!['Observations on the Passage to India, Through Egypt. Also by Vienna through Constantinople to Aleppo, and from thence by Bagdad, and directly across the Great Desert, to Bassora. With Occasional Remarks on the adjacent Countries, an Account of the different Stages, and Sketches of the several Routes on four Copper Plates.' [‎93] (154/360)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023463357.0x000001/V 7506_0158.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'Observations on the Passage to India, Through Egypt. Also by Vienna through Constantinople to Aleppo, and from thence by Bagdad, and directly across the Great Desert, to Bassora. With Occasional Remarks on the adjacent Countries, an Account of the different Stages, and Sketches of the several Routes on four Copper Plates.' [‎93] (154/360)")
'Observations on the Passage to India, Through Egypt. Also by Vienna through Constantinople to Aleppo, and from thence by Bagdad, and directly across the Great Desert, to Bassora. With Occasional Remarks on the adjacent Countries, an Account of the different Stages, and Sketches of the several Routes on four Copper Plates.' [93] (154/360)
The record is made up of 1 volume (270 pages). It was created in 1785. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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[ 93 ]
through the town, and near a mile beyond it,
but in croffing a bridge of loofe timber laid
acrofs a deep ditch, they turned fo fhort as to
bring one of the hind wheels of our chaife upon
the timber ends, and canted them up, fo as
nearly to overfet us in the ditch. I faw the
danger before we came exadlly upon it, and
jumped out with Mrs. B juft in time to
efcape the fall. I ftopt the poflilion inftantly,
and by jumping into the ditch, and putting
props under the timber ends, the carriage got
fafe over the bridge and we remounted. Wc
had not gone far however before our horfes
became reftive, and turning out of the road,
ran us into a bog clofe by the fide of the Da
nube; every effort to get out for many hours
was vain, but at length with the affiftance of
two additional horfes, and the prefence of the
poft mafter himfelf we got back to the poft
houfe, where the woman of the houfe did all
ihe could to relieve and comfort us. She made
Mrs. B fome broth, and gave up her own
bed for the whole night. The next morning
early we were able to proceed, and endeavoured
to recover our chaife and baggage which wc
had been obliged to leave flicking in the mud ex-
pofed to be plundered by the firft pafTenger. We
made
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Observations on the Passage to India, Through Egypt. Also by Vienna through Constantinople to Aleppo, and from thence by Bagdad, and directly across the Great Desert, to Bassora. With Occasional Remarks on the adjacent Countries, an Account of the different Stages, and Sketches of the several Routes on four Copper Plates , authored by Colonel James Capper, published in London, and printed for W Faden, Geographer to the King, Charing Cross; J Robson, in the New Bond Street; and R Sewell, in Cornhill.
Edition: The third edition, with alterations and additions
Physical Description: initial Roman numeral pagination (i-xxxvi); Octavo.
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- 'Observations on the Passage to India, Through Egypt. Also by Vienna through Constantinople to Aleppo, and from thence by Bagdad, and directly across the Great Desert, to Bassora. With Occasional Remarks on the adjacent Countries, an Account of the different Stages, and Sketches of the several Routes on four Copper Plates.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1:10, 1:38, 1:108, 108a:108b, 109:158, 158a:158b, 159:288, iv-r:vi-v, back-i
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