Identifier: handbooktravelle00john Title: A handbook for travellers in India, Burma, and Ceylon . Year: 1911 (1910s) Authors: John Murray (Firm) Subjects: India -- Guidebooks Burma -- Guidebooks Sri Lanka -- Guidebooks Publisher: London : J. Murray Calcutta : Thacker, Spink, & Co. Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: ommenced in 1854, and completed in 1883, since when additional railway facilities have constantly been added. There is very good sea-fishing to be had in the harbour, which is famed for its fish and oysters. Near the Napier Mole, on the back-water, is the Sindh r 267 • stop there ; asdharmsala, or:omfortable ford out inpa rtsextra horse isge; the charge/ Rs. 12.I clump of dateim of hot water,ch is 133°. OnHey is a templeck grove, and caused by thef the spring,surrounded by;ontaining someiters, which, aserable numberlammedans injmb regard asd remunerative lese custodians visitors to seet is a curious1 alligators areare a different nouted Gharial 3) to Kotri byndus—228 m. in the Indus,-duajah Kliizr. great apparent inscription, theirine of Khizr,iindah Pir, or; venerated byedans alike. of the isle of id of Bhakkur. of oval shape, ds. wide, and most the whole fortress, which e facing Rohri Sukkur, on the hed much im- But on our 1838, it was of the British as used, first KARACHI AND ENVIRONS 3.

Text Appearing After Image: RerercijcesI ThetniiuEiiraiieanA SaaU l^A&sao Truitv-otj r\tn>n IAu0 Lojicluii. John Mim^aT^^bdOdflD 5tr«i ROUTE l8. KARACHI 267 Boat Club House. The Defence of the harbour consist, beside the marine defences, of three large forts, the largest on the Manora headland, at the entrance to the harbour on the W. The lighthouse near this shows a fixed light 148 ft.above sea-level, visible 17 m. in clear weather. On the meridian of Karachi there is no land between Manora and the South Pole. The cheapest route from London to Quetta, Mooltan, Lahore, and North - West India is vid Karachi. Through tickets by the P. & O. and other steamer lines to Karachi, 483 m. (P. & O. passengers change to B.I.S.N. mail steamer in Bombay harbour), are issued at the same price as tickets to Bombay. There is a quick weekly service by the B.LS.N. from Karachi to Muscat, Bandar Abbas, Bushire and Basrah on the Persian Gulf. Clifton, 3 m. S. of the cantonment, a favourite afternoon ride and drive,stands on the sea,

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