Works, Volume 72Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 7
... appears in English writings of the seventeenth century as Dungrey and Dungaree , means the hilly tracts , from the Marathi word dongar " ( Bomb . City Gaz . vol . 1 , p . 27 ) . See also Yule , Hobson - Jobson , s.v. Dungaree , " a kind ...
... appears in English writings of the seventeenth century as Dungrey and Dungaree , means the hilly tracts , from the Marathi word dongar " ( Bomb . City Gaz . vol . 1 , p . 27 ) . See also Yule , Hobson - Jobson , s.v. Dungaree , " a kind ...
Page 43
... appears to be all stalk , tho ' it hath leaves , but those so small that they are many times not observ- able . It appears of a lively willow green , the stalky parts being very brittle , which forc'd into a circular form , will break ...
... appears to be all stalk , tho ' it hath leaves , but those so small that they are many times not observ- able . It appears of a lively willow green , the stalky parts being very brittle , which forc'd into a circular form , will break ...
Page 50
... appears to be much of the same species . By the Portugueze it is called Roba de Gall1 and appears like the tamarind tree both as to its colour and shape , being of a pale green hue . It hath this difference to distinguish it from the ...
... appears to be much of the same species . By the Portugueze it is called Roba de Gall1 and appears like the tamarind tree both as to its colour and shape , being of a pale green hue . It hath this difference to distinguish it from the ...
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Aungier Bastion battery Bay of Bengal boats Bomb Bombay Castle Bombay Council Bowrey Brachmen breach built Burnell's Calcutta called Captain Courtney Chinsura church City Gaz coconut Colaba command Company Company's consultation held Court Crooke Dongri Dongri Fort Dungarey East India Emmer of Bengal enemy ensign factory father feet fish Fort St David Fort St George Fryer garrison Governor Hakluyt Society harbour hath Hercules Courtney Hindu Hobson-Jobson Hugli India indifferent large Island January John Burnell land letter lieth Lieutenant likewise Madras Mahim Malabar Hill Maratha Mazagon Mazagon Fort miles Moors Orme Ovington Port Portuguese pretty Public Procgs remark river rocks rupees sail salt seated ships side Sion Sir John Child Sir John Child's Sir William Foster soldiers square St George stands stone Surat thereof Things Indian Thornton's Chart tomb town tree xxvi Yule