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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William Edward Baxter. A WINTER IN INDIA BY THE RIGHT HON . W. E. BAXTER , M. P A WINTER IN INDIA . Front Cover.
William Edward Baxter. A WINTER IN INDIA BY THE RIGHT HON . W. E. BAXTER , M. P A WINTER IN INDIA . Front Cover.
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... W. E. BAXTER , M.P. With Map and Ellustrations FIBLIOTHECA DEC 1882 GODLEIANA CASSELL , PETTER , GALPIN & Co .: LONDON , PARIS & NEW YORK . [ ALL RIGHTS reserved . ] 203 j.87 To mn Wife : MY COURAGEOUS COMPANION DURING MANY JOURNEYS 1882 .
... W. E. BAXTER , M.P. With Map and Ellustrations FIBLIOTHECA DEC 1882 GODLEIANA CASSELL , PETTER , GALPIN & Co .: LONDON , PARIS & NEW YORK . [ ALL RIGHTS reserved . ] 203 j.87 To mn Wife : MY COURAGEOUS COMPANION DURING MANY JOURNEYS 1882 .
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... right in the channel commands the entrance to the Red Sea . It is only two miles distant from a very striking promontory on the Arabian coast , and we ran through that narrow passage , meeting the steamship City of Agra under full sail ...
... right in the channel commands the entrance to the Red Sea . It is only two miles distant from a very striking promontory on the Arabian coast , and we ran through that narrow passage , meeting the steamship City of Agra under full sail ...
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... right in the way of the naviga- tion - why , I don't know , nor it appears does anyone else — are on the starboard ; and right ahead , one by one begin to appear the spires and factory chimneys of the city . CHAPTER II . BOMBAY THE ...
... right in the way of the naviga- tion - why , I don't know , nor it appears does anyone else — are on the starboard ; and right ahead , one by one begin to appear the spires and factory chimneys of the city . CHAPTER II . BOMBAY THE ...
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... right and ruth ; No wit of man can sum His state , Allahu Akbar ! God is great ! " We wandered for an hour among the silent ruins of his palace , saw an English class being taught in a room once belonging to the zenana , and were amused ...
... right and ruth ; No wit of man can sum His state , Allahu Akbar ! God is great ! " We wandered for an hour among the silent ruins of his palace , saw an English class being taught in a room once belonging to the zenana , and were amused ...
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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.