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Meanwhile the advent of the gharry had not been unnoticed by the wondering household.

I have ridden for miles in a Calcutta gharry.

For about half a mile we trudged along, when, suddenly turning a slight bend in the road, we sighted a gharry ambling along with one door open.

Thus ran his thoughts as the woman alighted from the gharry and crossed the compound.

On reaching Aleppo, in the evening, the orderlies and servants were marched off by themselves, and after loading our kit on to carts we were driven away in gharries from the station.