A Popular Account of the Manners and Customs of India
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Acland Charles. A Popular Account of the Manners and Customs of India
PREFACE
Madras, June, 1842
July 1st
Bishop's Palace, Calcutta, July 15
August 6, 1842
Midnapore, September 12, 1842
September 15
October 9, 1842
Midnapore, November 11, 1842
November 12
Midnapore, December 13, 1842
December 14
December 16
Balasore, Orissa, December 30, 1842
January 2, 1843
January 3
Cuttack, February 2, 1843
Monday, February 13, 1843
Cuttack, March 4, 1843
Cuttack, April 13, 1843
April 15, 1843
April 17, 1843
Juggernat'h, May, 1843
Cuttack, August 7, 1843
Cuttack, August 29, 1843
Cuttack, October 12, 1843
Cuttack, November 8, 1843
Barripore, November 28, 1843
Cuttack, December 10
Cuttack, December 25, 1843
Cuttack, January 2, 1844
Barripore, January 5, 1844
Guzzeepuddee, 8 miles from Balasore, January 12
Barripore, January 16, 1844
Midnapore, February 1, 1844
February 15, 1844
Pooree, May 26, 1844
May 29
Cuttack, July 4, 1844
Cuttack, August 10, 1844
Cuttack, September 14, 1844
Cuttack, October 13, 1844
Cuttack, November 14, 1844
Khoutah, 30 miles from Cuttack, December 16, 1844
Jenkia, about 44 miles south of Cuttack, January 4, 1845
Tanghi, 56 miles south of Cuttack, January 5, 1845
Midnapore, February 14, 1845
Cuttack, April 2, 1845
Pooree, April 26, 1845
May 8, 1845
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We quitted England in the course of March, 1842, and reached Madras in the month of June of the same year. I shall give but a brief sketch of our voyage.
Soon after leaving England, having arrived near Ushant, situated on the north-west coast of France, a tremendous storm came on; the waves rose high and washed the deck, while the ship itself pitched to such a degree that the very dinner rolled off the table; in the night my wife was tossed out of bed, and thrown to the other side of the cabin. We were in the greatest danger of being drowned. I started out of my hammock, but was unable to stand upright. Towards morning, however, the wind abated.
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The cobra de capello is one of the most poisonous snakes with which we are acquainted. I saw a girl playing with some of them the other day, but their fangs had been extracted.
The large carrion-crow is as common here as the sparrow is in England, and is so tame that they fly close to the houses, and even look in at the windows. Nobody is allowed to shoot or hurt them, because they make themselves useful in carrying away all the dirt from the town. Large vultures are almost as numerous.
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