The Charm of Bombay An Anthology of Writings in Praise of the First City of Ind
The Charm of Bombay An Anthology of Writings in Praise of the First City of Ind
R P Karkaria
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Notes of an Indian Journey, pp. 237-Q. 136 BOMBAY: Jumble of Nations Sir James Mackintosh. I am carried in my palanquin by bearers from Hyderabad. I have seen monkeys and their tricks exhibited by a man from Ougeim I condemn a native of Ahmedabad to the pillory. I have given judgment on a bill for brandy supplied by a man who kept a dram-shop at Poonah. I have decided the controversies of parties who live in Cutch; and granted commission to examine witnesses at Cambay, I have, in the same morni...ng, received a visit from a Roman Catholic Bishop, of the name of Ramazzini, from Modena, a descendant of the celebrated physician, . Ramazzini, a relation of Muratori, who wondered that an Englishman should be learned enough to quote Virgil ; of an Armenian Archbishop from Mount Ararat ; of a Shroff ( money dealer ) from Benares, who came hither by the way of Jyenagur, and who can draw bills on his correspondents at Cabul ; and of the Dustoor, . Or Chief-Priest, of the Parsees at Surat, who is copying out for me the genuine works of Zoroa- ster.
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