A

HANDBOOK  FOR  INDIA;

BEING  AN  ACCOUNT  OF

THE  THREE  PRESIDENCIES,

AND  OF 

THE  OVERLAND  ROUTE;

INTENDED  AS

A  GUIDE  FOR  TRAVELLERS,  OFFICERS,  AND  CIVILIANS;    

WITH

VOCABULARIES AND DIALOGUES OF THE SPOKEN LANGUAGES OF INDIA,

WITH  TRAVELLING  MAPS  AND  PLANS  OF  TOWNS.

PART 1.  -  MADRAS.

LONDON:

JOHN  MURRAY, ALBERMARLE  STREET.

1859.