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Page 781
... sound business for our Company to keep in Surat four ships denuded of ropes , cables , and generally every sort of gear , which had been removed to furnish a single ship ? Of what use were the 20,000 livres spent on refitting the St ...
... sound business for our Company to keep in Surat four ships denuded of ropes , cables , and generally every sort of gear , which had been removed to furnish a single ship ? Of what use were the 20,000 livres spent on refitting the St ...
Page 850
... sound of our shooting could be heard at a great distance in these plains , and soon afterwards we perceived a crowd of Arabs on both sides of the river , who ran up to see what the noise was . They vanished at once by hidden paths , so ...
... sound of our shooting could be heard at a great distance in these plains , and soon afterwards we perceived a crowd of Arabs on both sides of the river , who ran up to see what the noise was . They vanished at once by hidden paths , so ...
Page 895
... sound of many volleys of artillery from the direction of Famagusta , and shortly afterwards learnt that this came from the ten galleys of the Pasha that we had seen in Alexandretta . They had found Maltese pirates in the Bay of ...
... sound of many volleys of artillery from the direction of Famagusta , and shortly afterwards learnt that this came from the ten galleys of the Pasha that we had seen in Alexandretta . They had found Maltese pirates in the Bay of ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 661 |
VOYAGE FROM MADRAS TO BOMBAY | 677 |
JOURNEY FROM BOMBAY TO TARAPUR | 718 |
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