Scenes and Characteristics of Hindostan: With Sketches of Anglo-Indian Society, Volume 2W.H. Allen, 1837 |
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Pagina 155 - ... to accommodate himself to foreign usages and customs ; and as the greater number of civil and military servants were placed in very responsible situations, they might consider it advisable not to incur the suspicion of an interested partiality, by an intimate personal acquaintance with natives, whom in their official capacity they might be supposed to favour from some selfish motive. It must also be considered that, although we have now full and undisputed possession of the whole of the peninsula,...
Pagina 89 - Stations on the river are tetter supplied ; few boats come up without bringing some small investment, by which the dandies (boatmen) hope to increase the profits of their voyage ; and European shopkeepers frequently engage a budgerow, freighting the vessel with all sorts of articles for which there is any demand. Upon their arrival at the ghaut, they send a catalogue round to the different resident families, with the prices affixed, and too frequently a tantalizing notice, " all sold/' against the...
Pagina 331 - Yet, amid a very credulous and ignorant population, it is astonishing what success may be attained by an impostor, who is, at the same time, an enthusiast. It is such as to remind us of the couplet which assures us that " The pleasure is as great In being cheated as to cheat.
Pagina 231 - Here follows a bit of personal scandal ; — " Captain , who is staying with Mr. , went away with the latter's lady (arm-in-arm), the palanquins following behind, and they proceeded by themselves into the bungalow : the wittol remained at table, guzzling red wine.'" ' The uncourteous, ungracious manner which too many Englishmen assume towards the natives is touched off with truth and spirit in the following paragraph : — " The government has manifested singular want of sense in appointing Mr. to...
Pagina 290 - Emerging from these dreary looking fragments, we come to some splendid building still entire, and while passing through immense quadrangles, watered by fountains and adorned with flowers, we can scarcely believe they are situated amid a wide waste of ruins. The fort is garrisoned by a few Mahratta soldiers, who keep the guns in tolerable order ; and every season increases the number of visitants, attracted by the report of the architectural wonders of the place. There are several fine tanks and reservoirs...
Pagina 152 - ... trait in the English character, will, it is to be feared, retard the good understanding which ought to exist between natives of rank and the servants of their foreign rulers ; but there can be little doubt that our retaining the possession of India will mainly depend upon the conciliation of a class of persons whom it appears to have been hitherto the policy to depress and neglect, if not to insult. Natives of rank, property, and influence must speedily acquire a knowledge of their position and...
Pagina 107 - The goods are charged at about double the price for which they may l>e purchased at Canton ; but there are always many pretty things which come within the reach of humble purses, and the privilege of looking over some of the most beautiful specimens of human ingenuity is worth a few rupees. This shop, though not large, occupies a good situation upon the Esplanade; it is remarkably clean and cheerful, offering a striking contrast to the dens of dirt and darkness, which in many parts of the city look...
Pagina 46 - European readers, who generally associate it with uninhabited forests and almost impenetrable thickets, whereas all the desert and uncultivated parts of India, whether covered with wood or merely suffered to run to waste, are styled jungles ; and jungle-wallah is a term indiscriminately applied to a wild cat, or to a gentleman who has been quartered for a considerable period in some desolate part of the country. Persons who are attached to very small stations in remote places, or who reside in solitary...
Pagina 114 - The goolaabee paanee, rose-water, thus obtained is poured into large vessels, which are exposed uncovered to the open air during the night. The names, or jars, are skimmed occasionally, the essential oil floating on the surface being the precious concentration of aroma, which is so highly prized. It takes 200,000 well-grown roses to produce the weight of a rupee of atta.