Notes of an Overland Journey Through France and Egypt to Bombay by Miss Emma Roberts
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inferiority of horses in Bombay--Hay-stacks--Novel mode of stacking
* * * * * CHAPTER XII. BOMBAY--(_Continued_). The Climate of Bombay treacherous in the cold season--The land-wind injurious to health--The Air freely admitted into Rooms--The Climate of the Red Sea not injurious to Silk dresses--Advice to lady-passengers on the subject of dress--The Shops of Bombay badly provided--Speculations on the site of the City, should the seat of Government be removed hither--The Esplanade--Exercise of Sailors on Shore and on Ship-board--Mock-fight--Departure of Sir Henry Fane--Visit to a fair in Mahim Wood--Prophecy--Shrine of Mugdooree Sahib--Description of the Fair--Visit to the mansion of a Moonshee--His Family--Crowds of Vehicles returning from the Fair--Tanks--Festival of the _Duwallee_--Visit to a Parsee--Singular ceremony--The Women of India impede the advance of improvement--They oppose every departure from established rules--Effect of Education in Bombay yet superficial--Cause of the backwardness of Native Education MEMOIR. * * * * * |
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