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 8
... called , the Sea of Sea - weed , the Hebrew word for the two being the same . A wreck standing well out of the water re- minds us of the dangers of its navigation . The mountains on both sides are much grander than I imagined , and , as ...
... called , the Sea of Sea - weed , the Hebrew word for the two being the same . A wreck standing well out of the water re- minds us of the dangers of its navigation . The mountains on both sides are much grander than I imagined , and , as ...
Page 11
... called from the number of wrecks that have taken place on that desolate shore are 14 miles wide , and the Island of Perim , on which flies the British flag , lying right in the channel commands the entrance to the Red Sea . It is only ...
... called from the number of wrecks that have taken place on that desolate shore are 14 miles wide , and the Island of Perim , on which flies the British flag , lying right in the channel commands the entrance to the Red Sea . It is only ...
Page 13
... called Apollo Bunder , the evening resort of the beauty and fashion of Bombay , we drove at once to the Cumballa family hotel on Cumballa Hill , a quiet villa which has the advantage of a northern VIEW FROM CUMBALLA HILL BOMBAY . BOMBAY ...
... called Apollo Bunder , the evening resort of the beauty and fashion of Bombay , we drove at once to the Cumballa family hotel on Cumballa Hill , a quiet villa which has the advantage of a northern VIEW FROM CUMBALLA HILL BOMBAY . BOMBAY ...
Page 16
... called the Wellington pier , so well venti- lated that punkahs are not required ; and everything was served just as it would be in the " Carlton " or " Reform . " The stranger is struck with the great number of policemen stationed along ...
... called the Wellington pier , so well venti- lated that punkahs are not required ; and everything was served just as it would be in the " Carlton " or " Reform . " The stranger is struck with the great number of policemen stationed along ...
Page 16
... called the Wellington pier , so well venti- lated that punkahs are not required ; and everything was served just as it would be in the " Carlton " or " Reform . ” The stranger is struck with the great number of policemen stationed along ...
... called the Wellington pier , so well venti- lated that punkahs are not required ; and everything was served just as it would be in the " Carlton " or " Reform . ” The stranger is struck with the great number of policemen stationed along ...
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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.