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→External Links: link to Duncan Linklater's site
==External Links==
*[http://www.barnettmaritime.co.uk/index.htm British Maritime History - Realistic genealogical guides to surviving records and more], Len Barnett’s site, has a section on [http://www.barnettmaritime.co.uk/mainbengal.htm Bengal Marine].
*[http://www.telelib.com/words/authors/K/KiplingRudyard/prose/LandandSea/unqualifiedpilot.html "An Unqualified Pilot"] by Rudyard Kipling. An interesting and informative short story depicting the work of a pilot on the Hooghly.
===Individuals===*[http://www.telelibquivis.com/words/authors/Kco.uk/KiplingRudyarddum/prose/LandandSea/unqualifiedpilotindex.html "An Unqualified Pilot"Arthur David Linklater, Master Mariner] - Duncan Linklater's excellent site contains information on shipping and navigation in the early twentieth century, including details of Linklater's employment by Rudyard Kiplingthe Calcutta Port Commission. An interesting With scans and informative short story depicting transcripts of many original documents, exploring the work site is recommended, but pages of particular general interest include::*[http://www.quivis.co.uk/dum/dum-hooghly2.html Scan of a pilot on 's certificate] for pilotage of the Hooghly:*[http://www.quivis.co.uk/dum/hooghly.html Some notes about the Hooghly]:*[http://www.quivis.co.uk/dum/hooghly-pilotage1.html Hooghly Pilotage ca. 1910]:*[http://www.quivis.co.uk/dum/dana/index.html Dana's ''Dictionary of Sea Terms'' 1841/51]
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