Works, Volume 97Kraus Reprint, 1967 - Geography |
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Page 691
... distance between those two places is only 12 ( not 20 ) miles . He was probably misinformed by the priest , who ( according to the London log ) put the distance from Carnopoly as 4 leagues northward . 692 IT CALLS AT PONNANI FOR INQUIRY ...
... distance between those two places is only 12 ( not 20 ) miles . He was probably misinformed by the priest , who ( according to the London log ) put the distance from Carnopoly as 4 leagues northward . 692 IT CALLS AT PONNANI FOR INQUIRY ...
Page 821
... distance . Their greatest alarm arose about four o'clock in the afternoon , when we were obliged to pass through a defile so narrow that only three could march abreast , the sea being on one side and high mountains on the other.1 On ...
... distance . Their greatest alarm arose about four o'clock in the afternoon , when we were obliged to pass through a defile so narrow that only three could march abreast , the sea being on one side and high mountains on the other.1 On ...
Page 871
... distance of two leagues to a place hidden in the woods on the river - bank , where we found this Mahemmet Chydide . He was encamped with 10,000 Arabs in splendid order - all the sheikhs had their tents placed in a circle round his ; and ...
... distance of two leagues to a place hidden in the woods on the river - bank , where we found this Mahemmet Chydide . He was encamped with 10,000 Arabs in splendid order - all the sheikhs had their tents placed in a circle round his ; and ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 661 |
VOYAGE FROM MADRAS TO BOMBAY | 677 |
JOURNEY FROM BOMBAY TO TARAPUR | 718 |
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