Scinde; or, The Unhappy Valley Vol. I

In 1844 Sir Richard obtained an appointment on the Scinde Survey, under Sir Charles Napier, and from this moment his life was crowded with picturesque adventures. Disguised as a half-Arab, half-Iranian merchant and dervish, Mirza Abdullah of Bushire, he was sent out by his chief to collect information, selling in the bazaars, passing his evening in the mosques and estaminets, and mixing freely with the natives, till we can only echo Lady Burton's fervent wish that he should have woven some ...