Excerpt from On India From my intimate knowledge of native character, and of the peculiar views entertained by them about cows and swine, I at once guessed that it was possible for them to conclude that the English had introduced the use of the greased cartridge for a trick or charm to have them converted to Christianity; but I never dreamt of the story of the petition to the Queen, nor of the transmission of secret letters on the subject from Delhi to other parts of India. All this I learned afterwards, as will be ...
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Excerpt from On India From my intimate knowledge of native character, and of the peculiar views entertained by them about cows and swine, I at once guessed that it was possible for them to conclude that the English had introduced the use of the greased cartridge for a trick or charm to have them converted to Christianity; but I never dreamt of the story of the petition to the Queen, nor of the transmission of secret letters on the subject from Delhi to other parts of India. All this I learned afterwards, as will be explained in the sequel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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