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The road, which was well-lined with temples and smaller buildings, was crowded into the city, with bullock-carts churning up the dust, camels, palankeens, and hordes of travellers both mounted and on foot.

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The road, which was well-lined with temples and smaller buildings, was crowded into the city, with bullock-carts churning up the dust, camels, palankeens, and hordes of travellers both mounted and on foot.

Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975

The road, which was well-lined with temples and smaller buildings, was crowded into the city, with bullock-carts churning up the dust, camels, palankeens, and hordes of travellers both mounted and on foot.

Flashman In The Great Game Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1975

At this place we met with a hospitable friend, who stored our palankeens with provisions, after giving us a capital breakfast.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 549 (Supplementary number) Various

Meanwhile my friend and myself, having brought our palankeens together, armed ourselves with patience and a pair of pistols to await the result.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 549 (Supplementary number) Various

The bearers of both palankeens were all huddled together, bellowing like bedlamites, and the mussalgees waving their torches most vehemently.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 549 (Supplementary number) Various

Contrariwise, were these fictitious characters embarked in palankeens or droshkies or jinrikishas, more or less intellectual exercise would be necessitated on the reader's part to form a notion of the conveyance.

The Certain Hour James Branch Cabell 1918

Contrariwise, were these fictitious characters embarked in palankeens or droshkies or jinrikishas, more or less intellectual exercise would be necessitated on the reader's part to form a notion of the conveyance.

The Certain Hour 1909

After the eunuch, follow the Paadshah Begum's ladies of quality, in covered palankeens, each taking precedence according to the station or the favour she may enjoy; they are well guarded by soldiers, spearmen, and chobdhaars.

Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885

To this may be attributed, in a great degree, the safety with which female foreigners travel daak [13] (post) in their palankeens, from one point of the Indian continent to another, without the knowledge of five words of the Hindoostaunie tongue, and with no other servant or guardian but the daak-bearers, who carry them at the rate of four miles an hour, travelling day and night successively.

Observations on the Mussulmauns of India Descriptive of Their Manners, Customs, Habits and Religious Opinions Made During a Twelve Years' Residence in Their Immediate Society Mrs. Meer Hasan Ali 1885