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
... going thirteen knots with a fresh northerly breeze between the magni- ficent serrated peaks which hide Sinai from view , and the almost equally striking mountains on the African coast . We met six steamers going up to Suez . The ship is ...
... going thirteen knots with a fresh northerly breeze between the magni- ficent serrated peaks which hide Sinai from view , and the almost equally striking mountains on the African coast . We met six steamers going up to Suez . The ship is ...
Page 9
... going , like ourselves , merely to travel in India , and not on official duty or commercial business . The thermometer has stood steadily at 80 ° . Now the temperature rises . At 8 o'clock on Sunday morning it was 86 ° in the shade on ...
... going , like ourselves , merely to travel in India , and not on official duty or commercial business . The thermometer has stood steadily at 80 ° . Now the temperature rises . At 8 o'clock on Sunday morning it was 86 ° in the shade on ...
Page 10
... going to see India- my friend Mr. Hamilton , of South Lanarkshire , and Mr. Johnson , who represents Exeter . We have a considerable number of British officers return- ing from furlough , men of large experience and cultivation ; and I ...
... going to see India- my friend Mr. Hamilton , of South Lanarkshire , and Mr. Johnson , who represents Exeter . We have a considerable number of British officers return- ing from furlough , men of large experience and cultivation ; and I ...
Page 11
... going north , and two other steamers also taking advantage of the wind just outside on the In- dian Ocean . By II p.m. we were at anchor in the wonder- ful harbour of Aden , but the noise made by coaling , and by the naked Soumali boys ...
... going north , and two other steamers also taking advantage of the wind just outside on the In- dian Ocean . By II p.m. we were at anchor in the wonder- ful harbour of Aden , but the noise made by coaling , and by the naked Soumali boys ...
Page 46
... say it is worth while going to India for that sight alone . " Photo- graphy , painting , and even sculpture fail to give one an adequate idea of this amazing tomb , AGRA FORT . 47 and all the descriptions of it 46 A WINTER IN INDIA .
... say it is worth while going to India for that sight alone . " Photo- graphy , painting , and even sculpture fail to give one an adequate idea of this amazing tomb , AGRA FORT . 47 and all the descriptions of it 46 A WINTER IN INDIA .
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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.