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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1869 Edition.
But the difficulty was how to get this census. He could not go
himself into every village and every house, and count all the
people; and if he ordered it to be done by the regular officers
they would quickly understand what it was for, and the census would
be sure to agree exactly with the quantity of rice he got last
year. It was evident therefore that to answer his purpose no one
must suspect why the census was taken; and to make sure of this, no
one must know that there was any census taken at all. In the
afternoon succeeding my arrival, the Secretary accompanied me to
visit the Sultan. We were kept waiting a few minutes in an outer
gate-house, and then ushered to the door of a rude, half- fortified
whitewashed house. A small table and three chairs were placed in a
large outer corridor, and an old dirty-faced man with grey hair and
a grimy beard, dressed in a speckled blue cotton jacket and loose
red trousers, came forward, shook hands, and asked me to be coated.
Complete edition. Includes both volumes 1 and 2.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Complete edition. Includes both volumes 1 and 2.
Complete edition. Includes both volumes 1 and 2.
Complete edition. Includes both volumes 1 and 2.
Complete edition. Includes both volumes 1 and 2.
Complete edition. Includes both volumes 1 and 2.
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