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... consists of hot and cold meats , & c . After breakfast , and again at about twelve o'clock , the captain and his officers regularly determine the position of the ship , and the passengers eagerly inquire how many miles we have made in ...
... consists of hot and cold meats , & c . After breakfast , and again at about twelve o'clock , the captain and his officers regularly determine the position of the ship , and the passengers eagerly inquire how many miles we have made in ...
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... consists of a wall which surrounds the town with salient angles and bulwarks ; they are most extensive on the flanks , and are commanded by some works situated above them , and by several batteries hewn in the rocks , the 6 STRAITS OF ...
... consists of a wall which surrounds the town with salient angles and bulwarks ; they are most extensive on the flanks , and are commanded by some works situated above them , and by several batteries hewn in the rocks , the 6 STRAITS OF ...
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... consists of the entrance harbour and three smaller ones branching off to the east , and is bounded by calcareous rocks , from 200 to 300 feet in height , on the most westerly of which the city rises in the form of terraces . A fine ...
... consists of the entrance harbour and three smaller ones branching off to the east , and is bounded by calcareous rocks , from 200 to 300 feet in height , on the most westerly of which the city rises in the form of terraces . A fine ...
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... consisting of more than twenty men - of - war of various sizes , lying at anchor within it . While wending our way through this forest of masts a boat with Europeans , who welcomed us with waving their hats and handkerchiefs , came out ...
... consisting of more than twenty men - of - war of various sizes , lying at anchor within it . While wending our way through this forest of masts a boat with Europeans , who welcomed us with waving their hats and handkerchiefs , came out ...
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... consist of an irregularly constructed mass : some of the buildings are round resembling our ovens , others look like little towers , while others again are square . They are seldom more than twenty feet high , and are often without ...
... consist of an irregularly constructed mass : some of the buildings are round resembling our ovens , others look like little towers , while others again are square . They are seldom more than twenty feet high , and are often without ...
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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 Encyclopædia 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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