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... caused me to leap from the berth , and rush on deck scarcely awake . All was still ; but , looking towards the forepart of the vessel , I saw issuing from the forehatch- way a long , bright column of fire . The shriek of ' Ho ...
... caused me to leap from the berth , and rush on deck scarcely awake . All was still ; but , looking towards the forepart of the vessel , I saw issuing from the forehatch- way a long , bright column of fire . The shriek of ' Ho ...
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... causing death in a very few minutes . 1 Crocodiles are not the only ugly reptile to be found in the Bramapootra . Large water - snakes , both venomous and harmless , are numerous . It often happened that these large snakes coiled them ...
... causing death in a very few minutes . 1 Crocodiles are not the only ugly reptile to be found in the Bramapootra . Large water - snakes , both venomous and harmless , are numerous . It often happened that these large snakes coiled them ...
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... causing a delay of several hours , till repairs were effected . After a fresh start , while passing the mouth of the Dehing river , a dugout , † with a couple of men , shot out from the bank , and one of the crew came on board with a ...
... causing a delay of several hours , till repairs were effected . After a fresh start , while passing the mouth of the Dehing river , a dugout , † with a couple of men , shot out from the bank , and one of the crew came on board with a ...
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... caused great loss to the planters . The Assamese population , to whom the early planters might reasonably have looked for labour , proved utterly useless . Sunk in idleness and vice , and surrounded by The Cooly Question . 75 an almost ...
... caused great loss to the planters . The Assamese population , to whom the early planters might reasonably have looked for labour , proved utterly useless . Sunk in idleness and vice , and surrounded by The Cooly Question . 75 an almost ...
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... caused the latter to seek labour in Bengal , whence they imported it to Assam at an enormous cost . In spite of this the cultivation of tea paid well at one time , and if the planters had been allowed to procure labour in their own way ...
... caused the latter to seek labour in Bengal , whence they imported it to Assam at an enormous cost . In spite of this the cultivation of tea paid well at one time , and if the planters had been allowed to procure labour in their own way ...
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