appearing fome suspicious circumstances , attending the alledged cause of his
death , Meer Jaffier may be justified in believing , that his son had been taken off ,
by ...
The event having removed a strong bar to Cassum's ambition , and there also
appearing fome suspicious circumstances , attending the alledged cause of his
death , Meer Jaffier may be justified in believing , that his son had been taken off ,
by ...
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| Title | A Journey From Bengal To England: Through The Northern Part Of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, And Persia And Into Russia By The Caspian-See. In Two Volumes, Volume 1 A Journey From Bengal To England: Through The Northern Part Of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, And Persia And Into Russia By The Caspian-See. In Two Volumes, George Forster |
| Author | George Forster |
| Publisher | Faulder, 1798 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 9 Mar 2010 |
| Length | 315 pages |
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