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Re: field diary 1832 deciphering problems
« Reply #180 on: Wednesday 06 November 19 10:04 GMT (UK) »
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Do cloth
katto
10x2   2 1/2   fr [??]

Opium [??]
the cloth   6 to twice
   that according to the
   season & whether
   advances are made or
   not

Rice   2 to 3 mds for R.
Choul   sold at Gowahattie

Canes   22 bundles each of 40 canes
   for Cal. [??] R.

   see back {sketch of a hand pointing to right}

The principal
imports are      Rs
Salt    sold from    7 to 10 a md.
Beads
Sindoor
English cloths
Broad cloths   [??]
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Re: field diary 1832 deciphering problems
« Reply #181 on: Wednesday 06 November 19 10:08 GMT (UK) »
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neighboring Zemindars, rice, dal,
fowls, ducks & [kids?] were sent us in
an abundance propositioned to the
rarity of the presence of a European.
We are quite a show to the poor
people, who seem xxxx gratified
that a gentleman should have
come amongst them.
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solved: gratified

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« Reply #182 on: Wednesday 06 November 19 10:09 GMT (UK) »
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by deep pits beyond the depth
of our luggies denoting the effect
produced upon the Kullung by the
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luggies as in (scot:) ears?



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Re: field diary 1832 deciphering problems
« Reply #183 on: Wednesday 06 November 19 10:14 GMT (UK) »
122.1

'time out of mind' = so long ago that no-one can remember; from time immemorial.

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Re: field diary 1832 deciphering problems
« Reply #184 on: Wednesday 06 November 19 10:27 GMT (UK) »
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two small ones an the Jyanteah
side but generally both banks were
buried with high grass jungle beyond
which however was I believe unin-
terrupted cultivation on both sides.
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solved: lined

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« Reply #185 on: Wednesday 06 November 19 10:29 GMT (UK) »
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I presume are very
beautiful as repute
[sayeth?] , for many
of the commonest
women in the Bazar
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solved: sayeth


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« Reply #186 on: Wednesday 06 November 19 10:30 GMT (UK) »
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I have seen the
same occurrence
of this sculpture
at Nagpore (The
[kind?] was sacred
in the Egyptian
temples I think)
does it belong to the
Boodhist or Brah-
minical superstitions?
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solved: bird

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Re: field diary 1832 deciphering problems
« Reply #187 on: Wednesday 06 November 19 10:32 GMT (UK) »
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The town is a long straggeling
irregular series of hamlets
of thatched & [??] huts and
wears little appearance of
being in a flourishing state
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solved: tattied, roofed with panka–like plant (fan palm?)

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Re: field diary 1832 deciphering problems
« Reply #188 on: Wednesday 06 November 19 10:33 GMT (UK) »
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them – giving him British
statute size as the most
convenient for inexperienced
manufacturers & [??] .
Desperate rogues should here
as elsewhere beat [??]
at home.
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