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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... bungalows of merchants and officials - Scotch names greatly predominating— the strange trees and flowers reminding one forcibly how far he is from home . CREMATION IN INDIA . 17 We dined in one of 16 A WINTER IN INDIA .
... bungalows of merchants and officials - Scotch names greatly predominating— the strange trees and flowers reminding one forcibly how far he is from home . CREMATION IN INDIA . 17 We dined in one of 16 A WINTER IN INDIA .
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... bungalows , and the manners and customs of the strangely- attired , or rather non - attired , natives strongly impress on us that our time is six hours earlier than that of Greenwich . I was not prepared for the magnificence of the view ...
... bungalows , and the manners and customs of the strangely- attired , or rather non - attired , natives strongly impress on us that our time is six hours earlier than that of Greenwich . I was not prepared for the magnificence of the view ...
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... bungalows of merchants and officials - Scotch names greatly predominating— the strange trees and flowers reminding one forcibly how far he is from home . CREMATION IN INDIA . 17 We dined in one of 16 A WINTER IN INDIA .
... bungalows of merchants and officials - Scotch names greatly predominating— the strange trees and flowers reminding one forcibly how far he is from home . CREMATION IN INDIA . 17 We dined in one of 16 A WINTER IN INDIA .
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... bungalows or houses provided for the accommodation of travellers . With this addition to our baggage we mingled with a motley crew in Grant Road . Station , waiting for the mail train which had started from the harbour half an hour ...
... bungalows or houses provided for the accommodation of travellers . With this addition to our baggage we mingled with a motley crew in Grant Road . Station , waiting for the mail train which had started from the harbour half an hour ...
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... bungalow at Jeypoor . Colonel Bannerman , the Political Resident at the Maharajah's capital , had arranged it for our reception , and sent carriages to meet us at the station . It is a square bungalow in the centre of a compound . There ...
... bungalow at Jeypoor . Colonel Bannerman , the Political Resident at the Maharajah's capital , had arranged it for our reception , and sent carriages to meet us at the station . It is a square bungalow in the centre of a compound . There ...
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