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Heber, R., 1828. Narrative of a journey through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825 (with notes upon Ceylon), an account of a journey to Madras and the southern provinces, 1826, and letters written in India. London, John Murray, vol. 1, pp. i-xlvii, 1-631; vol. 2, pp. i-vii, 1-515 – quarto (4to). First edition published 1 March 1828
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Reginald Heber (21 April 1783 – 3 April 1826)
He was Bishop of Calcutta from 1 June 1823.
His travels through the northern provinces, Bombay, Ceylon lasted from 15 June 1824 to 19 October 1825.
He wrote about the rhinoceros 3 times in his Narrative. This book had many editions. It first appeared in London (John Murray) in 1828 in 2 volumes (1st edititon) and again in 1828 in 3 volumes (2nd edition).
Edited by the author's widow, Amelia Heber, with her dedication and preface.
The plates, except for the frontispiece portrait of the author (painted by Thomas Phillips and engraved by Samuel Cousins) and the map (drawn and engraved by J. Walker), are engravings by Edward Finden after drawings by the Rev. Heber.
First edition:
Heber, R., 1828. Narrative of a journey through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825 (with notes upon Ceylon,) an account of a journey to Madras and the southern provinces, 1826, and letters written in India. London, John Murray, vol. 1, pp. i-xlvii, 1-631; vol. 2, pp. i-vii, 1-515 – quarto (4to)
[First edition, published 1 March 1828, price £4 14s 6d ]
Rajmahal Hills 1824
vol. 1, p. 192. 6 August 1824. By boat reached close to the town of Rajmahal.
vol. 1, p. 197. Sicligully, enjoying a noble view of the mountains. Sicligully is a little town, or rather village, with the ruinous bungalow and ruinous barracks of Mr. Cleveland’s corps. Cleveland was judge and magistrate of Boglipoor.
vol.1, p. 204. 10 August 1824. Arrived at Boglipoor, or Bhaugulpoor. –
vol. 1, p. 205 plate of “Mr. Cleveland’s monument at Bhaugulpoor.”
Vol. 1, p. 214. Wild animals of all kinds are extremely abundant, from the jackall to the tyger, and from the deer to the elephant and rhinoceros. Their way of destroying the large animals is, generally, by poisoned arrows. The poison is a gum which they purchase from the Garrows, a people who inhabit the mountains to the north of Silhet, at Peer-pointee fair.
Lucknow 1824
vol 1, p. 381. Lucknow, 21 October 1824.
There is a menagerie with a greater number of scarce and curious animals, but in far worse order, than that of Barrackpoor; and on the other side of the river Goomty, in a well-wooded park, is a large collection of different varieties of cows, camels, and deer, and five or six very large rhinoceroses, the first animals of the kind I ever saw, and of which I found that prints and drawings had given me a very imperfect conception. They are more bulky animals, and of a darker colour, than I had supposed, and the thickness of the folds of their impenetrable skin much surpasses all which I had expected. These at Lucknow are gentle and quiet animals, except that one of them has a feud with horses. They seem to propagate in captivity without reluctance, and I should conceive might be available to carry burthens as well as the elephant, except that, as their pace is still slower than his, their use could only be applicable to very great weights, and very gentle travelling. These have sometimes had howdahs on them, and were once fastened in a carriage, but only as an experiment which was never followed up. There is, on the same side of the river, a poultry-yard of beautiful pigeons; and on the river itself is a steam-boat, a vessel fitted up like a brig of war, and other things which shew the King to be fond of mechanical inventions. He has, indeed, a very skilful mechanist, an English officer, in his service, and is himself said to know more of the science, and of the different branches of philosophy connected with it, than could be expected in a person who understands no European language.
Baroda (Vadodara)
Baroda, 19 March 1825.
vol.2, p. 125. In passing through the city I saw two very fine hunting tygers in silver chains, and a rhinoceros (the present of Lord Amherst to the Guicwar), which is so tame as to be ridden by a mohout, quite as patiently as an elephant.
Second edition - 2nd edition of 1828, in 3 volumes.
Heber, R., 1828. Narrative of a journey through the Upper provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825 (with notes upon Ceylon), an account of a journey to Madras and the southern provinces, 1826, and letters written in India, 2nd edition (in 3 volumes). London, John Murray, vol. 1, pp. lxvii, 454; vol. 2, pp. vi, 564; vol. 3, pp. vi, 527, viii – octavo (8vo)
[Second edition, published 1 August 1828, price 36 shilling]
Rajmahal Hills
Vol. 1, p. 254. 6 August 1824. By boat reached close to the town of Rajmahal.
Vol. 1, p. 258. Sicligully, enjoying a noble view of the mountains. (260) Sicligully is a little town, or rather village, with the ruinous bungalow and ruinous barracks of Mr. Cleveland’s corps. (259) Cleveland was judge and magistrate of Boglipoor.
Vol. 1, p.270. 10 August 1824. Arrived at Boglipoor, or Bhaugulpoor. – plate of “Mr. Cleveland’s monument at Bhaugulpoor.”
Vol. 1, p. 282. Wild animals of all kinds are extremely abundant, from the jackall to the tyger, and from the deer to the elephant and rhinoceros. Their way of destroying the large animals is, generally, by poisoned arrows. The poison is a gum which they purchase from the Garrows, a people who inhabit the mountains to the north of Silhet, at Peer-pointee fair.
Lucknow
Lucknow, 21 October 1824.
Vol. 2, p.58. There is a menagerie, with a greater number of scarce and curious animals, but in far worse order, than that of Barrackpoor; and on the other side of the river Goomty, in a well-wooded park, is a large collection of different varieties of cows, camels, and deer, and five or six very large rhinoceroses, the first animals of the kind I ever saw, and of which I found that prints and drawings had given me a very imperfect conception. They are more bulky animals, and of a (p. 59) darker colour, than I had supposed, and the thickness of the folds of their impenetrable skin much surpasses all which I had expected. These at Lucknow are gentle and quiet animals, except that one of them has a feud with horses. They seem to propagate in captivity without reluctance, and I should conceive might be available to carry burthens as well as the elephant, except that, as their pace is still slower than his, their use could only be applicable to very great weights, and very gentle travelling. These have sometimes had howdahs on them, and were once fastened in a carriage, but only as an experiment which was never followed up. There is, on the same side of the river, a poultry-yard of beautiful pigeons; and on the river itself is a steam-boat, a vessel fitted up like a brig of war, and other things which shew the King to be fond of mechanical inventions. He has, indeed, a very skilful mechanist, an English officer, in his service, and is himself said to know more of the science, and of the different branches of philosophy connected with it, than could be expected in a person who understands no European language.
Baroda (Vadodara)
Baroda, 19 March 1825.
Vol. 3, p. 5. – In passing through the city I saw two very fine hunting tygers in silver chains, and a rhinoceros (the present of Lord Amherst to the Guicwar), which is so tame as to be ridden by a mohout, quite as patiently as an elephant.
Rhinos:
Rajmahal Boglipoor, Bhaugulpoor, 1824-08-10 – 1828a, vol. 1: 214 (1st edn), 1828b, vol. 1: 282 (2nd edn).
Lucknow, 1824-10-21 – 1828a, vol. 1: 381 (1st edn), 1828b, vol.2: 58 (2nd edn).
Baroda, 1825-03-19 – 1828a, vol. 2: 125 (1st edn), 1828b, vol.3: 5 (2nd edn).
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