Narrative of a Journey Overland from England by the Continent of Europe, Egypt, and the Red Sea, to India

Mrs Colonel Elwood, Narrative of a Journey Overland from England by the Continent of Europe, Egypt, and the Red Sea, to INDIA; including a residence there, and voyage home, in the years 1825, 26, 27, and 28, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830

(In Two Volumes)
Volume 1: pp. xiv, 429 including 4 coloured plates
1. Takhtrouan
2. Adabiah in the Desert of the Thebaid
3. Yambo and Mountains in the vicinity of Medina
4. Mocha (MISSING)

Volume 2: pp. xii, 400 including 2 coloured plates
5. Mosque of Goolam Ali, at Kerah
6. Hill Fort of Bhoojia.

With 6 lithographic plates of which 1 is lacking; bound in half leather with gilt title ticket on spines (each)
11 x7 in (27.5 x 17.5 cm) (each)

The daughter of the classical scholar Edward Curtis, Katherine married Colonel Charles William Elwood of HEIC Army in 1824 and travelled put with him to India the following year. Mrs Elwood's observations of life in India are vivid and irreverent, particularly concerning the lifestyle of the expatriates. She wrote also about plant and animal life, and Indian religions and languages. In 1826–7, when her husband was given command of a regiment, they moved north to the province of Cutch. Mrs Elwood was again in her element, writing about everything around, including her visit to a zenana. In 1828 the Elwoods sailed for England by way of Ceylon, the Cape of Good Hope, and St Helena.

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