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 13
... feeling on seeing it for the first time was by no means one of disappointment . Between 6 and 7 o'clock I went to the bow , and saw the land — peaks in the Ghauts on each side of Bombay . The colour of the water is changed to a light ...
... feeling on seeing it for the first time was by no means one of disappointment . Between 6 and 7 o'clock I went to the bow , and saw the land — peaks in the Ghauts on each side of Bombay . The colour of the water is changed to a light ...
Page 48
... feeling the cold acutely , and being as a rule very poor , without the means of pro- curing proper fuel , burn all sorts of refuse , and everywhere the dull , sickening odour meets you , stealing into large bungalows and even per ...
... feeling the cold acutely , and being as a rule very poor , without the means of pro- curing proper fuel , burn all sorts of refuse , and everywhere the dull , sickening odour meets you , stealing into large bungalows and even per ...
Page 58
... feel quite angry ( more par- ticularly after seeing Agra ) , and the remarkable beauty of its public gardens and parks . I don't know any city so highly favoured in this respect . The Wingfield Park is unsurpassed for the variety of its ...
... feel quite angry ( more par- ticularly after seeing Agra ) , and the remarkable beauty of its public gardens and parks . I don't know any city so highly favoured in this respect . The Wingfield Park is unsurpassed for the variety of its ...
Page 73
... an important factor in the feeling of the Indian peasantry towards the religion of their governors . There are said to be 5,000 temples and 350 mosques at Benares . One of the former is F tenanted solely by monkeys , which also swarm in ...
... an important factor in the feeling of the Indian peasantry towards the religion of their governors . There are said to be 5,000 temples and 350 mosques at Benares . One of the former is F tenanted solely by monkeys , which also swarm in ...
Page 85
... feel wearied driving in a gharry ; and the crowds in the streets , on the stairs , and in the offices themselves , seem as if they would run you over . The jackals are as noisy in the early part of the night round Government House as we ...
... feel wearied driving in a gharry ; and the crowds in the streets , on the stairs , and in the offices themselves , seem as if they would run you over . The jackals are as noisy in the early part of the night round Government House as we ...
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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.