!['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.' [‎209] (222/314)](https://iiif.qdl.qa/iiif/images/81055/vdc_100023517237.0x000001/IOL.1947.b.531. vol. 2_0222.jp2/full/!1200,1200/0/default.jpg "'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.' [‎209] (222/314)")
'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.' [209] (222/314)
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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oilers up a prayer to the pi£ture of the virgin and an infant
Jefus, which is exhibited in the mod confpicuous part of every
apartment. Having performed this ceremony he falutes the com
pany, and at departure he obferves the like ufage. I am by no
means empowered to afeertain the virtual opinions which the
Ruffians entertain of their national religion, or to what extent
they may operate in a moral tendency j but I can with confi
dence fay, that their exterior obfervance of religious duties is ac
companied with a reverential attention ; and is void of that fan-
taftic mummery which has thrown a ridicule on many parts of
the Romifh worfhip.
I had not long been a member of the Ruffian fociety, when
Hadji Mahomed appeared at Mufchid Sir. On perceiving him,
I was impreffed with an involuntary dread, and had my creed
admitted the tenet, I fhould have feen in Hadji Mahomed my
evil genius. Retiring to the houfe I waited with anxiety for the
iffue of his operations, which I knew would be hoftile to my wel
fare ; when, after fome little time the mailer of the veflel coming
in, informed me that the hadji had made many enquiries about
my fituation, and fpoke of me in terms of regard. The Ruf
fian expreffed much furprize at hearing me lament this intelli
gence, which he faid, ought to give me pleafure, as Hadji Ma
homed was a perfon of eminent note at Mazanderan, and might
affift me in procuring a pafsport, without which I now learned
no perfon could leave the province. A ftorm now began to
Vol. II. P d threaten
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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.
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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.'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:iii-v, 1:298, iv-r:iv-v, back-i
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- Forster, George
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