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Page 69
... kind in the vicinity of Bombay , which , in 1840 , contained from fifty to one hundred horses , one hundred and seventy - five oxen and cows , and two hundred dogs , beside cats , monkeys , and reptiles . It has been said that paganism ...
... kind in the vicinity of Bombay , which , in 1840 , contained from fifty to one hundred horses , one hundred and seventy - five oxen and cows , and two hundred dogs , beside cats , monkeys , and reptiles . It has been said that paganism ...
Page 81
... kind sympathies of the maternal heart give place to the most savage ferocity . The infant , after it is destroyed , is placed naked in a small basket , and carried out and interred by one of the female attendants . The subject of ...
... kind sympathies of the maternal heart give place to the most savage ferocity . The infant , after it is destroyed , is placed naked in a small basket , and carried out and interred by one of the female attendants . The subject of ...
Page 82
... kind providence saved them from an early and cruel death . Turn now to the young woman seated at the extreme left of the audience . She , also , when a child , was stolen from her No. 36. An Infant Victim of Superstition . No. 37. 82 ...
... kind providence saved them from an early and cruel death . Turn now to the young woman seated at the extreme left of the audience . She , also , when a child , was stolen from her No. 36. An Infant Victim of Superstition . No. 37. 82 ...
Page 90
... kind . The ground , beaten hard , and covered with lime cement , serves as a floor , which , at night , is strewed with travellers of all classes and of both sexes , wrapped separately in their various - colored cotton cloths , and ...
... kind . The ground , beaten hard , and covered with lime cement , serves as a floor , which , at night , is strewed with travellers of all classes and of both sexes , wrapped separately in their various - colored cotton cloths , and ...
Page 94
... kind nursing , and appropriate nourishment ,. are , in many cases , hurried away to the Ganges , to be purified from their sins , by dying on its banks or in its waters . In Cal- cutta alone , nineteen hundred sick persous have , in the ...
... kind nursing , and appropriate nourishment ,. are , in many cases , hurried away to the Ganges , to be purified from their sins , by dying on its banks or in its waters . In Cal- cutta alone , nineteen hundred sick persous have , in the ...
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