o CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XV. 



COLONEL LAMBTON'S SURVEYS. 



Colonel Lambton appointed to make a Survey across the Peninsula— 

 Advantages possessed by him lor this Task— Difficulties of a Trigo- 

 nometrical Survey— Colonel Lambton commences his Labours — Tri- 

 angles carried across the Peninsula — Continuation of the Survey — 

 Death of Colonel Lambton— Conclusion 316 



CHAPTER XVI. 



PRESEXT STATE OF NAVIGATION BETWEEN ENGLAND AND THE EAST 

 INDIES, WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE GUIDANCE OF PASSENGERS. 



Siie and Appointments of an Indiaman— Promotion of Officers— Their 

 Duties — Instructions to Passengers— Classes of Ships — Outfit — Pas- 

 sage-money— Voyage to India- Madeira — Daily Routine on board an 

 Indiaman— Amusements of the Passengers — Observation of Sunday — 

 Catching Sharks— The Nautilus— Equatorial Limits of the Trades be- 

 tween 18° and 26° W. Long.— Crossing the Line— Wreck of the Blen- 

 denhall— Cape of Good Hope— Constantia — Current off the Cape — 

 Marine Barometer— Trade-winds — Route through the Mozambique 

 Channel — Bombay Harbour— Route to the eastward of the Cargados 

 Bank— Wreck of the Cabalva— Ceylon— Madras Roads— Mouth of 

 the Hoogley — Homeward Voyage— The Cape— St. Helena — The 

 Azores 326 



CHAPTER XVII. 



PROPOSED STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN ENGLAND AND THE EAST 



INDIES BY THE RED SEA. 



Voyage of Sir John Malcolm from Bombayto Cosseir in the Hugh Lind- 

 say Steamer — Reasons for prefernng the Route by Cosseir to that by 

 Suez — Size of Vessels— To be manned from the Indian Navy — Coals — 

 Sir John Malcolm's Opinion of the Advantages of this Communication 

 — Obstacles to it— The Plague — Winds in the Red Sea— Post-office 

 Regulations — Mr. Waghorn's Remarks on the Navigation of the Nile — 

 Steam-tugs on the Ganges 370 



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