Works, Volume 72Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 98
... hand and swallow it three times , chanting forth hymns and songs of praise , and then offer it as an oblation to the earth , taking the water next in the left hand , over which they rub the right hand thumb , and throw that down . Then ...
... hand and swallow it three times , chanting forth hymns and songs of praise , and then offer it as an oblation to the earth , taking the water next in the left hand , over which they rub the right hand thumb , and throw that down . Then ...
Page 99
... hand and swallowed , after which it is again thrown upon the head . Then the water being taken up with the right hand , it is three times thrown on the earth , next swallow the like number of gulps and is again thrown down . Next , the ...
... hand and swallowed , after which it is again thrown upon the head . Then the water being taken up with the right hand , it is three times thrown on the earth , next swallow the like number of gulps and is again thrown down . Next , the ...
Page 120
... hand the writer of the narrative here printed alludes ( p . 134 ) to his having previously described some less obscure parts of India ; and this , since we know of no other author of that date , may well be taken to refer to Burnell's ...
... hand the writer of the narrative here printed alludes ( p . 134 ) to his having previously described some less obscure parts of India ; and this , since we know of no other author of that date , may well be taken to refer to Burnell's ...
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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