An Anglo-Indian Domestic Sketch: A Letter from an Artist in India to His Mother in England

afford amongst Anglo-Indian annas appearance apple Areca Catechu arrowroot attached attend Ayahs bath Bazar bearers beer believe Bengal Bhishtee Bhowanipore butter Calcutta climate clothes cold common commonly conveyance cook cool curtains custom Dhobee ditto domestic door drinking eaten Emma Roberts England English esteemed European feet fire flavor flower Fort William fruit gardens ghee grain habits Hindoos Hindoostanee Hookka horses imagine India JEMADAR Khansaman khidmutgar kind labours ladies less linen Longan Loquat mango matter Mehtur milk Moosulmán morning musquitoe Mussoorie natives night observe obtained occasion odour Olea dioica Ooriah palkee palm Palmyra Palm persons pice plant Plantain poor portion probably punkah rain reference render respect rice roopees per month sago season seen seldom servants soil sugar syce tanks taste termed tion tree trifling variety vegetables vessels whilst whole wild