Exploration & Journeys
Goa and the Blue Mountains; or, Six months of sick leave
Sir Richard Francis Burton · narrated by Moss
2026
8h 28m
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Richard Burton, the great Victorian explorer and linguist, spends a spell of sick leave in Goa and the Blue Mountains of India. His restless, learned eye takes in Portuguese colonial decay, hill stations, and native custom. A sharp, opinionated travel narrative for admirers of Burton and British India.
Inside this audiobook
19 chapters
- 1GOA, AND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS; OR, SIX MONTHS OF SICK LEAVE.28m
- 2CHAPTER II. NEW GOA.27m
- 3CHAPTER III. OLD GOA AS IT WAS.26m
- 4CHAPTER IV. OLD GOA AS IT IS.26m
- 5CHAPTER V. RETURN TO PANJIM.26m
- 6CHAPTER VI. THE POPULATION OF PANJIM.29m
- 7CHAPTER VII. SERODA.28m
- 8CHAPTER VIII. EDUCATION, PROFESSIONS, AND ORIENTAL STUDIES.26m
- 9CHAPTER IX. ADIEU TO PANJIM.23m
- 10CHAPTER X. CALICUT.23m
- 11CHAPTER XI. MALABAR.20m
- 12CHAPTER XII. THE HINDOOS OF MALABAR.37m
- 13CHAPTER XIII. THE MOSLEM AND OTHER NATIVES OF MALABAR.20m
- 14CHAPTER XIV. THE LAND JOURNEY.33m
- 15CHAPTER XV. FIRST GLIMPSE OF “OOTY.”24m
- 16CHAPTER XVI. LIFE AT OOTY.38m
- 17CHAPTER XVII. LIFE OUTSIDE OOTY.29m
- 18CHAPTER XVIII. THE INHABITANTS OF THE NEILGHERRIES.22m
- 19CHAPTER XIX. KOTAGHERRY.—ADIEU TO THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.23m
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