Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official by William Sleeman
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and the vivid account by Mark Twain in _More Tramps Abroad_, chapters
49,50. 3. The incident is described in detail in a letter dated December 18, 1842, from Sleeman to his sister Mrs. Furse. Captain J. L. Sleeman has kindly furnished me with a copy of the letter, which is too long for reproduction in this place. 4. This letter is printed in full in the _Journey through the Kingdom of Oude_, pp. xvii-xix. 5. Letter to Lord Hardinge, dated Jhansee, 4th March, 1848, printed in _Journey through the Kingdom of Oude_, vol. i, p. xxvii. BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE WRITINGS OF MAJOR-GENERAL SIR W. H. SLEEMAN, K.C.B. _I.--PRINTED_ (1.) 1819 Pamphlet. Letter addressed to Dr. Tytler, of Allahabad, by Lieut. W. H. Sleeman, August 20th, 1819. Copied from the _Asiatic Mirror_ of September the 1st, 1819. [This letter describes a great pestilence at Lucknow in 1818, and discusses the theory that cholera may be caused by 'eating a certain |
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