Category: Travel Writing
The purpose of this little volume, which I have now the honour to submit to the public, is to combine, in a compact and convenient form, all the information necessary to the prosecution of the journey Overland to India and _vice versâ_.
LUXOR.--In approaching this temple from the north, the first object is a magnificent propylon, or gateway, which is two hundred feet in length, and the top of it fifty-seven fee...
2. Part 2These Albergas are now appropriated to government offices; one is occupied by the Malta Union Club, two others as courts of law, a fourth as the Civil Arsenal and Government Pri...
5. Part 5A passage to Malta from Alexandria may be procured in the "Peninsular and Oriental Company's" boats for £12 10s. The French steamers charge £10, but this does not include the ta...
6. Part 6We must not omit to advert to the total expense of an Overland journey, for it is an important question to all who _must_ go to India. We think it will be found, on a fair calcu...
3. Part 3"The carpet-bag, containing the traveller's necessaries for three days in Egypt, he should keep charge of, and take to the hotel on arrival in the omnibus, or, if he ride, make...
4. Part 4For each European servant 50 Rs. must be paid as subsistence-money, and 50 Rs. as passage-money; for native servants the charge will be one-half the rate for a European; but non...
1. Part 1The purpose of this little volume, which I have now the honour to submit to the public, is to combine, in a compact and convenient form, all the information necessary to the pro...
16. Part 16"The work can be honestly recommended to all who are desirous of acquiring the elements of the language, or of making themselves understood among the people of this country. We...
15. Part 15"In all that I do, I beg you will understand that I am actuated with the desire of benefitting my fellow creatures. I consider in very truth that the medicine is, 'under Divine...
13. Part 13This is the only invention for KNIFE CLEANING for which Her Majesty's Letters Patent have been granted, and is distinct from all others, in every essential principle, however cl...
14. Part 14A CERTAIN REMEDY for disorders of the _Pulmonary Organs_--in difficulty of breathing--in redundancy of phlegm--in incipient _Consumption_, of which _Cough_ is the most positive...
10. Part 10It is not our custom to seek business by the channel of continued advertisements, but we feel it to be our duty through the present opportunity to thank the Civil and Military S...
11. Part 11+-------------------------+----------------------------------------+ | HOME | INDIAN | +-----+---------+---------+------+----------------+----------------+ | | | | | | | | | | |...
12. Part 12Manufacture all the best description of Hosiery, in Silk, Cotton, and Woollen Stockings, Socks and Under-clothing. Elastic Gaiters, for Ladies, which require neither lacing nor...
8. Part 8Qoos (Apollinopolis parva), no more ruins left; at a well on the north of the town is a Ptolemaic monolith, with hieroglyphics, converted into a tank, and a few stone remains of...
9. Part 9+------------------------------+ | Miles distant from | STATIONS. +-----------+--------+---------+ | Calcutta. | Madras.| Bombay. | -----------------+-----------+---------------...