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... British in 1799 , when it was taken on behalf of the East India Company , in consequence of the French invasion of Egypt ; but the impossibility of obtaining water led to its abandonment the same year . Pierced for water to a great ...
... British in 1799 , when it was taken on behalf of the East India Company , in consequence of the French invasion of Egypt ; but the impossibility of obtaining water led to its abandonment the same year . Pierced for water to a great ...
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... British in 1839. From the gullies and angles of the mountainous sides of the crater , elaborately - made watercourses carry the rain to these deposits , which are built in a connected series from midway up the mountain to the base of ...
... British in 1839. From the gullies and angles of the mountainous sides of the crater , elaborately - made watercourses carry the rain to these deposits , which are built in a connected series from midway up the mountain to the base of ...
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... British in the following March , in consideration of an annual pension of $ 8,700 . " But none of these stipulations were carried into effect . The sultan refused to allow the stolen property , which had been formally restored , to be ...
... British in the following March , in consideration of an annual pension of $ 8,700 . " But none of these stipulations were carried into effect . The sultan refused to allow the stolen property , which had been formally restored , to be ...
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... day after day but half a shell full at noon , and a quarter of cunghee ( a very thin rice gruel ) in the evening . " — Lawson's British and Native Cochin . ་ salute us at every step , and a guard of LETTER II . 13 BUGGIES .
... day after day but half a shell full at noon , and a quarter of cunghee ( a very thin rice gruel ) in the evening . " — Lawson's British and Native Cochin . ་ salute us at every step , and a guard of LETTER II . 13 BUGGIES .
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... British or native regiments play at the stand on the Esplanade , and rows of carriages with native drivers and footmen draw up alongside . Few Hindus , but a fair proportion of Parsees , in gorgeous broughams of double roofs and ...
... British or native regiments play at the stand on the Esplanade , and rows of carriages with native drivers and footmen draw up alongside . Few Hindus , but a fair proportion of Parsees , in gorgeous broughams of double roofs and ...
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Letters from India and Kashmir: Written 1870; Illustrated and Annotated 1873 J. Duguid No preview available - 2019 |
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