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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... of the Four Seasons . On Monday morning we were provided with a handsome saloon carriage , in which we travelled all the way to Venice . In some parts of the THROUGH THE TYROL . 3 Bavarian plain the peasants were 2 A WINTER IN INDIA .
... of the Four Seasons . On Monday morning we were provided with a handsome saloon carriage , in which we travelled all the way to Venice . In some parts of the THROUGH THE TYROL . 3 Bavarian plain the peasants were 2 A WINTER IN INDIA .
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... carriages come down to the steamer's side . For an additional payment of £ 1 each , we shared with others a large saloon carriage , and regret- fully saying good - bye to the Mongolia , were soon passing between Lake Mareotis and the ...
... carriages come down to the steamer's side . For an additional payment of £ 1 each , we shared with others a large saloon carriage , and regret- fully saying good - bye to the Mongolia , were soon passing between Lake Mareotis and the ...
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... is impossible to convey in a few sentences of description anything like a vivid idea of this strange Bombay . The mixture of splendid public buildings and hovels , sumptuous bunga- lows cheek - by - jowl with wigwams , carriages.
... is impossible to convey in a few sentences of description anything like a vivid idea of this strange Bombay . The mixture of splendid public buildings and hovels , sumptuous bunga- lows cheek - by - jowl with wigwams , carriages.
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... carriages and in the däk 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 ...
... carriages and in the däk 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 ...
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... carriages of the narrow- gauge Rajpootana State Railway . This inter- position of a line of different width between the other great railroads in India appears to me to be a blunder , and one which must even- tually be remedied , no ...
... carriages of the narrow- gauge Rajpootana State Railway . This inter- position of a line of different width between the other great railroads in India appears to me to be a blunder , and one which must even- tually be remedied , no ...
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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.