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 12
... west . 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 , gave it the appearance of an arm of the fea . The riches of Bengal ...
... west . 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 , gave it the appearance of an arm of the fea . The riches of Bengal ...
Page 46
... western pantheon had been selected from the divine affembly of Brimha . The Egyptians and the Greeks , in their commerce with India , through the channel of the Red Sea , have left , I have been fometimes in- duced to believe , tokens ...
... western pantheon had been selected from the divine affembly of Brimha . The Egyptians and the Greeks , in their commerce with India , through the channel of the Red Sea , have left , I have been fometimes in- duced to believe , tokens ...
Page 70
... diftant trace . A mound of earth appears on the western fhore of the Ganges , The firft Emperor of the race of Timur , who fat on the throne of Hindoftan . extending extending about a mile in a line with the river 70 FORSTER'S TRAVELS .
... diftant trace . A mound of earth appears on the western fhore of the Ganges , The firft Emperor of the race of Timur , who fat on the throne of Hindoftan . extending extending about a mile in a line with the river 70 FORSTER'S TRAVELS .
Page 85
... west , generally by the Doab , and the Ganges . The Oude territories , generally flat and fertile , are watered by the Ganges , Jumna , Gograh , Goomty , and Gunduck , exclufive of many rivulets . These rivers flow through most of the ...
... west , generally by the Doab , and the Ganges . The Oude territories , generally flat and fertile , are watered by the Ganges , Jumna , Gograh , Goomty , and Gunduck , exclufive of many rivulets . These rivers flow through most of the ...
Page 95
... west side of the Ganges . THE next day at Allahapour , -nine coffes . - This place not be- ing a common stage , nor containing a ferauce , my accommo- dations were flender , and those extorted by the force of bold language , and a few ...
... west side of the Ganges . THE next day at Allahapour , -nine coffes . - This place not be- ing a common stage , nor containing a ferauce , my accommo- dations were flender , and those extorted by the force of bold language , and a few ...
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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