Wanderings Of A Pilgrim In Search Of The Picturesque
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Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque by Fanny Parkes Parlby Pdf
This edition of Fanny Parkes' account of her travels in India provides valuable insight into middle-class British women's views on Indian life. It includes descriptions of the Zenana and Indian domestic life--subjects that are often omitted from male-authored travel texts.
Wanderings of a Pilgrim, in Search of the Picturesque, During Four-and-Twenty Years in the East, Vol. 1 of 2 by Fanny Parks Parlby Pdf
Excerpt from Wanderings of a Pilgrim, in Search of the Picturesque, During Four-and-Twenty Years in the East, Vol. 1 of 2: With Revelations of Life in the Zenāna So many admirable works have appeared of late, illustrating scenes in India, both with pen and pencil, that I offer these sketches in all humility, pleading the force of example. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Wanderings Of A Pilgrim, In Search Of The Picturesque, During Four-And-Twenty Years In The East; With Revelations Of Life In The Zenana (Volume I) by Fanny Parlby Pdf
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Wanderings of a Pilgrim, in Search of the Picturesque, During Four-And-Twenty Years in the East by Fanny Parks Pdf
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Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque; During Four-And-Twenty Years in the East by Fanny Parks Parlby Pdf
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 edition. Excerpt: ...a plentiful harvest of paisa. The people who attend the fair make pooja at his little temple. The old man had an idiot son, who, having a great dislike to clothes, constantly tore all his attire to pieces; in the sketch, entitled Adansonia Digitata, he is represented in his usual attitude, with both arms stretched out, remonstrating (after his fashion) with his father, on the impropriety of wearing clothes. The poor boy was speechless, but not dumb, for he could utter the most horrible sounds: and when enraged at his father's attempting to clothe him, he would howl, make angry gestures, and tear off the obnoxious attire. During the time of the fair, the groups of natives, of horses, and odd-looking conveyances are very picturesque beneath the spreading branches of the great Adansonia trees. Our friend was not only agent for gunpowder, but also, by the order of Government, he had established a manufactory for rockets at Papamhow, in consequence of the Congreve rockets sent from England having proved unserviceable. He was obliged to make many experiments, to suit the composition to our burning climate, and to test the result of exposure to the sun. When the trials were to be made, and the rockets proved, I often went down upon the white sands in the bed of the river, to see the experiments. 1 Oriental Proverbs, No. 52. VOL. I. Q The Ganges is from forty to forty-five feet deeper during the rains than during the dry season; and banks of the finest white sand, of immense extent, are left dry for many months in the bed of the river when the rains have passed away. The sands extended three or four miles, and being without cultivation or inhabitants, were exactly suited to the purpose. When the rockets were laid upon the sands, and fired, it was...
Wanderings of a Pilgrim in Search of the Picturesque by Fanny Parkes Parlby Pdf
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Wanderings of a Pilgrim, in Search of the Picturesque, During Four-And-Twenty Years in the East; with Revelations of Life in the Zenana by Parlby Fanny (Parks) Pdf
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