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All situations have their discomforts; and there are times when we all wish that our lot had been cast in some other line of life, or in some other place." With regard to a proposed coat of arms for Hooghly College, he says "I do not see why the mummeries of European heraldry should be introduced into any part of our Indian system. Heraldry is not a science which has any eternal rules.
Hooker that above Calcutta, in the Hooghly, when the flood subsides, the Gangetic mud may be seen in river cliffs 80 feet high, in which they were unable to detect organic remains, a remark which I found to hold equally in regard to the Recent mud of the Mississippi. Dr.
But an obelisk stands at the entrance, inscribed with the names of the victims. The fashionable promenade at Calcutta is the Maidan. It runs along the bank of the Hooghly, and is bounded on the other side by rows of palatial mansions.
View of the River Hooghly, with shipping from Fort William A Street in Burra Bazaar Chitpore Road Remains of St. James's Theatre, Circular Road Remains of Col. Turner's House, 2, Wood Street The "Govindpur" on her Beam Ends Some Effects of the Cyclone at Garden Reach S.S. "Thunder" on shore, at Colvin Ghât Old view of Government House, showing Scott Thomson's Corner
I think the ships looked as sad as anything. There were two miles of noble ships in the Hooghly. 'The yards are all in disorder, and the effect is forlorn and dishevelled to a degree you would not imagine.
He is a dignified figure with a shiny curl on his forehead, and a rich Cockney accent, full of information, generally, I must admit, strikingly inaccurate, but bestowed with such an air. "I do believe him though I know he lies." 13th. We are in the Hooghly and shall be in Kidderpore Dock to-morrow morning early. Actually the voyage is at an end.
Hooghly had already started off toward the town, the kit-bag and the valise slung across his shoulders, the parrot-cage bobbing at his side. He knew where to go; an obscure lodging for men in the heart of the business section, known in jest by the derelicts as The Stranded.
Serampore is on the Hooghly, sixteen miles above Calcutta, and here they found themselves on the 13th of October, 1799, in a town pleasantly situated, beautiful to look at, and full of a mixed population of Danes, Dutch, English, and natives of all hues.
We may be some weeks on board together, and should have a pleasant time of it, especially as the whole country is new to me." "And to me also," the lieutenant said. "I generally cruise from the mouth of the Hooghly to Chittagong; and a dreary coast it is, with its low muddy shores and scores of creeks and streams.
The Hooghly is a tortuous stream of mud that can be navigated by large vessels only by daylight and with favoring conditions of tide, for its channel is seldom two days alike. This demands expert piloting, and explains why Hooghly pilots are selected with great caution.
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