Wanderings of a pilgrim in search of the picturesque, volume 1

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Author

Parlby, Fanny Parkes, 1794-1875

Title

Wanderings of a pilgrim in search of the picturesque, Volume 1 (of 2) : During four-and-twenty years in the east; with revelations of life in the zenāna

Original Publication

London: Pelham Richardson, 1850.

Credits

ellinora and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Colonial administrators' spouses -- India -- Diaries

Category

Text

eBook-No.

74042

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74042

Release Date

July 15, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.श्री INVOCATION.
3. 3.श्री INTRODUCTION. — GĂNÉSH, THE PATRON OF LITERATURE.
4. 4.CONTENTS TO VOL. I.
5. 5.LIST OF PLATES TO VOL. I.
6. 6.GLOSSARY. — A. — B. — C. — D. — E. — F. — G. — H. — I. J. — K. — L. — M. — N. — P. — R. — S. — T. — U. V. — W. — Y. — Z.
7. 7.WANDERINGS OF A PILGRIM. — CHAPTER I. DEPARTURE FROM ENGLAND.
8. 8.CHAPTER II. CARNICOBAR.
9. 9.CHAPTER III. LIFE IN INDIA. — The Sircar. — The Chŭrŭk Pooja.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. RESIDENCE IN CALCUTTA.
11. 11.CHAPTER V. RESIDENCE IN CALCUTTA. — THE TOOLSEE.
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. RESIDENCE IN CALCUTTA.
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. DEPARTURE FROM THE PRESIDENCY.
14. 14.CHAPTER VIII. LIFE IN THE MUFASSIL.
15. 15.CHAPTER IX. RESIDENCE AT ALLAHABAD. — THE ICE-PITS.
16. 16.CHAPTER X. LIFE IN THE ZENĀNA. — The Suttee. — TEMPLE OF BHAWĀNĪ AND SUTTEES, ALOPEE BAGH.
17. 17.CHAPTER XI. RESIDENCE AT PRĀG. — The Gosāin’s Temple.
18. 18.CHAPTER XII. SKETCHES AT ALLAHABAD. — THE BOARD OF WORKS. — A DHRUMSĀLĀ BĒNE MĀHADĒO GHĀT. — ADANSONIA DIGITATA.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIII. REMOVAL TO CAWNPORE.—CONFESSIONS OF A THUG. — A KUTCHERRY OR KACHAHRĪ.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIV. RESIDENCE AT CAWNPORE. — HINDOSTANI SONG. — THE BARKANDĀZ. — THE DURWĀN. — “A NEW SERVANT WILL CATCH DEER [61] .”
21. 21.CHAPTER XV. THE THUG’S DICE.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVI. RESIDENCE AT CAWNPORE—THE DEWĀLĪ. — THE DEWĀLĪ. — PHŬLŬ-HŬRĒĒ.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVII. SCENES IN OUDE. — THE ELEPHANT FIGHTS.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVIII. REVELATIONS OF LIFE IN THE ZENĀNA. — THE ZENĀNA. — SULTANA BOA. — MULKA ZUMANEE.
25. 25.CHAPTER XIX. THE RETURN TO ALLAHABAD.—EXECUTION OF TWENTY-FIVE THUGS. — THE ARABIAN LEPROSY (KOOSTUM). — LACHHMĪ, THE GODDESS OF BEAUTY.
26. 26.CHAPTER XX. SCENES AT ALLAHABAD—PILGRIMAGE TO THE TRIVENI. — PILGRIMAGE TO THE TRIVENI. — THE HOLY ACHIBUT. — THE TEMPLES OF BHARDOAJMUN. — THE PEEPUL TREE (FICUS RELIGIOSA).
27. 27.CHAPTER XXI. LIFE IN THE ZENĀNA.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXII. ADVENTURES IN THE EAST. — NARRATIVE OF OOMEID THUG.—(August 10th, 1832.) — SECOND ENTERPRISE OF OOMEID THUG.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIII. THE GREAT FAIR AT ALLAHABAD. — RELIGIOUS MENDICANTS.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIV. THE NUT LOG. — HEBREW HYMN. — THE NUT LOG. — THE GREAT GUN AT AGRA.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXV. THE CHOLERA. — CONSUMPTION OF ICE.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVI. THE MUHARRAM. — THE IMĀMS THE LEADERS OF THE FAITHFUL. — THE MUHARRAM.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVII. THE BRAHMANICAL THREAD.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVIII. PILGRIMAGE TO THE TĀJ. — PARISNĀTH. — THE MEM SĀHIBA’S SPEECH.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXIX. PILGRIMAGE TO THE TĀJ.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXX. THE TĀJ MAHUL. — THE KALUN DARWĀZA. — GROUND PLAN OF THE TOMB OF THE TĀJ.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXI. PLEASANT DAYS IN AGRA. — MOOTEE MASJID, THE MOSQUE OF PEARL. — THE SELĪM GHAR. — THE PALACE IN THE FORT
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXII. REMARKABLE BUILDINGS AROUND AGRA. — THE JĀMMA MASJID, — THE MAUSOLEUM OF ETMAD-OD-DOULAH. — THE CHEEN KE PADSHĀDĀNEE, KE MASJID, — SECUNDRA. — THE SONAHLĀ MAHAL.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIII. REVELATIONS OF LIFE IN THE ZENĀNA.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIV. LIFE IN THE ZENĀNA, AND CHĪTĀ HUNTING.
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXV. FATHĪPOOR SICRI AND COLONEL GARDNER. — THE TOMB OF SHAIKH SELĪM CHEESTIE. — THE TOMB OF COLONEL HESSING.
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVI. THE MARRIAGE. — THE SĀCHAK. — THE MENHDĪ—THE THIRD DAY.
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVII. THE BURĀT.
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE CHĀOTREE.
45. 45.FOOTNOTES
46. 46.ORIENTAL PROVERBS AND SAYINGS.

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