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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... Residency Garden at Lucknow 58 Massacre Ghaut at Cawnpore . Plain in Southern India . 63 129 99 Sketch Map of India , to show Author's or's } Route . At end of Volume . A WINTER IN INDIA . CHAPTER I. THE VOYAGE OUT PAGE.
... Residency Garden at Lucknow 58 Massacre Ghaut at Cawnpore . Plain in Southern India . 63 129 99 Sketch Map of India , to show Author's or's } Route . At end of Volume . A WINTER IN INDIA . CHAPTER I. THE VOYAGE OUT PAGE.
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... Jeypoor Residency Garden at Lucknow Massacre Ghaut at Cawnpore . Plain in Southern India . 22 " " 58 99 63 129 Sketch Map of India , to show Author's Route . hor's } At end of Volume . A WINTER IN INDIA . CHAPTER I. THE VOYAGE OUT PAGE.
... Jeypoor Residency Garden at Lucknow Massacre Ghaut at Cawnpore . Plain in Southern India . 22 " " 58 99 63 129 Sketch Map of India , to show Author's Route . hor's } At end of Volume . A WINTER IN INDIA . CHAPTER I. THE VOYAGE OUT PAGE.
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... plain to Munich , remaining all Sunday in the Hôtel of the 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 ...
... plain to Munich , remaining all Sunday in the Hôtel of the 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 ...
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William Edward Baxter. THROUGH THE TYROL . 3 Bavarian plain the peasants were making hay , which I certainly had not seen before in Novem- ber . The weather hitherto had been very cold , but fortunately we had a lovely day to cross the ...
William Edward Baxter. THROUGH THE TYROL . 3 Bavarian plain the peasants were making hay , which I certainly had not seen before in Novem- ber . The weather hitherto had been very cold , but fortunately we had a lovely day to cross the ...
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... plains are covered with the graceful pampas - grass , which is collected for purposes of thatching . A large party had assembled at the Resi- dency to dinner , consisting chiefly of officers from Bombay , who had come up to enjoy the ...
... plains are covered with the graceful pampas - grass , which is collected for purposes of thatching . A large party had assembled at the Resi- dency to dinner , consisting chiefly of officers from Bombay , who had come up to enjoy the ...
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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.