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Abú Afghán Agency Alí Allore Amírs Amírs of Sindh appearance army arrived Arthur Conolly attack Bágh Bíbarak Bijjár Bilúchís boat Bombay Brahúis British brought Cábul camels camp chief Court of Directors Dádar Deesa despatched Dewan Ditto East India College enemy English Government Envoy European Fateh feet Gandáva Governor-General hand head hills Hindú horse horsemen hundred Hyderabad India Indus Kalpar Kamál Katchi KHAN Khelát Khyrpore Kosah Lehri letter Lord Lord Ellenborough Loveday Mahtárám Major Outram Marrís matchlock miles Mír Nasír Khán Mír Rustam morning Muhammad Khán Munshí Murád Nasír Khán native Nawáz never night Núr Muhammad party passed Persian plundered Political Agent political officers princes prisoner reached received regiment returned river robbers Rohri rupees Saheb Sakkar sent Seyyad Sháh shewed Shikárpore sipáhis Sir Charles Napier soon sword Talpúrs Tatta thought treaty tribe troops Upper Sindh Vakíls village wind
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Page 14 - A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata and mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk : the parching air Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire.
Page 239 - To THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED.
Page 239 - I AM directed by the Commissioners for the Affairs of India, to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th ultimo, together with the papers which accompanied it : and to acquaint you, in reply, that the claim which you have preferred to the Court of Directors, is one respecting which the Board do not feel themselves competent to interfere.
Page 207 - ... affair. A sudden hoarse roar or bark, however, under my very feet, made me execute a pirouette in the air with extraordinary adroitness. I had almost stepped on a young crocodilian imp, about three feet long, whose bite, small as he was, would have been the reverse of pleasant. Presently the genius of the place made his appearance in the shape of a wizard-looking old Fakir, who, on my presenting him with a couple of rupees, produced his wand — in other words, a long pole — and then proceeded...
Page 236 - Cabinet is the PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL for the Affairs of India, often called the India Board.
Page 207 - Ao! Ao!" — " Come ! Come!" — two or three times, the water suddenly became alive with monsters. At least threescore huge alligators, some of them fifteen feet in length, made their appearance, and came thronging to the shore. The whole scene reminded me of fairy tales. The solitary wood, the pool with its strange inmates, the Fakir's lonely hut on the hill side, the Fakir himself, tall, swart and gaunt, the robber-looking Biluchi by my side, made up a fantastic picture. Strange, too, the control...
Page 207 - On his motioning with the pole they stopped, and, on his calling out " Baitho " (sit down), they lay flat on their stomachs, grinning horrible obedience with their open and expectant jaws. Some large pieces of flesh were thrown to them, to get which they struggled, writhed, and fought, and tore the flesh into shreds. I was amused with the respect the smaller ones showed to their overgrown seniors. One fellow, about ten feet long, was walking up to the feeding ground from the water when he caught...
Page 208 - Fakirs told me these brutes were very numerous in the river, about fifteen or twenty miles to the west. The monarch of the place, an enormous alligator, to which the Fakir had given the name of " Mor Sahid" (My Lord Mor), never obeyed the call to come out.