"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah" is a travelogue by W. G. Burn Murdoch, recounting his journey from Edinburgh through London to India and Burma. The narrative offers vivid observations of people, places, and experiences at sea and on land. It is worth listening to for its authentic portrayal of travel from a bygone era.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
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Opening of the book
FROM EDINBURGH TO INDIA AND BURMAH Ayah and Child. FROM EDINBURGH TO INDIA & BURMAH BY W. G. BURN MURDOCH Author of "From Edinburgh to the Antarctic," "A Procession of the Kings of Scotland," etc. WITH TWENTY-FOUR FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR FROM PAINTINGS BY THE AUTHOR LONDON GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & SONS, LTD. NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & CO.
Contents CHAP. I Introducing these Digressions. Point of Departure. Edinburgh Street Scenes. Flying Impressions from the Train to LONDON. Street Scenes there — The Park and Regent Street. The People in the Streets. Our Royalties gone, and Loyalty — going. Piccadilly Circus by Night, and Mount Street. pp. 1-8 CHAP. II London to Tilbury, and the Platform at Victoria Station. The Embarkation on a P. & O. A Bugle Call. The luxury of being at sea. The Bay, and "Spun Yarns" on to 9-18 CHAP. III Orpheus and the Argo and the Sirens in heavy weather. Down the Portugese Coast. High Art in the Engine-Room. Our People going East. A Blustery Day, and the Straits of Gibraltar. Gib and Spain, and "Poor Barbara." 19-26 CHAP. IV A Blue Day at Sea, and Castles in Spain. A Fire Alarm, and A Dummy Dinner. The Beautiful French Lady. Marseilles and the Crowd on the Wharf. Bouillabaisses, and Réjane, and Cyrano, etc., and the head of a Serang for a tail-piece. 27-34
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