Arabia, Egypt, India - A Narrative of Travel

Arabia, Egypt, India - A Narrative of Travel (1879)
by Isabel Burton
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ARABIAEGYPTINDIA

A NARRATIVE OF TRAVEL.

Our route from London to India.

AEI

Arabia Egypt India

A NARRATIVE OF TRAVEL

BY
ISABEL BURTON
Author of "Inner Life of Syria"

WITH FIFTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS AND TWO MAPS.

WILLIAM MULLAN AND SON
LONDON AND BELFAST
1879


Hazell, Watson, and Viney, Printers, London and Aylesbury.

TO

My Dear and Honored Father,

HENRY RAYMOND ARUNDELL,


WHO HAS ALWAYS TAKEN THE PROFOUNDEST INTEREST IN
OUR TRAVELS AND WRITINGS; WHO HAS HELPED
US WITH HIS COUNSELS; AND WHO HAS
EVER SHOWN THE TENDEREST
SOLICITUDE FOR OUR
WELFARE,

May God's choicest blessings crown his good works;
May he, like the holy patriarchs, have a long, happy, and peaceful life;
May we console and support his old age, and when he leaves us
May the mantle of his noble, simple, upright life fall upon us his children.

CONTENTS.


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III.
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IV.
HOW CHOLERA SPREADS—THE JEDDAH MASSACRE OF 1858
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V.
BOMBAY
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VI.
THE JOURNEY TO HYDERABAD IN THE DECCAN
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VII.
HYDERABAD IN THE DECCAN
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VIII.
HYDERABAD
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IX.
THE NIZAM DIAMOND—THE DIAMOND IN INDIA
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X.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES
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XI.
DEDICATED TO THE ANTI-VIVISECTIONISTS OF ENGLAND
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XII.
BOMBAY
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XIII.
THE SANITARIA OF WESTERN INDIA
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XIV.
THE HILL RACES AND FOREST MEN OF WESTERN INDIA
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XV.
WE LEAVE BOMBAY FOR GOA
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XVI.
THE CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS HISTORY OF GOA
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XVII.
THE CAREER OF ST. FRANCIS XAVIER
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XVIII.
ON THE INQUISITION OF GOA
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XIX.
A PEEP INTO THE FUTURE OF NORTH-WESTERN INDIA
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XX.
WE LEAVE INDIA
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APPENDIX A
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APPENDIX B
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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AN ENGLISHMAN WITH THE "SPLEEN" AT VENICE
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EVE'S TOMB AT JEDDAH
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GENERAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER, OF SIND, CALLED BY THE NATIVES "SHAYTÁN KÁ BHÁI"
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A FIGHTING ELEPHANT
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A SIND MOONSHI
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NATIVES OF SIND
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NAUGHTY BOY!
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TRUE PORTRAIT OF ST. FRANCIS XAVIER, FROM AN OIL PAINTING DONE IN 1552
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ALLIGATORS NEAR KÁRÁCHÍ' (SIND)
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AMIRS OF SIND
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H.H. THE KHEDIVE'S PALACE OF SHUBRAH
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THE WELLS OF MOSES IN THE ARABIAN DESERT
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