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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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CHAPTER X.
RIVER INDUS. SUPPOSITION REGARDING IT. RECENTLY PROVED INCORRECT.
PARTICULAR DETAIL 1 OF.
ITS SOURCE. COURSE. — TRIBUTARY
STREAMS. PUNJNUD. WHENCE SO CALLED. THE DIFFERENT NAMES
BY WHICH THE INDUS IS KNOWN. WHERE IT ENTERS SINDE. — KUMBUR-
GUNDEE, OR LARKHANU RIVER. LAKE THAT IT FORMS. FERTILE DIS
TRICT THAT IT ENCOMPASSES. KHYRPOOR, OR DOORLEE RIVER. RAPIDLY
FILLING WITH SAND. FULELEE RIVER. ITS ORIGIN AND COURSE TILL
IT REUNITES WITH THE INDUS. THE GOONEE RIVER. FORMERLY DIS
EMBOGUED INTO THE SEA. BUND, OR EMBANKMENT BUILT ACROSS IT.
WHEN. FOR WHAT PURPOSE. LONEE, OR SALT RIVER. BREADTH
AND DEPTH OF THE GONEE. 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
BREADTH. 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
CONSEQUENCES. PROCEEDINGS OF THE MISSION CONTINUED. THE ENVOY
REACHES HYDERABAD. COMPLIMENTARY MESSAGES FROM THE UMEERS. —
LITIGIOUSNESS OF THOSE PRINCES. HOW SILENCED. OUTRAGE COM
MITTED BY A SINDIAN. MEASURES TAKEN TO PREVENT A SIMILAR OC
CURRENCE. THE BRITISH ENCAMPMENT. DESCRIPTION OF IT. BUF
FOONS. JUGGLERS. FAKEERS. THE PERSEVERANCE AND RIDICULOUS
THREATS OF THE LATTER. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE CEREMONIALS OF
THE ENVOY'S FIRST AUDIENCE. ASSUMPTION AND UNWARRANTABLE PRO
POSITION 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 CERE
MONIES. 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 OP
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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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V 3148
Title
'Travels in Beloochistan and Sinde; accompanied by a geographical and historical account of those countries, with a map.'
Pages
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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