'Up the Country': Letters Written to Her Sister from the Upper Provinces of India, Volume 2R. Bentley, 1866 - India |
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... writes word that by making the villagers work all night , he has passed them all , except the camels , who detest water and will not swim . X. and A. went off this afternoon to pass our goods , and W. went in the evening . # Friday ...
... writes word that by making the villagers work all night , he has passed them all , except the camels , who detest water and will not swim . X. and A. went off this afternoon to pass our goods , and W. went in the evening . # Friday ...
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... write . I was ' took so shocking bad ' with fever on Sunday , caught , it is supposed , at that river - side -that eternal Gugga . Captain L. E. was seized just in the same way , and several of the servants , so we all say we caught it ...
... write . I was ' took so shocking bad ' with fever on Sunday , caught , it is supposed , at that river - side -that eternal Gugga . Captain L. E. was seized just in the same way , and several of the servants , so we all say we caught it ...
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... writes a few lines himself : the next thing will be that he will go out shooting , so it is lucky F. will be there to stop him . G. had another great dinner yesterday , and then we went to a play that the privates of the artillery had ...
... writes a few lines himself : the next thing will be that he will go out shooting , so it is lucky F. will be there to stop him . G. had another great dinner yesterday , and then we went to a play that the privates of the artillery had ...
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... writes me word to - day that he is quite strong again , and that they had killed eight tigers in five days . One tiger got on an island about the size of the table with a swamp all elephants could not pass . round it , that the The ...
... writes me word to - day that he is quite strong again , and that they had killed eight tigers in five days . One tiger got on an island about the size of the table with a swamp all elephants could not pass . round it , that the The ...
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... , ' and then , of course , everybody will write out for a common portfolio . Saturday . Nothing like a prophecy to ensure its not being fulfilled . Because I said that box would not come till next year , this very morn- UP THE COUNTRY .
... , ' and then , of course , everybody will write out for a common portfolio . Saturday . Nothing like a prophecy to ensure its not being fulfilled . Because I said that box would not come till next year , this very morn- UP THE COUNTRY .
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