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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... two railway stations , thus avoiding the usual climb to the top of the hill . Next day we went on to Coblentz , pass- ing by in the morning hundreds of fields , from which the peasants were busy removing beet- root to the THE VOYAGE OUT I.
... two railway stations , thus avoiding the usual climb to the top of the hill . Next day we went on to Coblentz , pass- ing by in the morning hundreds of fields , from which the peasants were busy removing beet- root to the THE VOYAGE OUT I.
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... 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 .
... 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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... morning the train came in , wearied railway passengers rushed into the cabins , and very soon heavy rolling warned me that we were once more on the Adriatic . When I went on deck in the morning , Otranto , on the Italian coast , was in ...
... morning the train came in , wearied railway passengers rushed into the cabins , and very soon heavy rolling warned me that we were once more on the Adriatic . When I went on deck in the morning , Otranto , on the Italian coast , was in ...
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... morning it was 86 ° in the shade on the companion , and few people had been able to sleep from the heat . At 10.30 a.m. all hands were mustered in their Sunday dress on the quarter - deck , and at 10.45 a young chaplain going out to ...
... morning it was 86 ° in the shade on the companion , and few people had been able to sleep from the heat . At 10.30 a.m. all hands were mustered in their Sunday dress on the quarter - deck , and at 10.45 a young chaplain going out to ...
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... morning , and might have gone ashore , but a placard announcing that the ship was to sail at 5 a.m. prevented us . The cantonments , which are five miles from the harbour , can be seen very distinctly from the sea after leaving . Lofty ...
... morning , and might have gone ashore , but a placard announcing that the ship was to sail at 5 a.m. prevented us . The cantonments , which are five miles from the harbour , can be seen very distinctly from the sea after leaving . Lofty ...
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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.