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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... ship is manned chiefly by natives of the East , who go under the general designation of Lascars , most of whom come from the islands and headlands to the north of ON THE ADRIATIC . 5 Bombay , and we have 4 A WINTER IN INDIA .
... ship is manned chiefly by natives of the East , who go under the general designation of Lascars , most of whom come from the islands and headlands to the north of ON THE ADRIATIC . 5 Bombay , and we have 4 A WINTER IN INDIA .
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... we were at anchor in the wonder- ful harbour of Aden , but the noise made by coaling , and by the naked Soumali boys diving for coins , prevented much sleep . When I came on deck I found it crowded with natives selling ostrich B 2.
... we were at anchor in the wonder- ful harbour of Aden , but the noise made by coaling , and by the naked Soumali boys diving for coins , prevented much sleep . When I came on deck I found it crowded with natives selling ostrich B 2.
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William Edward Baxter. on deck I found it crowded with natives selling ostrich feathers , baskets , and other articles . We were anchored between a French man of war , and the P. and O. steamer Assam , from Bombay . The Italian gunboat ...
William Edward Baxter. on deck I found it crowded with natives selling ostrich feathers , baskets , and other articles . We were anchored between a French man of war , and the P. and O. steamer Assam , from Bombay . The Italian gunboat ...
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... natives strongly impress on us that our time is six hours earlier than that of Greenwich . I was not prepared for the magnificence of the view of the city and its surroundings from Malabar Hill — the sea of palms , the noble public ...
... natives strongly impress on us that our time is six hours earlier than that of Greenwich . I was not prepared for the magnificence of the view of the city and its surroundings from Malabar Hill — the sea of palms , the noble public ...
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... natives , and they manage economically and well . I observed how carefully kept , repaired , and watered are all the thoroughfares . It is impossible to convey in a few sentences of description anything like a vivid idea of this strange ...
... natives , and they manage economically and well . I observed how carefully kept , repaired , and watered are all the thoroughfares . It is impossible to convey in a few sentences of description anything like a vivid idea of this strange ...
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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.