A Journey from Bengal to England: Through the Northern Part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and Into Russia, by the Caspian Sea, Volume 1R. Faulder, 1798 - India |
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Page 32
... season , an intoler- able stench arifing from the many pieces of stagnated water dif- perfed in different quarters of the town , whofe waters and borders are appropriated to the necessary uses of the inhabitants . The filth alfo , which ...
... season , an intoler- able stench arifing from the many pieces of stagnated water dif- perfed in different quarters of the town , whofe waters and borders are appropriated to the necessary uses of the inhabitants . The filth alfo , which ...
Page 48
... seasons , confifts of twelve months , containing three hundred and fixty - five days ; and once in the term of four years an additional day is an- nexed for the completion of the earth's precise revolutions round the fun . Commercial ...
... seasons , confifts of twelve months , containing three hundred and fixty - five days ; and once in the term of four years an additional day is an- nexed for the completion of the earth's precise revolutions round the fun . Commercial ...
Page 68
... season of the year when the flow of water is fpacious and rapid , exhibits a scene of uncommon gran- deur . On one fide , the Ganges is feen rolling down a strong and yellow tide , and on the other , the Jumma glides with a clearer ...
... season of the year when the flow of water is fpacious and rapid , exhibits a scene of uncommon gran- deur . On one fide , the Ganges is feen rolling down a strong and yellow tide , and on the other , the Jumma glides with a clearer ...
Page 71
... seasons of the floods , from overflowing or injuring the town . In touching on the subject of Allahabad , it is necessary to no- tice the tomb of Sultan Khufro . This mausoleum , about a mile to the eastward of the town , ftands in the ...
... seasons of the floods , from overflowing or injuring the town . In touching on the subject of Allahabad , it is necessary to no- tice the tomb of Sultan Khufro . This mausoleum , about a mile to the eastward of the town , ftands in the ...
Page 82
... seasons of the year , and falls into the Ganges between Benares and Ghazepour . A line of boats , extended across the river , forms a convenient communication with a large fuburb . Shujah - ul- Dowlah made Fyzeabad , or Oude , the ...
... seasons of the year , and falls into the Ganges between Benares and Ghazepour . A line of boats , extended across the river , forms a convenient communication with a large fuburb . Shujah - ul- Dowlah made Fyzeabad , or Oude , the ...
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affiftance affociates Afghan Aftracan againſt Ahmed Shah alfo Allahabad alſo amongſt army Baku Benares Bengal Cafpian cauſe chief coffes compofed courſe defire Dehli difpofition diſtance diſtricts eaſtern empire Engliſh eſpecially eſtabliſhed extenfive faid fame fect feemed feen fervant fervice fide filk firſt fituation fmall foldier fome foon fubject fuch fupplied fupported furfungs hadji Herat himſelf Hindoftan Hindoos hiſtory horfe horſe houſe India inhabitants journey Jumbo Kabul kafilah Kandahar Kaſhmire Kaſhmirian Khan Lahore laſt Mahomet Mahometan Mahrattas maſter Mazanderan meaſure miles moſt mountains muſt myſelf Nadir Nadir Shah neceffary obferved occafionally officer paffed Perfia perfon pleaſure poffeffed poffeffion prefent prince province Punjab purpoſe quarter refidence river Rohilcund Rohilla Ruffian rupees ſaid ſeem ſeen ſhort ſhould Shujah-ud-Dowlah Sicques ſmall ſome ſpace ſpirit ſtands ſtate ſtation ſtrong Tartars territory thefe theſe thoſe thouſand Timur Timur Shah tion town uſe uſually village Vizier weſtern whofe whoſe