England to Calcutta, by the overland route, in 1845, by F.W. Simms, ed. by his son [F. Simms].Harrison and Sons, 1878 - 156 páginas |
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... native tongue , would have been occupied as a most useful outpost and perfect harbour for the African coast . It was then , as now , a place of call , and nothing more . but quite low on the horizon , and we saw ENGLAND TO CALCUTTA . 55.
... native tongue , would have been occupied as a most useful outpost and perfect harbour for the African coast . It was then , as now , a place of call , and nothing more . but quite low on the horizon , and we saw ENGLAND TO CALCUTTA . 55.
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... natives contained brick and clay erections with terraced roofs , interspersed with mud hovels , such as disgraced Ireland thirty or forty years ago . The bazaars disappointed me , the shops therein looked like temporary appendages to ...
... natives contained brick and clay erections with terraced roofs , interspersed with mud hovels , such as disgraced Ireland thirty or forty years ago . The bazaars disappointed me , the shops therein looked like temporary appendages to ...
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... native climate and at liberty , he looked extremely well , contrast- ing greatly with the specimens in captivity at home . In The leading thoroughfare of the city traversed the great square , and during the day the cele- brated Viceroy ...
... native climate and at liberty , he looked extremely well , contrast- ing greatly with the specimens in captivity at home . In The leading thoroughfare of the city traversed the great square , and during the day the cele- brated Viceroy ...
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... native desert . * * Four hundred and seventy Mamelukes were thus killed within the citadel , and one thousand two hundred more were destroyed in the country a short time afterwards . The Wahabees were subdued in the year 1816 ...
... native desert . * * Four hundred and seventy Mamelukes were thus killed within the citadel , and one thousand two hundred more were destroyed in the country a short time afterwards . The Wahabees were subdued in the year 1816 ...
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... native climate . We then visited what is called Joseph's Well , but it is not supposed that the son of Israel had anything to do with it ; this is a well of great depth , from whence the water is raised in earthen pots attached in great ...
... native climate . We then visited what is called Joseph's Well , but it is not supposed that the son of Israel had anything to do with it ; this is a well of great depth , from whence the water is raised in earthen pots attached in great ...
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England to Calcutta, by the overland route, in 1845, by F.W. Simms, ed. by ... Frederick Walter Simms Visualização integral - 1878 |
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