ISBN: 9780217166492

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Mehr…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853. Excerpt: ... I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, or pray with you.--Merchant of Venice. The Jews in Bombay constitute rather a large item in the population. Five or six thousand have settled down in the city and neighbourhood, and The results of the census taken in May, 1849, have been published; and it appears, that in the island of Bombay, comprising in all twenty square miles of ground--four-fifths, at least, of which are uninhabitable swamp or rock--there are in all no fewer than 566,119 inhabitants, of whom 354,090 are males, and 212,029 females. Of these, 6,936 are Brahmins; 289,995 are of other castes of Hindoos; 1,902 are Jains; 124,155 are Mohammedans; 114,698 Parsees; 1,132 Jews; 7,456 native Christians; 1,333 IndoBritons; 5,417 Indo-Portuguese; 5,088 pure Europeans; 889 Siddees, Negroes, and Africans; and 7,118 of other castes unspecified. From this census we learn, that the Europeans are less than 1 in 100 of the whole population. obtain for the most part an honest livelihood, as house-builders, carpenters, and cultivators of the soil. That a Jew should be thus employed may appear singular to many who are familiar with their history, and their known dislike to anything like manual labour; for who ever heard, among ourselves, of a Jewish farmer, or a Jewish carpenter 1 We are tempted, however, to doubt the purity of the race met with in all the commercial towns in India; and to suppose that they, like the Parsees, Mohammedans, and other interlopers, have degenerated, from long association with a people at total variance with anything like Christianity. The following brief account given of the Jews in Bombay, may, perhaps, throw some light on this interesting subj... Henry Moses, Books, Fiction and Literature, Fiction, An Englishman's Life In India; Or, Travel And Adventure In The East Books>Fiction and Literature>Fiction This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Binns & Goodwin in 1853 in 370 pages; Subjects: India; History / Asia / General; History / Asia / India & South Asia; Travel / Asia / India;<

ISBN: 9780217166492

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book:4: AMUSEMENT ON A LONG VOYAGE. character to deal with in the person of Captain W, and had thought it better to attend to his orders at once. As a punishment, he gave them all an extra hour's work; and the two ringleaders were set to holy-stone the decks until they begged his pardon. One Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book:4: AMUSEMENT ON A LONG VOYAGE. character to deal with in the person of Captain W, and had thought it better to attend to his orders at once. As a punishment, he gave them all an extra hour's work; and the two ringleaders were set to holy-stone the decks until they begged his pardon. One condescended to do this the following morning, but the other rebel laboured at this hard and distasteful work for eight days, before his spirit was sufficiently broken to induce him to ask forgiveness for past offences. Thus were harmony and good order once more restored on board our vessel, and, I am happy to say, they were not interrupted again during the voyage. As we had a good library on board, my time was profitably passed in reading, and in noting down every event that had the slightest novelty to recommend it to notice; for the sea has a thousand charms to those who travel for instruction, or with a laudable desire to increase their acquaintance with the world which they inhabit; and, though a long voyage may eventually tire the most sanguine inquirer in the pursuit of knowledge, yet a large and marvellous page of nature is open to him whose business is in the great waters. Of such a man it may truly be said, that he shall "see the wonders of the Lord." The change of temperature which begins to be very perceptible as you draw near the lovely group THINGS SEEN. O of the Madeiras when you first put on the cool white dress, and enjoy your walk upon the high poop, is a pleasing relief after the fogs, rains, and chilly nights, which have depressed your spirits and made you dissatisfied with everything. The young voyager is now delighted with the different colours of the sea. When viewed in hazy weather, a yellow tinge is spread over it; but as he enters the torrid zone, a. Books, Literary Collections~~General, An-Englishmans-Life-In-India~~Henry-Moses, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<

ISBN: 9780217166492

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustra… Mehr…

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1853. Excerpt: ... I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you, walk with you, and so following; but I will not eat with you, drink with you, or pray with you.--Merchant of Venice. The Jews in Bombay constitute rather a large item in the population. Five or six thousand have settled down in the city and neighbourhood, and The results of the census taken in May, 1849, have been published; and it appears, that in the island of Bombay, comprising in all twenty square miles of ground--four-fifths, at least, of which are uninhabitable swamp or rock--there are in all no fewer than 566,119 inhabitants, of whom 354,090 are males, and 212,029 females. Of these, 6,936 are Brahmins; 289,995 are of other castes of Hindoos; 1,902 are Jains; 124,155 are Mohammedans; 114,698 Parsees; 1,132 Jews; 7,456 native Christians; 1,333 IndoBritons; 5,417 Indo-Portuguese; 5,088 pure Europeans; 889 Siddees, Negroes, and Africans; and 7,118 of other castes unspecified. From this census we learn, that the Europeans are less than 1 in 100 of the whole population. obtain for the most part an honest livelihood, as house-builders, carpenters, and cultivators of the soil. That a Jew should be thus employed may appear singular to many who are familiar with their history, and their known dislike to anything like manual labour; for who ever heard, among ourselves, of a Jewish farmer, or a Jewish carpenter 1 We are tempted, however, to doubt the purity of the race met with in all the commercial towns in India; and to suppose that they, like the Parsees, Mohammedans, and other interlopers, have degenerated, from long association with a people at total variance with anything like Christianity. The following brief account given of the Jews in Bombay, may, perhaps, throw some light on this interesting subj... Henry Moses, Books, Fiction and Literature, Fiction, An Englishman's Life In India; Or, Travel And Adventure In The East Books>Fiction and Literature>Fiction, General Books LLC<