ON THE

PRACTICABILITY OF AN INVASION

OF

BRITISH INDIA.

PRACTICABILITY OF AN INVASION

OF

BRITISH INDIA;

AND ON THE

COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL PROSPECTS
AND RESOURCES

OF

THE EMPIRE.

"If we possessed Khiva, of which the conquest would not be difficult,
then would all the treasures of Asia enrich our country, and WE should see realized
the brilliant project of Peter the Great: Masters of Khiva, many other States
would be brought under our dependence. In a word, Khiva is at this moment
an advanced post, which would become the point of re-union for all
the commerce of Asia, and wOULD SHAKE To the centre OF INDIA, THE
ENORMOUS COMMERCIAL SUPERIORITY OF THE DOMINATORS OF THE SEA."
-Colonel Mauravief, Russian Envoy to Khiva-1826.

BY LIEUT.-COLONEL DE LACY EVANS.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR J. M. RICHARDSON, CORNHILL.

MDCCCXXIX.