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... tents , clothes , & c . , and my gen- erous friend , Mr Newnham , gave me a splendid chest- nut Arab , which had belonged to his late wife . How pleased he was that I was out of " that shop " —that I was no longer " Baxter's boy ...
... tents , clothes , & c . , and my gen- erous friend , Mr Newnham , gave me a splendid chest- nut Arab , which had belonged to his late wife . How pleased he was that I was out of " that shop " —that I was no longer " Baxter's boy ...
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... tents and baggage , at Panwell , where I landed , and in the evening went on to Chowke . There I had the first sight of a splendid Indian encampment ; the Resident at Nagpore , Sir Richard Jenkins , being on his way to Bombay . The 1825 ...
... tents and baggage , at Panwell , where I landed , and in the evening went on to Chowke . There I had the first sight of a splendid Indian encampment ; the Resident at Nagpore , Sir Richard Jenkins , being on his way to Bombay . The 1825 ...
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... tents , scene was very strange to me . the camels depositing their burthens , the huge ele- phants , the native gentlemen arriving in palankeens , surrounded by their numberless attendants , the camp bazaar , with its booths and stalls ...
... tents , scene was very strange to me . the camels depositing their burthens , the huge ele- phants , the native gentlemen arriving in palankeens , surrounded by their numberless attendants , the camp bazaar , with its booths and stalls ...
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... tent was pitched near the mess - house ; but Dr Young came for- ward to meet me , and hospitably insisted that I should be his guest till I had a house of my own . I reported myself to the officer in command after breakfast , was put in ...
... tent was pitched near the mess - house ; but Dr Young came for- ward to meet me , and hospitably insisted that I should be his guest till I had a house of my own . I reported myself to the officer in command after breakfast , was put in ...
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... tents and baggage , which were despatched as quick- ly as possible . The night passed - I do not think I slept and by dawn I was in my saddle , and joined the officers of the Resident's staff as they were starting on their morning stage ...
... tents and baggage , which were despatched as quick- ly as possible . The night passed - I do not think I slept and by dawn I was in my saddle , and joined the officers of the Resident's staff as they were starting on their morning stage ...
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