'Up the Country': Letters Written to Her Sister from the Upper Provinces of India, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1866 - India |
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... so that we were able to stop a day . This is a shocking country for robberies . It belongs to nobody in particular , and the inhabitants avowedly live by plunder . Last night they took two pittarrahs belonging to UP THE COUNTRY . 39.
... so that we were able to stop a day . This is a shocking country for robberies . It belongs to nobody in particular , and the inhabitants avowedly live by plunder . Last night they took two pittarrahs belonging to UP THE COUNTRY . 39.
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... night they took two pittarrahs belonging to one of the clerks , and beat the sepoy who was guarding them dreadfully . They also robbed and beat a camel suwar who was bringing us letters from Ferozepore . Thursday , Jan. 10 . We had ...
... night they took two pittarrahs belonging to one of the clerks , and beat the sepoy who was guarding them dreadfully . They also robbed and beat a camel suwar who was bringing us letters from Ferozepore . Thursday , Jan. 10 . We had ...
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... night , which makes it curious as a matter of history . Four sepoys were guarding a train of pittarrahs . The inhabitants of the village ( as was perhaps to be expected ) wished to appropriate their contents . A hundred men attacked the ...
... night , which makes it curious as a matter of history . Four sepoys were guarding a train of pittarrahs . The inhabitants of the village ( as was perhaps to be expected ) wished to appropriate their contents . A hundred men attacked the ...
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... night to meet G. He is a fine- looking boy , about eighteen . Mr. E. says that the usual custom among the Sikhs is , that once grown up , a boy ceases to be a son , or a brother , that he becomes an individual , bound only to take care ...
... night to meet G. He is a fine- looking boy , about eighteen . Mr. E. says that the usual custom among the Sikhs is , that once grown up , a boy ceases to be a son , or a brother , that he becomes an individual , bound only to take care ...
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... night , and there is now seven feet of water in it , which puts crossing out of the question . There is only one boat , and a helpless magistrate on the other side . The cavalry and the artillery who left us yesterday will be of course ...
... night , and there is now seven feet of water in it , which puts crossing out of the question . There is only one boat , and a helpless magistrate on the other side . The cavalry and the artillery who left us yesterday will be of course ...
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