Travels Into Bokhara;: Being the Account of a Journey from India to Cabool, Tartary, and Persia; Also, Narrative of a Voyage on the Indus, from the Sea to Lahore, with Presents from the King of Great Britain; Performed Under the Orders of the Supreme Government of India, in the Years 1831, 1832, and 1833, Volume 3John Murray, Albemarle Street., 1834 - Afghanistan |
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Acesines Alexander Ameer of Sinde appearance Arrian arrival ation Attok Beloochees Bhawul Khan Bhawulpoor boats brick British Government brought Buggaur Bukkur Cabool called canals capital channel Chenab chief course Curachee Cutch Daoodpootras Darajee Delta depth desert despatched distance elephants escort exceed fathoms favourable feet flat-bottomed fleet friendship frontier Gulf of Cutch Harapa Hesudrus Hindoo honour horses Hydaspes Hydrabad Hydraotes India Indus inhabitants inundation John Leckie journey Khyrpoor King Lahore land latitude Lenu letter Lucput Maharaja Mahommed Mahommedan Meer Roostum Khan Mihmandar miles Mittun Mooltan mound mountains mouth natives navigation Nearchus numerous ocean Ooch passed Pattala Persian Pittee portion present Punjab Punjab rivers Ravee rulers Runjeet Sing rupees sail sand banks season Sehwun Seik sent Shah Shikarpoor shore Sindian Sindree Sirdar stream Sutlege Syud tamarisk Tatta tide tion tomb town tract tribe troops Ullah bund vessels villages visited voyage westward yards
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Page 308 - 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 144 - 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 31 - 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 92 - ... mean place. The Khan sent a messenger with the present of a deer, which he had himself shot, forty vessels of sherbet, and as many of sweetmeats ; also a bag of two hundred rupees, to be distributed by Mr. Burnes in charity, to mark the joyful event of his arrival. Soon after he paid them a visit. ' He was attended by about a thousand persons ; and I observed that he distributed money as he passed along. After the visit, our Mihmandar brought us presents from the Khan; they consisted of two horses...
Page 149 - 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 193 - Punjab rivers, never shallows in the dry season to less than fifteen feet, and seldom preserves so great a breadth as half a mile. The Chenab, or Acesines, has a medium depth of twelve feet ; and the Rativee, or Hydraotes, is about half the size of that river. These are the minima of soundings on the voyage; but the usual depth of the three rivers cannot be rated at less than four, three, and two fathoms.
Page 153 - It is built chiefly of marble and red stone, which are alternately interlaid in all parts of the building. The sepulchre is of most chaste workmanship, with its inscriptions...
Page 166 - ... every country in the world. 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.
Page xiii - Sinde, or other foreign states, by the prosecution of the survey in their territories, or those of the chiefs over which they claim sovereignty.
Page 162 - Koh-i-noor," or mountain of light, one of the largest diamonds in the world, which he had extorted from Shah Shooja, the ex-King of Cabool. Nothing can be imagined more superb than this stone ; it is of the finest water, and about half the size of an egg. Its weight amounts to 3^ rupees, and if such a jewel is to be valued, I am informed it is worth 3i millions of money, but this is a gross exaggeration. The " Koh-i-noor" is set as an armlet, with a diamond on each side about the size of a sparrow's...