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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 ...
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The depredations of these people had , at former periods , rendered the passage
of the roads in that quarter so unsafe , that escorts were stationed at certain posts
, for the protection of travellers ; and detachments of two and three battalions ...
The depredations of these people had , at former periods , rendered the passage
of the roads in that quarter so unsafe , that escorts were stationed at certain posts
, for the protection of travellers ; and detachments of two and three battalions ...
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In addition to the pernicious effect which must proceed from a confined
atmosphere , there is in the hot season , an intolerable stench arising from the
many pieces of stagnated water dispersed in different quarters of the town ,
whose waters ...
In addition to the pernicious effect which must proceed from a confined
atmosphere , there is in the hot season , an intolerable stench arising from the
many pieces of stagnated water dispersed in different quarters of the town ,
whose waters ...
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It has been said indeed , that exclusively of the hazardous attempt of taking Bidgi
- ghur by storm , the greater part of the troops would have been destroyed by
fevers , had they remained in that quarter a month longer . Three deep reservoirs
...
It has been said indeed , that exclusively of the hazardous attempt of taking Bidgi
- ghur by storm , the greater part of the troops would have been destroyed by
fevers , had they remained in that quarter a month longer . Three deep reservoirs
...
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This village , whose loss is severely felt in many parts of the country , afforded the
only mart on that quarter for supplying the wants of the bordering mountaineers ,
who resorted thither , and bartered their wares for the produce of the low lands .
This village , whose loss is severely felt in many parts of the country , afforded the
only mart on that quarter for supplying the wants of the bordering mountaineers ,
who resorted thither , and bartered their wares for the produce of the low lands .
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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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