AND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS;
OR,
SIX MONTHS OF SICK LEAVE.
CHAPTER I.
the voyage.
What a glad moment it is, to be sure, when the
sick and seedy, the tired and testy invalid from
pestiferous Scinde or pestilential Guzerat, " leaves
all behind him" and scrambles over the sides of
his Pattimar.
His what %
Ah ! we forget. The gondola and barque are
household words in your English ears, the budge-
row is beginning to own an old familiar sound, but
you are right—the " Pattimar" requires a defini-
tion. Will you be satisfied with a pure landsman's
OR,
SIX MONTHS OF SICK LEAVE.
CHAPTER I.
the voyage.
What a glad moment it is, to be sure, when the
sick and seedy, the tired and testy invalid from
pestiferous Scinde or pestilential Guzerat, " leaves
all behind him" and scrambles over the sides of
his Pattimar.
His what %
Ah ! we forget. The gondola and barque are
household words in your English ears, the budge-
row is beginning to own an old familiar sound, but
you are right—the " Pattimar" requires a defini-
tion. Will you be satisfied with a pure landsman's