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I am also much indebted to Mr. Bristow , of Bengal , for a valuable manuscript
memoir of Shujah - ud - Dowlah , from which I have extracted curious and useful
matter . The prefixed chart of the road , calculated according to the reckoning of
my ...
I am also much indebted to Mr. Bristow , of Bengal , for a valuable manuscript
memoir of Shujah - ud - Dowlah , from which I have extracted curious and useful
matter . The prefixed chart of the road , calculated according to the reckoning of
my ...
Page 2
They have also , founded a raw silk manufactory , which , as it bears the
appearance of increase and improvement , will , I hope , reward the industrious
and estimable labours of it's proprietors . In this plantation , a large quantity of
spirituous ...
They have also , founded a raw silk manufactory , which , as it bears the
appearance of increase and improvement , will , I hope , reward the industrious
and estimable labours of it's proprietors . In this plantation , a large quantity of
spirituous ...
Page 4
defray the public expenditures : here , one channel of the influx of specie into
Bengal was stopped , and it will be found , also , that the revolutions , which in
that quarter , advanced the fortunes of the English , have materially lefsened the
like ...
defray the public expenditures : here , one channel of the influx of specie into
Bengal was stopped , and it will be found , also , that the revolutions , which in
that quarter , advanced the fortunes of the English , have materially lefsened the
like ...
Page 8
It hath also been alledged , that , within these late years , the maritime trade of
Bengal has received a check from an embargo , or , what is tantamount , an
excessive high duty laid on the importation of foreign salt . This restriction has
reduced ...
It hath also been alledged , that , within these late years , the maritime trade of
Bengal has received a check from an embargo , or , what is tantamount , an
excessive high duty laid on the importation of foreign salt . This restriction has
reduced ...
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At the distance of a mile below the city , and on the opposite bank of the river ,
stands the burying place of Ali Verdy Khan , known also in India by the name of
Mahobut Jung ; a man , who , by his abilities as a soldier and a statesman ,
raised ...
At the distance of a mile below the city , and on the opposite bank of the river ,
stands the burying place of Ali Verdy Khan , known also in India by the name of
Mahobut Jung ; a man , who , by his abilities as a soldier and a statesman ,
raised ...
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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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