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... characters as Alexander Von Humboldt and Carl Ritter would of itself be sufficient to guarantee their inherent importance ; in fact , the very cordial reception which this distinguished officer met with from vi TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE .
... characters as Alexander Von Humboldt and Carl Ritter would of itself be sufficient to guarantee their inherent importance ; in fact , the very cordial reception which this distinguished officer met with from vi TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE .
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... character till in the vicinity of the Red Sea . Indications that this track was once covered by the waves are every where apparent . Before we reached the first station , our horses had refused , more than ten times , to move onwards ...
... character till in the vicinity of the Red Sea . Indications that this track was once covered by the waves are every where apparent . Before we reached the first station , our horses had refused , more than ten times , to move onwards ...
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... character of the scenery , told me that I was indeed in a new world . An officer , who was riding the rounds , was the first European whom we met ; we of course overwhelmed him with questions respecting the army , and I was glad that he ...
... character of the scenery , told me that I was indeed in a new world . An officer , who was riding the rounds , was the first European whom we met ; we of course overwhelmed him with questions respecting the army , and I was glad that he ...
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... character , the most remarkable of which is Elephanta , famed for its ancient colossal Hindoo or Buddah temple , hewn in the solid rock . Back bay , as it is called , is formed by two peninsulas which stretch far into the sea : the ...
... character , the most remarkable of which is Elephanta , famed for its ancient colossal Hindoo or Buddah temple , hewn in the solid rock . Back bay , as it is called , is formed by two peninsulas which stretch far into the sea : the ...
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... character , and has been honoured with a gold medal . Most of the Parsees are acquainted with the English language and are very conversant with English literature . The Hindoo is distinguished by his smaller and more elegant. 38 THE BAZAR .
... character , and has been honoured with a gold medal . Most of the Parsees are acquainted with the English language and are very conversant with English literature . The Hindoo is distinguished by his smaller and more elegant. 38 THE BAZAR .
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2d Edition Afghan Ameers animals army arrived Author bank beautiful Belooches Bhawulpoor boards boat Bombay British built camels camp Captain cavalry cloth coloured consists containing cultivated date palms desert Dheean Singh Dictionary dirty dressed elephant eminent Encyclopędia English Engravings European fakir feet high Ferozpoor flowers garden Governor guns hand handsome Heera Singh Hindoo History horses hour houses HOWITT Hyderabad Illustrations India Indus inhabitants J. C. LOUDON Kashmir Khan Lady Lahore London Lord Ellenborough Maharaja Mahometans Mahout Malabar Point manner Meer ment morning mosque natives Natural numerous o'clock officers palace passed Plates post 8vo present princes Rajah regiment river road round Royal ruins Runjeet Singh rupees SAMUEL LAING scarcely sent servants Shere Singh side Sikhs silk Sinde soon square miles Sukkur surrounded Sutlej tamarinds tamarisk tents town TREATISE trees troops vessel Vignette Titles village vols wall Wood Woodcuts
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