THE OVERLAND ROUTE

FROM

ENGLAND TO CALCUTTA.

AS CONDUCTED IN 1845.

BY THE OVERLAND ROUTE,

IN

1845:

FROM A MANUSCRIPT LEFT BY

FREDERICK WALTER SIMMS,

F.R.A.S., F.G.S., M.INS.C.E.,

Late Consulting Engineer to the Government of India,

AUTHOR OF PRACTICAL TUNNELLING," &c., &c.

NINV13 700/

EDITED BY HIS

LONDON:

HARRISON AND SONS, 59, PALL MALL, S.W.,
By Appointment to Her Majesty and H.R.H. The Prince of Wales.

1878.

203

351.

THIS BOOK, THE GIFT OF THE AUTHOR

TO HIS SON,

FREDERICK SIMMS,

AND HIS WIFE,

CAROLINE FRANCES,

IS DEDICATED TO

The Memory of Caroline,

WIFE OF FRED. WALTER SIMMS, ITS AUTHOR

WHO DIED AT CALCUTTA IN

APRIL, 1846.