Pen and Pencil Sketches: Being Reminiscences During Eighteen Years' Residence in BengalS. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1883 - 298 páginas |
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... arrival of ships and other requisite information . In the years 1835-1840 borings for an artesian well were made at Fort William , and the geological data thus obtained were very interesting . The superficial strata consist of fine sand ...
... arrival of ships and other requisite information . In the years 1835-1840 borings for an artesian well were made at Fort William , and the geological data thus obtained were very interesting . The superficial strata consist of fine sand ...
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... arrival in the country . After the several processes of ablution of the body , the washing of the clothes , and cleansing of the hair and figure of the little sable family is gone through and completed , then sufficient water for the ...
... arrival in the country . After the several processes of ablution of the body , the washing of the clothes , and cleansing of the hair and figure of the little sable family is gone through and completed , then sufficient water for the ...
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... arrival and departure , whether from the country or PALANQUIN . for the upper provinces . As might be expected , the riverside is choked up with native boats which congre- gate into an almost immovable mass . The owners of these craft ...
... arrival and departure , whether from the country or PALANQUIN . for the upper provinces . As might be expected , the riverside is choked up with native boats which congre- gate into an almost immovable mass . The owners of these craft ...
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... arrival is extended . Dressed in snow - white drapery and clean pagree or turban , he bows his head , and pressing the heel of his right hand on his brow , he in a sleek and insidious manner pronounces his salaam , and then in broken ...
... arrival is extended . Dressed in snow - white drapery and clean pagree or turban , he bows his head , and pressing the heel of his right hand on his brow , he in a sleek and insidious manner pronounces his salaam , and then in broken ...
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... arrivals at the city of palaces . Close to Chaundpall Ghat stands a powerful steam engine for raising water from the Hoogly , which is then conveyed by means of aqueducts along the sides of the streets , and is used for watering them ...
... arrivals at the city of palaces . Close to Chaundpall Ghat stands a powerful steam engine for raising water from the Hoogly , which is then conveyed by means of aqueducts along the sides of the streets , and is used for watering them ...
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