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 2Faulder, 1798 - 297 pages |
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... first rank of vegetable produce , the rose of Kashmire , which , for its brilliancy and delicate of odour , has long been proverbial in the east ; and its effential oil or ottar is held in univerfal estimation . The feason , when the ...
... first rank of vegetable produce , the rose of Kashmire , which , for its brilliancy and delicate of odour , has long been proverbial in the east ; and its effential oil or ottar is held in univerfal estimation . The feason , when the ...
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... rupees , thence in proportional qua- lity , it produces from fifteen to twenty ; and I have seen a very fine piece fold at forty rupees the first coft . fine 18 FORSTER'S TRAVELS . the fpace of one hundred and fixty years, after ...
... rupees , thence in proportional qua- lity , it produces from fifteen to twenty ; and I have seen a very fine piece fold at forty rupees the first coft . fine 18 FORSTER'S TRAVELS . the fpace of one hundred and fixty years, after ...
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... first coft . But the value of this commodity may be largely enhanced by the introduction of flow- ered work ; and when you are informed that the fum of one hundred rupees is occafionally given for a shaul to the weaver , the half amount ...
... first coft . But the value of this commodity may be largely enhanced by the introduction of flow- ered work ; and when you are informed that the fum of one hundred rupees is occafionally given for a shaul to the weaver , the half amount ...
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... first feeing these people in their own country , I imagined from their garb , the caft of countenance , which is long and of a grave afpect , and the form of their beards , that I had come amongst a nation of Jews . The fame idea ...
... first feeing these people in their own country , I imagined from their garb , the caft of countenance , which is long and of a grave afpect , and the form of their beards , that I had come amongst a nation of Jews . The fame idea ...
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... first visited the province , which was governed by a perfon of a moderate difpofition , the people were licentious , volatile and profufe . But , that , fince the administration of the late chief , an Afghan of a fierce and rapacious ...
... first visited the province , which was governed by a perfon of a moderate difpofition , the people were licentious , volatile and profufe . But , that , fince the administration of the late chief , an Afghan of a fierce and rapacious ...
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affiftance affociate Afghan Afghaniſtan Afiatic Aftracan Aga Mahomed againſt alfo alſo Armenian Attock Baku Cafpian fea cauſe Chriftian coffes confifts courſe defert Derbent diſtance diſtricts eaſt eaſtern empire eſpecially eſtabliſhed extenſive faid fect feemed feen feid fervice feven fhore fide filk firſt fituation fmall fociety fome foon fouthern fpecies ftream ftrong fubject fuch fupplied fupport furfungs furniſhed ghan Ghilan hadji Herat himſelf Hindoos horfe horſe houſe India inhabitants interfected journey Kabul kafilah Kandahar karavanfera Kaſhmire Kaſhmirians Khan Khorafan laſt leaſt Mahomet Mahometan Mazanderan miles moſt Mufchid muſt myſelf Nadir Shah neceffary obferved occafionally paffage paffed paffengers Pefhour Perfia perfon Peterſburgh pleaſure poffeffed prefent prince procured province purpoſe quarter refidence river road Ruffian ſaid ſeemed ſeen ſhould ſmall ſome ſpace ſtands ſtate ſtation Tartars theſe thofe thoſe thouſand Timur Shah tion town travellers Turcoman ufually uſe uſually veffel village weſtern whofe whoſe