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CHAPTER II

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I sent off my Journal to you the day before yesterday from Monghir. We arrived there early on Thursday morning, and G. found there were so many people there whom he ought to see, and we saw so many objects that were tempting to sketch, that he agreed to remain there all day. All the English residents, six in number (and that is what they call a large station), came on board immediately, and amongst them Mr. D., Lord S.'s son. I thought he had been married a month ago, but it appears he prefers being married in a regular clerical fashion, and is waiting for the bishop, who is travelling about marrying and confirming and christening, and who is to be at Monghir in ten days.

We landed at half past three, in a covered boat, with umbrellas, &c., and went straight to a tent, where the resident had collected all the Monghir manufactures for our inspection; but it is impossible to buy anything, as what is to become of it in camp? Otherwise, the inlaid tables and boxes were tempting, and there was the prettiest doll's furniture possible, tables, and cane-chairs, and sofas, and footstools, of such curious workmanship. The vehicles of the place, amounting to four buggies (that is a foolish term for a cabriolet, but as it is the only vehicle in use in India, and as buggy is the only name for said vehicle, I give it up) and a bullock cart, were assembled for our use.

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Up the Country
Letters Written to her Sister from the Upper Provinces of India
, pp. 13 - 24
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2010
First published in: 1866

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  • CHAPTER II
  • Emily Eden
  • Book: Up the Country
  • Online publication: 05 August 2011
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511756467.002
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  • Book: Up the Country
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  • CHAPTER II
  • Emily Eden
  • Book: Up the Country
  • Online publication: 05 August 2011
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511756467.002
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