A Winter in IndiaCassell, Petter, Galpin & Company, 1882 - 196 pages Tour 1881-1882 Bombay, Delhi, Lahore, Agra, Lucknow, Benares, Calcutta, Madras, Poona & trip to Darjeeling; focus on Afghan policy, Indian economy, Christian education. |
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... CALCUTTA 80 VIII . THE TEA PLANTATIONS , DARJEELING 90 IX . CALCUTTA ITS BUILDINGS , TRADE , AND LIFE 106 X. - SOUTHERN INDIA : MADRAS ; COONOOR 117 XI . CONJEVERAM : DEPARTURE FROM MADRAS 130 XII . AT POONA . 139 XIII . RETURN TO ...
... CALCUTTA 80 VIII . THE TEA PLANTATIONS , DARJEELING 90 IX . CALCUTTA ITS BUILDINGS , TRADE , AND LIFE 106 X. - SOUTHERN INDIA : MADRAS ; COONOOR 117 XI . CONJEVERAM : DEPARTURE FROM MADRAS 130 XII . AT POONA . 139 XIII . RETURN TO ...
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... Calcutta . Aden surprised me ; it is as fine as Gibraltar , and has a splendid anchorage . The wild barren rocks and peaks dotted over with white houses present a singular appearance , and it is a much more imposing place than I had ...
... Calcutta . Aden surprised me ; it is as fine as Gibraltar , and has a splendid anchorage . The wild barren rocks and peaks dotted over with white houses present a singular appearance , and it is a much more imposing place than I had ...
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... Calcutta train . There is much sandy and sterile land in this neighbourhood , and we saw some large herds of deer , but as you approach Meerut city and cantonment the country improves . The stations are prettily adorned with convolvulus ...
... Calcutta train . There is much sandy and sterile land in this neighbourhood , and we saw some large herds of deer , but as you approach Meerut city and cantonment the country improves . The stations are prettily adorned with convolvulus ...
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... Calcutta , 2,200 miles in four months , was in nearly all the great battles in Scinde ; marched to the relief of Lucknow and Cawnpore , with Sir Henry Havelock and Lord Clyde ; although three times wounded has enjoyed perfect health ...
... Calcutta , 2,200 miles in four months , was in nearly all the great battles in Scinde ; marched to the relief of Lucknow and Cawnpore , with Sir Henry Havelock and Lord Clyde ; although three times wounded has enjoyed perfect health ...
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... of the London Missionary Society , and patronised by all the officials . The jackals had a horrible chorus that night , and we were awakened at dawn by the trumpeting of elephants . t CHAPTER VII . AT CALCUTTA . ON the 6th of.
... of the London Missionary Society , and patronised by all the officials . The jackals had a horrible chorus that night , and we were awakened at dawn by the trumpeting of elephants . t CHAPTER VII . AT CALCUTTA . ON the 6th of.
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200 Original 400 Illustrations Agra anchor beautiful Benares Bombay British bungalow Calcutta carriages Cassell's History Cawnpore Cheap Edition Christianity Church classes cloth gilt Co.'s Volumes Continued Cookery Coonoor crowded Crown 8vo Cumballa Cumballa Hill Darjeeling Delhi Demy 4to Dictionary drove English European Extra crown 4to F. E. HULME F. J. FURNIVALL Fac-simile Coloured Plates feet flowers Four Vols Galpin & Co.'s gardens gilt edges Government House half-morocco harbour Hindoo Hindostan Hotel India inhabitants interest Lahore land library binding lofty London Lord Lord Ripon Ludgate Hill Madras Major Baring Malabar Hill ment miles morning morocco mosque mountains native nearly night o'clock officers Original Illustrations passed peaks Petter picturesque plain plantations Poona population railway remarkable revenue river ROBERT BROWN ship Siliguri station steamers Suez Sunday Sunday Musings temples Three Vols tion town travelled trees Wood Engravings
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Page 194 - It has been calculated that the average income per head of population in India is not more than Rs. 27 a year; and though I am not prepared to pledge myself to the absolute accuracy of a calculation of this sort, it is sufficiently accurate to justify the conclusion that the taxpaying community is exceedingly poor. To derive any very large increase of revenue from so poor a population as this is obviously impossible, and, if it were possible, would be unjustifiable.