Journal of a Tour in India

The reminiscences of the author who was a British Officer in India. This account is of his tour of upper India with the then commander-in-chief, who was on inspection of military stations in Upper India. The work is from the end of 1827 and goes up to April 1830. The book is ripe with anecdotes and the record of daily observances of the natives. Description of people, monuments, religious rites, hunting, camp-Life all form to make very amusing and interested reading. The Scope of the geography is wide. From their start at Calcutta the narrative passes through Allahabad, Kanpur (Cawnpore), Lucknow, Agra, Mathura, Delhi, Sirhind, Patiala, Haridwar, nahan, Subhatu, Shimla, Narkanda, Rohilkuand, Moradabad, Gwalior, Bundelkhand, Benaras, Patna, Puri among others, The book has 26 illustrations and 1 map. This book is a reprint of the 1858.