Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India, Volume 11829 - India |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 26
Page xviii
... deck guns into the hold , and getting up the baggage for the passengers ; an operation which , we are told , is to take place once a fortnight . The effect was singular ; the whole deck being strewed , during the greater part of the ...
... deck guns into the hold , and getting up the baggage for the passengers ; an operation which , we are told , is to take place once a fortnight . The effect was singular ; the whole deck being strewed , during the greater part of the ...
Page xxi
... deck , and spars laid across the remainder as seats for the sailors , who attended Church in clean shirts and trowsers , and well washed and shaved . In the space between the capstan and half - deck was a small table set for me and the ...
... deck , and spars laid across the remainder as seats for the sailors , who attended Church in clean shirts and trowsers , and well washed and shaved . In the space between the capstan and half - deck was a small table set for me and the ...
Page xlvi
... deck , it looked round with- out any appearance of fear , but endeavoured in vain to rise , its wings being too long to admit of its doing so from a plain and solid surface . Mr. Gres- ley took a drawing of it , after which it was , by ...
... deck , it looked round with- out any appearance of fear , but endeavoured in vain to rise , its wings being too long to admit of its doing so from a plain and solid surface . Mr. Gres- ley took a drawing of it , after which it was , by ...
Contents
FURREEDPOOR TO BOG LIPOOR | xiv |
VOYAGE TO INDIA p xviilxvii | xvii |
CHAPTER I | lxix |
12 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
Abdullah animals appearance attended bamboos bank Barrackpoor beautiful Bengal birds boatmen boats boys Brahmins breeze building cabin Calcutta Captain Chandernagore Chinsura Chitpoor Church climate colour considerable course crew crowd Dacca dandees deck dinner distance dress elephant England English European extremely favourable fish Ganges gypseys handsome heard Hindoo Hindoostanee Hooghly indigo interest JOURNAL July Kedgeree kind land less looking Lord Lord Amherst Master miles Monghyr morning Mussulman native Nawab nearly neighbourhood neighbouring night noble o'clock Omichund ornamented pagoda passed Persia pinnace pleased poor prayers pretty pulwars resembling rice river round ruins saees sails seemed seen sent Serampoor Serang servants shewed ship shore side silver sticks soon sort Stowe stream Sunderbunds supposed Suttee tall thing tion to-day told trees turban tyger usual vessel village VOYAGE TO INDIA walked whole wind young