The Asiatic Annual Register, Or, A View of the History of Hindustan, and of the Politics, Commerce and Literature of Asia, Volume 4Lawrence Dundas Campbell, E. Samuel J. Debrett, Picadilly, 1803 Includes: A history of British India, monthly chronicles of Asian events, accounts, travel literature, general essays, reviews of books on Asia, political analyses, poetry, and letters from readers. |
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Page 146 - It now remains for me only to pass the sentence of the law upon you, which is, that you be taken from hence to the place from whence you came, and thence to the place of execution, there to be HANGED BY THE NECK UNTIL YOU...
Page 23 - ... night, when they are to be sent away again. By way of welcoming them on their arrival, they plant stakes of bamboo near all the tombs, upon which they hang a great number of lanterns, with lights, and those so close to each other, that the whole mountain appears illuminated : these lanterns are kept alight till nine or ten o'clock at night. On the second evening, when the spirits of the defunct are, according to their tradition, to be sent away again, they fabricate a...
Page 224 - Treaty, there shall be allowed to the inhabitants, of whatever condition or nation they may be, a term of three years, to be computed from the notification of the Definitive Treaty of Peace, for the purpose of disposing...
Page 11 - ... of their currency. Here the produce is more than double ; but, on account of its inferior quality, and the low price it bears on the spot, the produce does not yield a great deal more money than in the West Indies.
Page 34 - Having ascertained the rates of purchase and ' sale, the length of the way, the expenses of food and of ' condiments, the charges of securing the goods carried, ' and the net profits of trade, let the king oblige traders ' to pay taxes on their saleable commodities : 128.
Page 141 - You shall be taken from the place where you are, and be carried to the place from whence you came, and from thence to the place of execution, and there be severally hanged by your necks until you be dead. And the Lord have mercy on your souls.
Page 84 - ... will enable them to make the march of the next night with more alacrity. In the morning half a pint of wine should be issued to each man, and their rice, which they must cook for that day and the following. The men's canteens should be...
Page 93 - French officers, by whom these details are partly furnished, declared, that this was a scene, the retrospect of which tormented their recollection, and that they could not reflect on it without horror, accustomed as they had been to sights of cruelty.
Page 225 - And in order to prevent all caufes of complaint and difpute which may arife on account of prizes which may be made at fea after the figning of...
Page 92 - ... prisoners, ordered them to be marched to a rising ground near Jaffa; where a division of French infantry formed against them. When the Turks had entered into their fatal alignment, and the mournful preparations were completed, the signal gun fired. • Vollies of...