Tea Planting in the Outer Himalayah. (1861.)
MACGOWAN, Alexander Thorburn

First edition. Lithographic frontispiece and title page. 8vo. Cloth-backed pictorial boards, extremities rubbed. 73pp. London, Smith, Elder & Co.,

A very good copy of this scarce item. Macgowan served as Assistant Surgeon in the 52nd Light Infantry and produced this account shortly after the Indian mutiny, at which time a scheme to colonize India was being discussed in the House of Commons. He states in the preface "At this present moment, when the resources of India are being carefully opened up and explored, in order that a system of future credits may secure the prosperity and advancement of this vast empire, the following description of a tea plantation in the Himalayahs may not be deemed inopportune."The author was registered as both a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and a member of the Royal College of Surgeons.

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