Travels Into Bokhara: Containing the Narrative of a Voyage on the Indus from the Sea to Lahore, with Presents from King of Great Britain, and an Account of a Journey from India to Cabool, Tartary and Persia, Performed by by Order of the Supreme Government of IndiaMurray, 1839 - Asia, Central |
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Acesines Alexander Ameer of Sinde appear Arrian Attok banks Belooche boats branch British Government brought Buggaur Bukkur Cabool called canals capital Cashmere Chenab chief course Court Curachee Cutch Darajee Delhi Delta depth desert distance elephants exceed fathoms favourable feet flat-bottomed formed friendship Ganges Governor-General Gulf of Cutch Harapa Hesudrus Highness Hindoo honour horses Hydaspes Hydrabad India Indus inhabitants inundation John Leckie journey Khyrpoor King Lahore land latitude letter Lodiana Lord William Bentinck Lucput Maharaja Maharaja Runjeet Sing Mahommed Mahommedan Majesty Meer Roostum Khan Mihmandar miles Mittun Mooltan Moorad mosques mountains mouth natives navigation Nearchus numerous Ooch passed Pattala Persian Pittee present Punjab Punjab rivers Ravee reached received regarding route rulers rupees sail sand-banks season Sehwun Seik sent Shah Shikarpoor Sinde Sindians Sirdars stream Sutlege swell Syud Tatta tide tion tomb town tribe troops vessels villages voyage yards
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Page 303 - This general law is founded upon this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good they can, and in time of war as little harm as possible, without prejudice to their own real interests.
Page 119 - While stooping to remove my shoes at the threshold, I suddenly found myself in the arms and tight embrace of a diminutive old-looking man, — the great Maharaja Runjeet Sing.
Page 27 - Each fisherman is provided with a large earthen jar, open at the top, and somewhat flat. On this he places himself, and lying on it horizontally, launches into the stream, swimming or pushing forward like a frog, and guiding himself with his hands. When he has reached the middle of the river, where the current is strongest, he darts his net directly under him, and sails down with the stream.
Page 266 - ... the aid of two of our jaded ponies; and the vessel which attempted to follow us without them, was carried so far down the stream as to detain us a whole day on the banks, till it could be brought up to the camp of our caravan. By this ingenious mode, we crossed a river nearly half a mile wide, and running at the rate of three miles and a half an hour, in fifteen minutes of actual sailing; but there was some detention from having to thread our way among the sand banks that separated the branches.
Page 137 - On beholding their shoes, the new moon turned pale with envy, and nearly disappeared from the sky. Such horses, the eye of the sun has never before beheld in his course through the universe. Unable to bestow upon them in writing the praises that they merit, I em compelled to throw the reins on the neck of the steed of description, and relinquish the pursuit.
Page 191 - From what has been above stated, it will be seen that the Indus, in discharging the enormous volume of 80,000 cubic feet of water in a second, exceeds by four times the size of the Ganges in the dry season, and nearly equals the great American river, the Mississippi.
Page 49 - Our reception was cordial and kind ; the vizier assured us of the high satisfaction with which his master had heard of our arrival, for he had long desired to draw closer to the British government, and had never yet had the good fortune to meet any of its agents. He said that...
Page 123 - He is entirely free from pomp and show, yet the studied respect of his court is remarkable ; not an individual spoke without a sign, though the throng was more like a bazar than the court of the first native prince in these times. ' The hall of audience, in which the interview took place, was built entirely of marble, and is the work of the Moghul Emperors ; part of the roof was gorgeously decorated by a pavilion of silken cloth studded with jewels. The Maharaja himself wore a necklace, armlets,...
Page 133 - The most creditable trait in Runjeet's character is his humanity ; he has never been known to punish a criminal with death since his accession to power; he does not hesitate to mutilate a malefactor, but usually banishes him to the hills.
Page 16 - Ameer to act a friendly part, he had only to say so, and I would forthwith quit the country when I received a letter to that effect ; and finally, that he had formed a very erroneous opinion of the British character, if he considered that I had been sent here in breach of a treaty, for I had come to strengthen the bonds of union ; and, what was further, that the promise of an officer was sacred.