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*''Chow-Chow; being selections from a journal kept in India, Egypt and Syria'' by Amelia Cary 1857 Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=avhAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR3 Volume I], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=bvhAAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP11 Volume II]. The author was the wife of Lord Falkland the Governor of Bombay 1848-1853
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=qvkNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''A Handbook for India: Being an Account of the Three Presidencies, and of the Overland Route; intended as a guide for Travellers, Officers and Civilians. Part II Bombay''] by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 1859 Google Books
*:[http://books.google.com/books?id=N30DAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR21 ''Bradshaw's Hand-book to the Bombay Presidency and North-Western Provinces of India''] 1864 Google Books*:[http://www.archive.org/stream/handbookbombayp00eastgoog#page/n5/mode/2up ''Handbook of the Bombay Presidency with an account of Bombay City''] by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 2nd edition, ("for the most part rewritten") 1881 Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.8927/page/n1/mode/2up ''Our Last Years in India''] by Mrs John B Speid 1862. Archive.org, mirror from Central Secretariat Library (CSL) [Delhi] Digital Repository. The author’s husband was in command of the 2nd Regiment of the Hyderabad Contingent Infantry. She left England 27 October 1858 and the book appears to covers the period to 19 May 1861 (although the final date given is 19 May 1859). She also includes an account of the Mutiny at Aurangabad in 1857.
*''My Year in an Indian Fort'' by Mrs Guthrie published 1877 [https://archive.org/details/myyearinindianfo01guthuoft Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/myyearinindianfo02guthuoft Volume II] Archive.org. The Indian Fort was at Belgaum.
:''Life in Western India'' by Mrs Guthrie published 1881 [https://archive.org/details/lifeinwesternin00guthgoog Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/lifeinwesternin01guthgoog Volume II] Archive.org
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