!['Telegraph and travel. A narrative of the formation and development of telegraphic communication between England and India, under the orders of Her Majesty's Government, with incidental notices of the countries traversed by the lines.' [‎613] (654/782)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023512081.0x000001/V 21450_0657.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'Telegraph and travel. A narrative of the formation and development of telegraphic communication between England and India, under the orders of Her Majesty's Government, with incidental notices of the countries traversed by the lines.' [‎613] (654/782)")
'Telegraph and travel. A narrative of the formation and development of telegraphic communication between England and India, under the orders of Her Majesty's Government, with incidental notices of the countries traversed by the lines.' [613] (654/782)
The record is made up of 1 volume (673 pages). It was created in 1874. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.
Transcription
This transcription is created automatically. It may contain errors.
X11.J BALUCH SUPERSTITIONS, (J13
to point out a bye-path avoiding a deep water passage
likely to cause detention. Suddenly the guides stopped
their camels and dismounted. One took in his hand a
biscuit, turned to the right, and reverently placed his
offering on the ground; the other advanced a few paces
in the same direction, and made a solemn bow. Closely
watching the quarter indicated by these movements, I
saw a tree which, though a tamarisk, looked Druidical
and picturesque ; but Mashhadi Abbas assured me the
real shrine was a well. He further informed me that no
Baluch ever passed this place without laying there his
offering, or would think of reclaiming any money or
property accidentally dropped there : that if a traveller
halting for the night burnt the wood and gave his cattle
the fodder procurable on the spot, it would be well with
liini ; but that if he took the wood to burn elsewhere, it
would be impossible to light it; or if he cut or carried
away the grass for consumption elsewhere, it would kill
the animal it was intended to nourish.
On the next day we succeeded only in reaching the
Khaur-i-Kir. Nor did we accomplish this five miles
without an intervening halt at a Baluch dowara. On
arriving at the bank, we found the ground so soft and
untenable for camels, and the current so strong, that we
gave up all hope of immediate crossing, and put up
where we were for the night, choosing the higher around
' o o o
among tamarisk and hirir (wild caper) bushes. The
next morning we passed over the stream, which had
much decreased, and pushed on for eighteen miles to
Khaur Sangam, which was crossed with comparative
ease. Halting to breakfast and rest our camels on the
left or further bank, we made a fresh start soon after
mid-day. The country had been rendered somewhat
About this item
- Content
Telegraph and travel. A narrative of the formation and development of telegraphic communication between England and India, under the orders of Her Majesty's Government, with incidental notices of the countries traversed by the lines.
Author: Colonel Sir Frederic John Goldsmid, CB, KCSI. Late Chief Commissioner Indo-European Telegraph; British Commissioner for settlement of the Perso-Baluch Frontier (1870-71) and Arbitrator in the Perso-Afghan boundary question (1872-73).
Publication details: London. Macmillan and Co., 1874. R Clay, Sons and Taylor, printers, Bread Streat Hill.
Physical Description: xiv, [2], 673, [3]p., [8] leaves of plates (2 folded): ii, maps, portrait; 23cm (8º).
Ownership: With stamps of the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Library and embossed stamp of the "Secretary of State for India Library". Marginal ms. annotations in a contemporary hand in ink on pages 101, 194, 196, 264 and 527.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (673 pages)
- Arrangement
This volume contains a table of contents giving chapter headings and page references, along with a list of illustrations giving titles and page references. There is also an index which begins on page 661.
- Physical characteristics
Dimensions: 232mm x 156mm
- Written in
- English in Latin script View the complete information for this record
Use and share this item
- Share this item
'Telegraph and travel. A narrative of the formation and development of telegraphic communication between England and India, under the orders of Her Majesty's Government, with incidental notices of the countries traversed by the lines.' [613] (654/782), British Library: Printed Collections, V 21450, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023636853.0x000037> [accessed 3 May 2024]
https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023636853.0x000037
Copy and paste the code below into your web page where you would like to embed the image.
<meta charset="utf-8"><a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023636853.0x000037">'Telegraph and travel. A narrative of the formation and development of telegraphic communication between England and India, under the orders of Her Majesty's Government, with incidental notices of the countries traversed by the lines.' [‎613] (654/782)</a> <a href="https://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100023636853.0x000037"> <img src="https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023512081.0x000001/V 21450_0657.jp2/full/!280,240/0/default.jpg" alt="" /> </a>
This record has a IIIF manifest available as follows. If you have a compatible viewer you can drag the icon to load it.https://www.qdl.qa/en/iiif/81055/vdc_100023512081.0x000001/manifestOpen in Universal viewerOpen in Mirador viewerMore options for embedding images
Copyright: How to use this content
- Reference
- V 21450
- Title
- 'Telegraph and travel. A narrative of the formation and development of telegraphic communication between England and India, under the orders of Her Majesty's Government, with incidental notices of the countries traversed by the lines.'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:ii-v, 1:14, 14a:14b, 15:18, 1:8, 8a:8b, 9:144, 144a:144b, 145:186, 186a:186b, 187:324, 324a:324b, 325:516, 516a:516b, 517:648, 648a:648b, 649:676, 1:60, iii-r:iii-v, back-i
- Author
- Goldsmid, Sir Frederic John
- Usage terms
- Public Domain