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'Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde; accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries, with a map.' [xv-r] (33/476)
The record is made up of 1 volume (423 pages). It was created in 1816. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
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CONTENTS.
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Bumbhora. — Erroneous conjecture regarding it. — Tombs at Tattah. —Description
ot them. — Date. — Remarkable well. — First appearance of Tattah. —Imposing. —
Delusive. — Raised causeway. —• Entrance of the mission into that city. — Letter from
the Umeers. — Jumptee or state boat. — Sojourn at Tattah. — Acts of one of the
officers of the Sindian government called Wulee Mohummud Khan. — Discussions in
consequence. — Result of them. — The envoy visited by Wullee Mohummud Khan. —
Returns that compliment. — Magnificence of that nobleman. — Appearance. — Dress.
— Manners. — Tribe. — Liberality. — Tattah once the capital of Sinde. — Its present
depopulation. — Cause. — Extent at present. — Earliest accounts of it. — Supposed to
be the Pattala of the Greeks. — Uncertainty. — Policy of its princes. — Decay of its
opulence. — To be taken in a modified sense. — Manufactures. — Shops. — Bazar. —
Manner of building. — Badgeers. — Government. — Customs how collected. — Lati
tude and longitude. — Face of the country in the vicinity. — State of the weather ii
July, 1809. — The mission quits Tattah for Hyderabad. - - Page 342
CHAP. X.
River Indus. — Supposition regarding it. — Recently proved incorrect. — Particular
Detail of. — Its source.— Course. — Tributary streams. — Punjnud. — Whence so
called. — The different names by which the Indus is known. — Where it enters Sinde.
— Kumburgundee, or Larkhanu river. — Lake that it forms. — Fertile district that it
encompasses. — Khyrpoor, or Doorlee river. — Rapidly filling with sand. — Fulelee
river. — Its origin and course till it reunites with thp Indus. — The Gonnee river.—
Formerly disembogued into the sea. — Bund, or embankment built across it. — When.
— For what purpose. — Lonee, 01 salt river. — Breadth and depth of the Gonnee. —
Native assertion respecting it. — Further detail of the course of the Indus. — It has
only one mouth. — Creeks cannot be considered in that light. — Currents in the Indus.
—
Soundings
Measurements of the depth of a body of water.
. — Table shewing its actual depth and breath. — Said to have no bar.
— Flat-bottomed boats used. — Advantages of this construction. — General description
of the face of the province of Sinde. — Umeers great passion for hunting. — Its con
sequences. — Proceedings of the mission continued. — The envoy reaches Hyderabad.
— Complimentary messages from the Umeers. — Litigiousness of those princes. —
How silenced. — Outrage committed by a Sindian. — Measures taken to prevent a
similar occurrence. — The British encampment. — Description of it. — Buffoons. —
Jugglers. — Fakeers. — The perseverance and ridiculous threats of the latter. — Dis
cussion regarding the ceremonials of the envoy's first audience. — Assumption and un
warrantable proposition of the Umeers. — The envoy's behaviour on the occasion. —
Final arrangement. — Forms a correct picture of the Sindian government. —Necessity
for great attention to punctilious ceremonies. — The envoy and his suite introduced
to the Umeers. — Detail of that ceremony. —• Confusion in the
Durbar
A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family).
. — Probable
cause of it. — Author's opinion. — Display of jewels. — Order of rank of the three
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Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde; accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries, with a map.
Publication Details: London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row, 1816 Printed by A. Strahan, New-Street-Square.
Notes: Printer's name from colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text. .
Physical Description: xxx, 423, [1] p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. (col.), 1 map ; 28 cm. (4º)
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- 'Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde; accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries, with a map.'
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- front, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:vi-v, viii-r:xviii-v, ixx-r:ixx-v, 1:424, ixx-r, ixx-r:ixx-v, ixx-v, xx-r:xxi-v, back-i, back
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- Pottinger, Henry, Sir, 1789-1856--Travel
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