Fifteen Years in India; Or, Sketches of a Soldier's Life: Being an Attempt to Describe Persons and Things in Various Parts of Hindostan. From the Journal of an Officer in His Majesty's Service |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
65th regiment Ahmednuggur Anjar appeared arms army artillery bank Baroda battalion beautiful beholder Bengal body Bombay Booge Brahma Brahmins British Calcutta called camp Cannanore Captain cast cavalry Charles Thoughtless charming coast Colonel East Colonel Mars command corps court covered Deckan elephants encamped enemy European feet fire force formed Fortier Frank Stanley gardens George ghauts Gockla grand gulf of Kutch guns Guzerat hand happy head heart hill hill fort Hindoo Hindostan honour horse India infantry inhabitants Kattywar Kisthna Kutch ladies Madras Mahé Mahomedan Mahratta Malabar matchlocks ment miles military monsoon morning mountains Mysore Nannette native nearly night numbers officers pagodas Parsees passed Peishwa Pindarries plain Poonah Rajah received river round ruins rupees Sattara scene Scindea seen sepoys Seringapatam Seroor servants situated Smith soldiers soon suttee temples tion town trees village viranda Vishnu walls whole young