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'A Journey from Bengal to England, through the Northern part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and into Russia, by the Caspian-Sea. By George Forster. In the Civil Service of the Honourable the East-India Company in Two Volumes. Vol. II.' [‎19] (32/314)

The record is made up of 1 volume (297 pages). It was created in 1798. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: Printed Collections.

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FORSTER'S TRAVELS.
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fine piece fold at forty rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. the firft coft. But the value of this
commodity may be largely enhanced by the introduftion of flow
ered work ; and when you are informed that the fum of one
hundred rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. is occafionally given for a fliaul to the weaver, the
half amount may be fairly aferibed to the ornaments.
A portion of the revenue of Kafhmire is tranfmitted to the
Afghan capital in fliaul goods, which I had an opportunity of
feeing previoufly to the difpatch, and from the information then
received, I am reafonably confirmed in the accuracy of this ftate-
ment I have given. The fhauls ufually confift of three fizes, two
of which, the long and the fmall fquare one, are in common ufe
in India ; the other long and very narrow, with a large mixture
of black colour in it, is wor-n as a girdle by the northern
Afiatics.
A wine is made in Kaflimire, refembling that of Madeira,
which, if fkilfully manufactured by age, would poflefs an excellent
quality. A fpirituous liquor is alfo diftilled from the grape, in
which and the wine, the people of all kinds freely indulge.
The Kaflimirians fabricate the beft writing paper of the eaft,
which was formerly an article of extenfive traffic $ as were its lac One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees
quer ware, cutlery and fugars; * and the quality of thefe manufac
tures clearly evince, that were the inhabitants governed by wife
and liberal princes, there are few attainments of art which they
# The raw fugar is imported from the Punjab.
C 2
would

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A Journey from Bengal to England, through the Northern part of India, Kashmire, Afghanistan, and Persia, and into Russia, by the Caspian-Sea. By George Forster. In the Civil Service of the Honourable the East-India Company in Two Volumes. Vol. II.

Publication details: printed for R Faulder, New Bond-Street, London. 1798.

Physical Description: Quarto.

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