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A Popular Account of the Manners and Customs of India choose

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[Ind] C. Acland Manners & Customs of India 19: [B]ut Mrs. Staunton laughs at me, and calls me a ‘griffin,’ and says I must learn to have patience and save my strength. (N.B. Griffin means a freshman or freshwoman in India).
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