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A Handbook for Travellers in India Burma and Ceylon

1909

Half-way clown the street is the Exchange with the Club House to the W. The English Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity built in the Moorish style in 1832 stands near the e arrd the Governor's residence further on which once belonged to Francican friars is still called The Convent." On the left outside the South Port Gate is a small cemetery in which many 'who died of wounds received [...] Passengers arriving by steamer who have some hours to spare should if possible drive up the main street or Cannabiere to the Museum with a Picture Gallery and Zoological Gardens and then from the middle of the former by the Rue de Roime and the Prado to the coast east of the city and along that back to the Port by the Via Corniche finally visiting the lofty situated church of Notre Dame de [...] The fourth is the French chapel and the fifth the Bavarian and hence a staircase destends to the crypt where are the sarcophagi of the first Grand Master who ruled in Malta L'Isle Adam and of de La Valette and others. [...] The Opera House the Bourse the Courts of Justice once the Auberge d'Auvergne and the Union Club once the Auberge de Province and the statues of L'Isle Adam and de La Valette are in the Strada Reale. [...] The Auberge d'Italie to the east of the south end of thisstreet is the Royal Engineer's office and the Auberge de Castille near it has become the Headquarters of the Artillery ; the Auberge de France in the Strada Mezzodi is now the house of the Comptroller of Military Stores arkl the Auberge d'Aragon the residence of the General of the Garrison.
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Pages
695
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.141928
Segment Pages Author Actions
Preface
i-cxvii unknown view
I.—Bombay and the Environs
1-400 unknown view
Madras City and Environs
401-438 unknown view
Burma and Ceylon
439-502 unknown view
Index and Directory for 1909-10
503-528 unknown view

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