03302oam 2200649I 450 991078409920332120230617000945.01-134-28479-91-134-28480-21-280-24369-497866102436930-203-34047-710.4324/9780203340479 (CKB)1000000000255745(EBL)199500(SSID)ssj0000261921(PQKBManifestationID)12042057(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000261921(PQKBWorkID)10269397(PQKB)11698356(MiAaPQ)EBC199500(Au-PeEL)EBL199500(CaPaEBR)ebr10857984(CaONFJC)MIL24369(OCoLC)876507409(OCoLC)252740764(OCoLC)880684030(FINmELB)ELB143142(EXLCZ)99100000000025574520180706e20051931 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTravels in India, Ceylon and Borneo /Basil Hall ; [selected and edited with a biographical introduction by H. G. Rawlinson]London ;New York :RoutledgeCurzon,2005.1 online resource (293 p.)The broadway travellersFirst published in 1931.1-138-86773-X 0-415-34485-9 Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page ; Original Copyright Page ; Preface; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Chapter I Bombay; Chapter II Sir Samuel Hood and the Alligator Hunt; Chapter III Picnic Party in the Cave of Elephanta; Chapter IV Excursion to Candelay Lake in Ceylon; Chapter V Griffins in India-Sinbad's Valley of Diamonds-A Mosquito Hunt; Chapter VI Ceylonese Canoes-Peruvian Balsas-The Floating Windlass of the Coromandel Fishermen; Chapter VII The Surf at Madras; Chapter VIII The SunnyassesChapter IX Palankeen Travelling-Irrigating Tanks in the Mysore CountryChapter X The Dessera Festival at Mysore; Chapter XI Granite Mountain Cut Into a Statue-Bamboo Forest-Rajah of Coorg; Chapter XII Visit to the Sultan of Pontiana, in Borneo-Sir Samuel Hood; IndexFirst published in 1931.'Hall is the ideal travel-writer. He never wearies his readers, but makes them love him.' Times Literary SupplementBasil Hall's Fragments of Voyages and Travels originally appeared in nine volumes. Miscellaneous in their topics, and arranged without any order the volumes re-issued here have been selected for their clarity and interest, both geographical and historical.Few books give a more graphic picture of the Royal Navy a century ago and Hall's volumes are full of nautical information. Hall was also an indefatigable traveller and a keen observerBroadway travellers.IndiaDescription and travelSri LankaDescription and travel915.4Hall Basil1788-1844.,293072Rawlinson H. G(Hugh George),1880-134717FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910784099203321Travels in India, Ceylon and Borneo3775886UNINA