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general introductory reports.
In writing these notes, we ever experienced the most lively conviction of their
incompleteness. If, however, for the present, we have limited ourselves to the deline-
ation of a few descriptive outlines, we have done so only with the hope of being
able hereafter to present the details in a form better adapted for scientific and
descriptive purposes than the chronological arrangement appears to be. This
enumeration of our routes in a condensed form may at least be found useful in
facilitating the general geographical connection of the objects of our researches.
In the second part of this ohapter, we give an enumeration of the establishment
we had engaged, in which all the detail about the persons, occasionally mentioned in
our itinerary, will be found. The routes they took are only given when they were
separated from us.
I. EUROPE TO BOMBAY, VIA EGYPT.
1. Hermann, Adolphe, Bobert.
1854.
September 20th, left Southampton, per steamer
"Indus".
„ 25th, Gibraltar.
30th, Malta.
October 5th, Alexandria,
October 8th, left Suez, per steamer ''Oriental".
„ 14th, Aden, per steamer "Auckland", for
Bombay.
„ 26th, Bombay.
Adolphe remained at Bombay till December 2nd, Hermann and Robert till December 31st.
They visited:
November 19th to 22nd, Bassain, Salsette, and
Tanna.
December 16th and 17th, Elephanta.
II. BOMBAY TO MADRAS.
During our journey through the southern parts of the Peninsula of India we
had engaged a camel proprietor. The men keeping camels ready for hire are called
mokadams in Bombay, chaudris in Bengal. This man supplied 20 camels (dromedaries)
and six servants for the transport of our tents, collections, and our heavy luggage in
general. All the delicate instruments were carried by krilis on long bamboo sticks;
the chronometers, throughout the journey, were carefully packed up in bags, thickly
stuffed with cotton, as well to prevent the ill effects of unavoidable shaking, as to reduce
as much as possible the variations of temperature. The kiilis were changed every
three or four marches.
general introductory reports.
In writing these notes, we ever experienced the most lively conviction of their
incompleteness. If, however, for the present, we have limited ourselves to the deline-
ation of a few descriptive outlines, we have done so only with the hope of being
able hereafter to present the details in a form better adapted for scientific and
descriptive purposes than the chronological arrangement appears to be. This
enumeration of our routes in a condensed form may at least be found useful in
facilitating the general geographical connection of the objects of our researches.
In the second part of this ohapter, we give an enumeration of the establishment
we had engaged, in which all the detail about the persons, occasionally mentioned in
our itinerary, will be found. The routes they took are only given when they were
separated from us.
I. EUROPE TO BOMBAY, VIA EGYPT.
1. Hermann, Adolphe, Bobert.
1854.
September 20th, left Southampton, per steamer
"Indus".
„ 25th, Gibraltar.
30th, Malta.
October 5th, Alexandria,
October 8th, left Suez, per steamer ''Oriental".
„ 14th, Aden, per steamer "Auckland", for
Bombay.
„ 26th, Bombay.
Adolphe remained at Bombay till December 2nd, Hermann and Robert till December 31st.
They visited:
November 19th to 22nd, Bassain, Salsette, and
Tanna.
December 16th and 17th, Elephanta.
II. BOMBAY TO MADRAS.
During our journey through the southern parts of the Peninsula of India we
had engaged a camel proprietor. The men keeping camels ready for hire are called
mokadams in Bombay, chaudris in Bengal. This man supplied 20 camels (dromedaries)
and six servants for the transport of our tents, collections, and our heavy luggage in
general. All the delicate instruments were carried by krilis on long bamboo sticks;
the chronometers, throughout the journey, were carefully packed up in bags, thickly
stuffed with cotton, as well to prevent the ill effects of unavoidable shaking, as to reduce
as much as possible the variations of temperature. The kiilis were changed every
three or four marches.