Goa, and the Blue Mountains, or, Six months of sick leave / By Richard F. Burton.

  • Richard Francis Burton
Date:
1851
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Goa, and the Blue Mountains, or, Six months of sick leave / By Richard F. Burton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    law of a hog 1) has made the wind fair, the tide serve, the crew muster, and the water pots abound in water. And, furthermore, when you have got over your horror of seeing a fellow-creature ” so treated—and a “ fellow subject subjected to such operation, kindly observe that the Tindal has im- proved palpably in manner towards us indeed, to interpret his thoughts, he now feels convinced that we are an “ Assal Sahib —a real gentleman. Evening is coming on, the sea-breeze (may it be increased!) is freshening fast, and Dan Phoebus has at last vouchsafed to make himself scarce. After watching his departure with satisfaction— with heartfelt satisfaction, we order our hookah up, less for the pleasure of puffing it, than for the purpose of showing you how our servant de- lights to wander through heaps of hay and straw, canvas, and coir rope, with that mass of ignited rice ball, rolling about on the top of our pipe. You are looking curiously at our culinary arrange- ments. Yes, dear sir, or madam, as the case may be, that dreadful looking man, habited in a pair of the dingiest inexpressibles only, excepting the thick cap on his furzy head—that is our cook. And we dare say you have been watching his ope-
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