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 5
... good ship plunged so much that many of the passengers were sick for four or five hours . Wednesday was a lovely day , and when I reached the deck at sunrise on Thursday , in the lurid light on the eastern horizon there could be.
... good ship plunged so much that many of the passengers were sick for four or five hours . Wednesday was a lovely day , and when I reached the deck at sunrise on Thursday , in the lurid light on the eastern horizon there could be.
Page 7
... five times in the Bay of Biscay , so alarming the passengers that they applied to the captain of the port and Lord Napier of Magdala at Gibraltar for an independent examination of the machinery , greatly to the indignation.
... five times in the Bay of Biscay , so alarming the passengers that they applied to the captain of the port and Lord Napier of Magdala at Gibraltar for an independent examination of the machinery , greatly to the indignation.
Page 11
... five of whom informed him that they approved of the evacuation of Candahar . We are now in full sight of the Arabian coast , with Mocha in the distance , a strong wind dead ahead . The Straits of Babel Mandeb , or " The Gate of Tears ...
... five of whom informed him that they approved of the evacuation of Candahar . We are now in full sight of the Arabian coast , with Mocha in the distance , a strong wind dead ahead . The Straits of Babel Mandeb , or " The Gate of Tears ...
Page 12
... five miles from the harbour , can be seen very distinctly from the sea after leaving . Lofty mountains in Arabia were visible all Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning . I learned to - day that in the Red Sea on Sunday the ...
... five miles from the harbour , can be seen very distinctly from the sea after leaving . Lofty mountains in Arabia were visible all Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning . I learned to - day that in the Red Sea on Sunday the ...
Page 41
... five languages , has raised among the rich natives three lacs of rupees for this institution ; and we had the great satis- faction of seeing and hearing students from all parts of Central Asia , in clean , airy class - rooms , being ...
... five languages , has raised among the rich natives three lacs of rupees for this institution ; and we had the great satis- faction of seeing and hearing students from all parts of Central Asia , in clean , airy class - rooms , being ...
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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.