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Digital Rare Book:
A Journey from Madras through the countries of Mysore, Canara, and Malabar, performed under the orders of the most noble the Marquis Wellesley, Governor General of India, for the express purpose of investigating the state of agriculture, arts, and commerce; the religion, manners, and customs; the history natural and civil, and antiquities, in the dominions of the Rajah of Mysore, and the countries acquired by the Honourable East India Company.
By Francis Hamilton Buchanan
Printed for T.Cadell and W.Davies, London - 1807
In Three Volumes
During his travels on 9th June 1800, Francis Buchanan's writes about the process of 'Glass manufacture' in Chennapatna, Mysore Kingdom:
http://www.archive.org/stream/ajourneyfrommad00compgoog#page/n138/mode/2up
On 2nd November 1800, he writes about 'sheep and goat rearing' in Coimbatore:
http://www.archive.org/stream/journeyfrommadra02hami#page/276/mode/2up
Read Book Online: VOLUME 1 - http://www.archive.org/stream/ajourneyfrommad00compgoog#page/n10/mode/2up VOLUME 2 - http://www.archive.org/stream/journeyfrommadra02hami#page/n3/mode/2up VOLUME 3 - http://www.archive.org/stream/journeyfrommadra03hami#page/n9/mode/2up
Download pdf Book: VOLUME 1 - http://www.archive.org/download/ajourneyfrommad00compgoog/ajourneyfrommad00compgoog.pdf VOLUME 2 - http://www.archive.org/download/journeyfrommadra02hami/journeyfrommadra02hami.pdf VOLUME 3 - http://www.archive.org/download/journeyfrommadra03hami/journeyfrommadra03hami.pdf
This book is an incredible feat of research. It is also an absolutely fascinating read. I have concentrated on the bits for the Northern Malabar which are my prime interest, but I expect the other bits are just as accurate. It seems extraordinary that Buchanan could amass so much information in such a short time span. A lot of it came of course from the local officials he had interviewed, but it still must have taken a great deal of collation.
SIMPLY DELIGHTED R.B.S.I.VERY INTERESTING AND HIGHLY NARRATIVE PROSE.