Sketches of India: With Notes on the Seasons, Scenery, and Society of Bombay, Elephanta, and Salsette |
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Page xiii
... An idle hour at Friths . Bad speculations . George the Fourth's bedstead . Native Bazaars , and what may be purchased in them . Markets . Extravagant rivalry . Hindoo customs . One man with two · 19 PAGE . The The sets of fingers . How to.
... An idle hour at Friths . Bad speculations . George the Fourth's bedstead . Native Bazaars , and what may be purchased in them . Markets . Extravagant rivalry . Hindoo customs . One man with two · 19 PAGE . The The sets of fingers . How to.
Page xiv
... Hindoo festival Farewell to the rains , & c . , & c . - 80 CHAPTER IV . The Old Temples of India . Priests and people . Traditions of the East . Why islands were selected . H. Hypogæa , or subterraneous caverns . Temples of Aboo . Pious ...
... Hindoo festival Farewell to the rains , & c . , & c . - 80 CHAPTER IV . The Old Temples of India . Priests and people . Traditions of the East . Why islands were selected . H. Hypogæa , or subterraneous caverns . Temples of Aboo . Pious ...
Page xv
... Hindoo's idea of happiness . The poor obliged to rise early . Washing at the tanks . Bitter beer and spirit drinking . Dangers of exposure to the sun . Good example of the natives . How to ward off sickness . Flannel valuable in warm ...
... Hindoo's idea of happiness . The poor obliged to rise early . Washing at the tanks . Bitter beer and spirit drinking . Dangers of exposure to the sun . Good example of the natives . How to ward off sickness . Flannel valuable in warm ...
Page xvi
... Hindoo gentlemen . Variety of characters . Religious rank and distinction . Feasts and festivals . Bagabatee and ... Hindoos . Peep at the Esplanade . Tents of the Commander - in - Chief . Bands of music . Portable houses . Singular ...
... Hindoo gentlemen . Variety of characters . Religious rank and distinction . Feasts and festivals . Bagabatee and ... Hindoos . Peep at the Esplanade . Tents of the Commander - in - Chief . Bands of music . Portable houses . Singular ...
Page 40
... a remarkably jolly - looking Hindoo , who kindly offered to dispose , for the commander , of any little thing he might have brought out on his own account to speculate with . He said , in very 40 RECOLLECTIONS OF INDIA .
... a remarkably jolly - looking Hindoo , who kindly offered to dispose , for the commander , of any little thing he might have brought out on his own account to speculate with . He said , in very 40 RECOLLECTIONS OF INDIA .
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amusement animal appear Back Bay beautiful bheestie birds boat Bombay Bombay Castle Brahmins breeze bungalow captain cast centipede character coast cocoa-nut Colabah coloured cool creatures curious dark deck delicious Doorga dreadful earth East Elephanta England English esplanade feet figures flowers fresh fruit Guzerat hand Hindoo honour hot season India inhabitants insects island labour ladies land laudanum live lofty look lovely Malabar Point miles Mohammedan monsoon morning native never night ocean officers once ornaments palanquin Parsee party passed poor Porto Santo Portuguese prayers punkahs rains readers religious residence rich rock roof round rupees sacred sailors Salsette scarcely scene scenery seen seldom servants Shere Khan ship shore side Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy snake soon stone strange streets sweet tank temples thought tiger trees turban vessel voyage walk wonderful wood worship