Richard F. Burton 
Goa, and the Blue Mountains 
Or, Six Months of Sick Leave

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. What a glad moment it is, to be sure, when the sick and seedy, the tired and testy invalid from pestiferous Scinde or pestilential Guzerat, leaves all behind him and scrambles over the sides of his Pattimar.<br><br>His what?<br><br>Ah! we forget. The gondola and barque are household words in your English ears, the budge-row is beginning to own an old familiar sound, but you are right – the Pattimar requires a definition.