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Fakir's Rock in the Ganges

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Title: The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce
Year: 1858 (1850s)
Authors: Martin, Robert Montgomery, 1803?-1868 Roberts, Emma, 1794?-1840
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Publisher: London, New York : The London printing and publishing company, ltd.
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Fakir's Rock in the Ganges
Fakeer's Rock in the Ganges
,mMMmSMiLL^...JLJM:^ THE INDIAN EMPIRE ILLUSTRATED. 37 A cloak or blanket, or at most a thin mat or mattress, suffices for a bed; and, altogether, a night encampment in India often embraces more of comfort than persons unacquainted with the climate and the manners of the people can readily imagine possible. The people of Katteawar trouble themselves but little about the distinctions of caste.Rajpoots by descent, and children of the sun, they worship that luminary; but whileequally superstitious with the Hindoos, they are certainly not influenced by the same excess of religious zeal. The province is famous for a breed of horses which is esteemed throughout India; and its camels, which come from Marwar (a district in the north of Guzerat), are also considered the finest in India, being taller, more muscular, and of a more tractable disposition than any other of their species. ZANGHERA, OR THE FAKEERS ROCK—ON THE GANGES. The river Ganges, in its progress through the plains, waters many spots

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