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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Page 17
... Hindoo bodies being cremated on the other side of the bay . Notwithstanding the howling of the jackals , we had music and song before returning home in the moonlight . I experienced considerable difficulty next day in arranging both ...
... Hindoo bodies being cremated on the other side of the bay . Notwithstanding the howling of the jackals , we had music and song before returning home in the moonlight . I experienced considerable difficulty next day in arranging both ...
Page 32
... Khotub Minar , the highest pillar in the world , 238 feet above the ruined Hindoo temples and Mahometan mosques at its base , and 860 years old . It is a wonderful INDIAN HOTELS . 33 and very imposing structure , of 32 A WINTER IN INDIA .
... Khotub Minar , the highest pillar in the world , 238 feet above the ruined Hindoo temples and Mahometan mosques at its base , and 860 years old . It is a wonderful INDIAN HOTELS . 33 and very imposing structure , of 32 A WINTER IN INDIA .
Page 37
... Hindoo inquirers ask if it is not true that a certain bishop says that the difference between Presbyterians and Episcopalians is fundamental ; and that another bishop withdrew the licenses of twenty - three clergymen because they would ...
... Hindoo inquirers ask if it is not true that a certain bishop says that the difference between Presbyterians and Episcopalians is fundamental ; and that another bishop withdrew the licenses of twenty - three clergymen because they would ...
Page 38
... Hindoo reformers , the following , which might be sung in any Christian church : - " Thou art my Maker ; Thou art the Creator of the World , Thine's all the universe : Blessed be Thy name . " The sun and moon while turning Speak forth ...
... Hindoo reformers , the following , which might be sung in any Christian church : - " Thou art my Maker ; Thou art the Creator of the World , Thine's all the universe : Blessed be Thy name . " The sun and moon while turning Speak forth ...
Page 71
... Hindoo world , a few years before they expect their end , in order to die in the holy city . The fluctua- tions of commerce and the introduction of rail- ways have led in India , as in other countries , to many ups and downs in the ...
... Hindoo world , a few years before they expect their end , in order to die in the holy city . The fluctua- tions of commerce and the introduction of rail- ways have led in India , as in other countries , to many ups and downs in the ...
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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.