And here I take the liberty of suggesting, that commanders of vessels bound for India, might, to good purpose, carry out an assortment of oriental works, either for circulation or sale, during the outward voyage, among the studious part of passengers, who could thus imbibe, en passant, beneficial instruction.
— By J. B. Gilchrist, in The General East India Guide and Vade Mecum; For the Public Functionary, Government Officer, Private Agent, Trader or Foreign Sojourner, in British India, and the Adjacent Parts of Asia Immediately Connected with the Honorable the East India Company, Being a Digest of the Work of the Late Capt. Williamson, with Many Improvements and Additions; Embracing the Most Valuable Parts of Similar Publications on the Statistics, Literature, Official Duties, and Social Economy of Life and Conduct in that Interesting Quarter of the World (London, 1825)
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