WeRead Powered by ReaderPub
Travels into Bokhara (Volume 3 of 3) / Being the Account of A Journey from India to Cabool, Tartary, and Persia; Also, Narrative of a Voyage on the Indus, From the Sea to Lahore, With Presents From the King of Great Britain; Performed Under the Orders of the Supreme Government of India, in the Years 1831, 1832, and 1833 cover

Travels into Bokhara (Volume 3 of 3) / Being the Account of A Journey from India to Cabool, Tartary, and Persia; Also, Narrative of a Voyage on the Indus, From the Sea to Lahore, With Presents From the King of Great Britain; Performed Under the Orders of the Supreme Government of India, in the Years 1831, 1832, and 1833

Chapter 32: Transcriber's Note
Open in WeRead

About This Book

The narrative recounts a diplomatic river voyage from the coast to Lahore undertaken to deliver royal presents and to gather political and geographical information. It details navigation of the Indus, its tides, shifting channels, and effects on local climate while portraying coastal and riverine towns, forts, and pilgrim sites encountered en route. The author describes negotiations with regional authorities, audiences at provincial courts, and practical travel hazards such as hostile escorts and enforced retreats. Interspersed are antiquarian observations on ruins and coins, alongside notes on local customs, natural history, and everyday life along the river.

Transcriber's Note

The following apparent errors have been corrected:

  • p. x "and, the Indus" changed to "and the Indus"
  • p. xv "Advance so Lahore" changed to "Advance to Lahore"
  • p. xix "Umritsirr" changed to "Umritsir"
  • p. 22 "voyage to Labore" changed to "voyage to Lahore"
  • p. 33 "ridge near it," changed to "ridge near it."
  • p. 34 "India,” that" changed to ""India,” that"
  • p. 83 "various Beloche" changed to "various Beloochee"
  • p. 113 "been throughly" changed to "been thoroughly"
  • p. 115 (sidenote) "of Mooltan" changed to "of Mooltan."
  • pp. 117-8 "was as fol" changed to "was as follows"
  • p. 122 "branch from it," changed to "branch from it."
  • p. 144 "royal foostool" changed to "royal footstool"
  • p. 201 "The are about 700" changed to "There are about 700"
  • p. 267 "Bukkur, it" changed to "Bukkur, its"
  • p. 308 "Umritoir is superior" changed to "Umritsir is superior"
  • p. 316 "at Sundree it was" changed to "at Sindree it was"

Inconsistent or archaic spelling and punctuation have otherwise been kept as printed.