Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official (Oxford in Asia Historical Reprints) Book

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF Major-general Sir W. H. SLEEMAN, K.C.B. L?PRINTED. Letter addressed to Dr. Tytler, of Allahabad, by Lieut. W. H. (i.) Sleeman, August 2Oth, 1819. 1819, Copied from the Asiatic Mirror of September the 1st, 1819. ulll [This letter describes a great pestilence at Lucknow in 1818, and discusses the theory that cholera may be caused by " eating a certain kind of rice."] Ramaseeana, or a Vocabulary of the Peculiar Language used by (3.) the Thugs, with an Introduction and Appendix descriptive of the Calcutta, system pursued by that fraternity, and of the measures which have j yjgyo been adopted by the Supreme Government of India for its suppression. Calcutta, G. H. Huttmann, Military Orphan Press, 1836. [No author's name on title-page, but most of the articles are signed by W. H. Sleeman. The conten's are : ? 1. Preface ........ p.p. i-v 2. Table of Contents ...... p.p. I, 2 3. Introduction ....... p.p. 3-66 4. The Ramaseeana ...... p.p. 67-140 5. Substance of conversations held by Captain Sleeman with different Thug approvers, while preparing the vocabulary .... p.p. 141-270 Appendices A to Z, and A2, containing correspondence and copious details of particular crimes, p.p. 1-515. Total pages (v, + 270 + 515) 790. A very roughly compiled and coarsely printed collection of valuable documents.] (3.) On the Admission of Documentary Evidence. " Extract. [This reprint is an extract from Ramaseeana. The rules relating to the admission of evidence in criminal trials are discussed. 24 pages.] (4.) Copy of a Letter wh'ch appeared in the Calcutta Courier of the 29th March, 1837, under the signature of " Hirtius," relative to the Intrigues of Jotha Ram. [This letter deals with the int...Read More