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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... present state of Bengal , may have fome claim to favour , from the confideration that I visited that province in the description of a passenger ; through though but a small portion of local knowledge might have X PREFACE .
... present state of Bengal , may have fome claim to favour , from the confideration that I visited that province in the description of a passenger ; through though but a small portion of local knowledge might have X PREFACE .
Page 286
... passengers was not lefs contemptuous . His anfwer , when I asked him the name of his chief , was wholly conformable to the observations I had made of his nation . He told me ( in a tone of voice , and with an expreffion of countenance ...
... passengers was not lefs contemptuous . His anfwer , when I asked him the name of his chief , was wholly conformable to the observations I had made of his nation . He told me ( in a tone of voice , and with an expreffion of countenance ...
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... passengers ; giving them an information of the road , or any other ordinary intelligence . Their dress con- fifts of a petticoat , with a border , ufually of different colours ; a clofe jacket , covering half of the waift , and a loose ...
... passengers ; giving them an information of the road , or any other ordinary intelligence . Their dress con- fifts of a petticoat , with a border , ufually of different colours ; a clofe jacket , covering half of the waift , and a loose ...
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... , on an inflated sheep or dog's skin , which , fup- porting the head and breast of the passenger , is impelled and guided by the motion of his legs . place , place , is frequently , by the violence of the 40 FORSTER'S TRAVELS .
... , on an inflated sheep or dog's skin , which , fup- porting the head and breast of the passenger , is impelled and guided by the motion of his legs . place , place , is frequently , by the violence of the 40 FORSTER'S TRAVELS .
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... passengers made the paffage dangerous and very tedious . THE Indus forms a strong barrier to Hindoftan on the west , and it seems a manifest truth , that had the Indians made their grand stand on the banks of this river , at the period ...
... passengers made the paffage dangerous and very tedious . THE Indus forms a strong barrier to Hindoftan on the west , and it seems a manifest truth , that had the Indians made their grand stand on the banks of this river , at the period ...
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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