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... H. EVANS LLOYD , ESQ . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . I. LONDON : PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , BROWN , GREEN , AND LONGMANS , PATERNOSTER - ROW . 1845 . TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE . NOTWITHSTANDING the numerous works of every description TRAVELS IN INDIA ,
... H. EVANS LLOYD , ESQ . IN TWO VOLUMES . VOL . I. LONDON : PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , BROWN , GREEN , AND LONGMANS , PATERNOSTER - ROW . 1845 . TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE . NOTWITHSTANDING the numerous works of every description TRAVELS IN INDIA ,
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Leopold von Orlich. TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE . NOTWITHSTANDING the numerous works of every description which treat of India , notwithstand- ing the marvellous phenomenon presented by the rise , progress , and colossal magnitude of our Indian ...
Leopold von Orlich. TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE . NOTWITHSTANDING the numerous works of every description which treat of India , notwithstand- ing the marvellous phenomenon presented by the rise , progress , and colossal magnitude of our Indian ...
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... numerous craft on the canal and in the large encamp- ments of troops on shore . The latter amused them- selves with now and then wantonly discharging their muskets at us . Our progress now became more slow , as we occasionally struck on ...
... numerous craft on the canal and in the large encamp- ments of troops on shore . The latter amused them- selves with now and then wantonly discharging their muskets at us . Our progress now became more slow , as we occasionally struck on ...
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... numerous minarets and its neat white buildings , some of which were really handsome , presented an extremely pretty appearance . We set off in about an hour ; our crew , with the exception of the engineers , consisted of Arabs , and ...
... numerous minarets and its neat white buildings , some of which were really handsome , presented an extremely pretty appearance . We set off in about an hour ; our crew , with the exception of the engineers , consisted of Arabs , and ...
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... numerous batteries , which would render a hostile landing next to impossible . The coast is every where adorned with palm - trees , and I was especially struck with the beauties of the slender , lofty cocoa palm , which lifts its ...
... numerous batteries , which would render a hostile landing next to impossible . The coast is every where adorned with palm - trees , and I was especially struck with the beauties of the slender , lofty cocoa palm , which lifts its ...
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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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