Dear David
Thank you for the map, very detailed and legible.
Let me restate my question in a bit different way.
Since Bombay is in the west, why the narrator says "from the Bombay... as you travel westward"?
And - does the sentence itself sound quite understandable for a native speaker?
D> Dear Yan
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D> Indian railways had nultiple track gauges in the 1880s. You can find a link to a description of this in the NRG "Introduction" to Letters of Marque in From Sea to Sea , vol.1. Kipling's 1887 journeys around Rajputana are described in this work.
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D> I have attached a larger map of the Ajmir area which you might find useful when looking at the Railway notes.
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D> Yours, David
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D> From: Yan <[log in to unmask]>
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D> Sent: Tuesday, 1 October 2013, 13:41
D> Subject: “The Man Who would be King” geographical query
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D> Dear list members,
D> Can anyone help me to clarify a geographical aspect of this sentence: "from the Bombay... as you travel westward
D> "...we talked postal arrangements because my friend [Carnehan] wanted to send a telegram back from the next station to Ajmir, the turning-off place from the Bombay to the Mhow line as you travel westward."
D> According to the wider context, Carnehan wanted to send a telegram to Ajmir, i.e., rearwards regarding their current location (to the south of Nasirabad).
D> Ajmir is a T-junction of Delhi-Bombay line (via Baroda) with non-principal (?) Adjmir-Indore-Mhow line which than went on to the same Bombay via Berar (according to the map but I am not sure).
D> Carnehan wanted to send a telegram to Ajmir for Dravot who "leaves Delhi ... for Bombay.That means he’ll be running through Ajmir ..."
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D> I couldn't understand why Ajmir is "the turning-off place from the Bombay to the Mhow line ___as you travel westward___".
D> All suggestions will be gratefully received.
D> With my kind regards,
D> Yan Shapiro
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