Jottings of an invalid in search of health, comprising a run through British India and a visit to Singapore and Java - BookSG

This publication comprises a series of jottings made by "Tom Cringle", the pen name of William Walker. Originally published as a series of articles in the "Times of India", the author decided to reprint them in book form. These jottings are accounts of what the author saw and did during his travels to various parts of South and Southeast Asia. His intention was to supply information to travellers intending to visit the same places.

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Title: Jottings of an invalid in search of health, comprising a run through British India and a visit to Singapore and Java




Creator: Cringle, Tom
Subject: India--Description and travel
Singapore--Description and travel
Java (Indonesia)--Description and travel
Geography and Travels
Description and travel
Geographical areas and countries
Publisher: Times of India, 1865

Digital Description: application/pdf, 37170 KB, 292 p.
Table of Contents: 1. Galle
2. Madras
3. Calcutta
4. Calcutta (continued)
5. Calcutta to Agra
6. Calcutta to Agra (continued)
7. Agra
8. Agra (continued)
9. Agra – The Taj
10. Tomb of Acbar
11. Futtehpore-Sikree
12. Futtehpore-Sikree (continued)
13. Futtehpore-Sikree (continued)
14. Futtehpore-Sikree (continued)
15. Cawnpoor
16. Lucknow
17. Return to Agra
18. Agra to Delhi
19. Delhi
20. Delhi to Lahore
21. Lahore to Mooltan
22. Down the Indus
23. Down the Indus (continued)
24. Kurrachee and its harbour
25. Bombay to Penang
26. Singapore
27. Batavia
28. Buitenzorg
29. Soerabaya and Pasoeroean
30. Colombo
31. Colombo to Kandy
32. Kandy
33. Neilgherries
34. Cochin
35. Cochin Harbour
36. Carwar
37. Carwar (continued)
38. Carwar (continued)
39. Falls of Gairsuppah
40. Goa.