 | 1828 - 1006 pages
...thoroughly ascertained,) there is hardly an example of the contrary, viz. of many males to one female. Bishop Heber, in his Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, states this curious fact of the effect of climate on the Portuguese. " It is remarkable, however, to... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1831 - 618 pages
...adopted from the •litferent nations amongst whom they reside, Heber, bishop of Calcutta, relates, in his Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, &c.( London, 1828,2 volsA that he met with a.comp of gypsies on tne banks of the Ganges, who spoke... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 618 pages
...been adopted from the different nations amongst whom they reside. Heber, bishop of Calcutta, relates, in his Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, &c. (London, 1828,2 vols.), that he met with a camp of gypsies on the banks of the Ganges, who spoke... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - 1831 - 628 pages
...been adopted from the different nations amongst whom they reside. Heber, bishop of Calcutta, relates, in his Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, &c. (London, 1828, 2 vo\sA that he met with a camp of gypsies on the banks of the Ganges, who spoke... | |
 | John Lee Comstock - 1836 - 394 pages
...indeed, seems to have been as well protected from the cold, as is the Musk Ox, of the present day. Bishop Heber, in his " Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India," informs us that in the range of the lower Himmaleh mountains, in latitude between 29° and 30o, he... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1843 - 900 pages
...variation, and even now resembles the dialect of Hindostan. In short, the late Bishop Heber relates, in his Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, that he met with a camp of gypsies on the banks of the Ganges, who spoke the Hindoo language as their... | |
 | Samuel Maunder - 1844 - 544 pages
...variation, and even now resembles the dialect of Hindostan. In short, the late Bishop Heber relates, in his " Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India," that he met with a camp of gypsies on the banks of the Ganges, who spoke the Hindoo language as their... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - 1846 - 764 pages
...protection and attack. Bishop Heber thus describes the appearance, caparison and services of the elephant, in his " Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, in 1824-5." '' At Barrackpoor I first mounted an ele. pliant, the motion of which I thought far 74... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Henry Vethake - 1851 - 618 pages
...been adopted from the different nations amongst whom they reside. Heber, bishop of Calcutta, relates, in his Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, &c. (London, 1828, 2 vols.), that he met with a camp of gypsies on the banks of the Ganges, who spoke... | |
 | GEORGE RIPLEY - 1852 - 670 pages
...but little variation, and even now resembles the dialect of Hindostan. The late Bishop Heber relates in his Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, that he met with a camp of gypsies on the banks of the Ganges, who spoke the Hindoo language as their... | |
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With regard to their language, most of the words are of Indian origin. They are found, in part, with little variation, in the Sanscrit... 
