"رحلات من الهند إلى إنجلترا: تشمل زيارة إلى الإمبراطورية البورمية، رحلة عبر بلاد فارس، آسيا الصغرى، تركيا الأوروبية وغيرها، في السنوات ١٨٢٥-١٨٢٦، بقلم جيمز إدوارد أليكساندر" [‎٧‎١] (٤١٢/١٢٤)

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to take them from him in the event of a war. Besides this ship
there was a smart eighteen-gun sloop of war for the Bombay Marine,
almost completed. She possessed the advantage of being sufficiently
high out of the water to admit of a tier of scuttles; a most inva
luable acquisition in tropical climes, and which is found in none of
the King's ships of her size. I saw the keel, sternpost, and stem of
a seventy-four, intended for the Royal Navy, which was to be put
on the stocks after the launch of the Imaum's ship. The docks do
great credit to the engineer who constructed them. The timber used
in them comes from the Malabar coast.
From the docks I proceeded to the fashionable resort, which is a
road on the esplanade at the foot of the glacis. The equipages were,
of course, not so gay as those in the City of Palaces, and there was
a great proportion of male and female equestrians. The band of
his Majesty's 6th Foot was playing near the tents and temporary
bungalows, which are erected on the esplanade during the hot
season, for the accommodation of those who have not country-
houses, or a residence overlooking the ramparts. The girls of the
charity-schools were amusing themselves on the glacis, under the
charge of a peon or two: they were dressed in grey frocks, and had
a remarkably clean appearance. They are the daughters of Eu
ropean soldiers; and after attaining the years of puberty, are either
married or sent to service as ladies'-maids. Some of them, however,
are said to disappear in an unaccountable manner.
On the morning of the 22d I drove out to Malabar Point to wait
on the Governor, the Honourable Mr. Elphinstone, who had pitched
his tents there to pass the hot season. The distance is about six
miles, but the roads were excellent. I passed through what is
termed