Fascinating! But I wonder whether it has any relation with Indian Trees, particularly tree pics.
On Feb 15, 8:04 pm, JANAKI TURAGA <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for posting this. > The original book by Sleeman is available at: > > http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15483 > Janaki Turaga > > On 2/15/09, Ashwin Baindur <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > In the years before the Mutiny, the British constructed a hedge, a very > > large and long hedge, halfway across India for the mundane reason of > > preventing salt smuggling. John Company, it seems, also fattened itself by > > making poor labourers pay two months wages for a year's supply of salt. This > > hedge was manned and guarded like the Maginot line. An Englishman, read > > about it in Henry Sleeman's ''*Rambles and Recollections of an Indian > > Official* '', came to India and found it.... > > >http://thebutterflydiaries.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/taxmans-hedge/ > > > Enjoy... > > > Ashwin > > > -- > > Warm regards, > > > Ashwin Baindur > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Col Ashwin Baindur > > OIC Corps Archive & Museum, > > CME, Dapodi Pune 411031 > > ------------------------------------------- > > Tel:020-27147976 (R), Mob :09923454462 > > Alternate email:[email protected]<email%[email protected]> > > Blog:http://thebutterflydiaries.wordpress.com/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ''We who cut mere stones must always be envisioning cathedrals.'' > > > - Quarry worker's creed > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
