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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... RAILWAY 14 III . - DELHI AND LAHORE . IV . AGRA AND THE TAJ MAHAL 27 43 V. - LUCKNOW AND CAWN PORE 56 VI . ALLAHABAD AND BENARES 65 VII . AT CALCUTTA 80 VIII . THE TEA PLANTATIONS , DARJEELING 90 IX . CALCUTTA ITS BUILDINGS , TRADE ...
... RAILWAY 14 III . - DELHI AND LAHORE . IV . AGRA AND THE TAJ MAHAL 27 43 V. - LUCKNOW AND CAWN PORE 56 VI . ALLAHABAD AND BENARES 65 VII . AT CALCUTTA 80 VIII . THE TEA PLANTATIONS , DARJEELING 90 IX . CALCUTTA ITS BUILDINGS , TRADE ...
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... 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.
... 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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... 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 full view , and oppo- site , crowned ...
... 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 full view , and oppo- site , crowned ...
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... railway carriages come down to the steamer's side . For an additional payment of £ 1 each , we shared with others a large saloon carriage , and regret- fully saying good - bye to the Mongolia , were soon passing between Lake Mareotis ...
... railway carriages come down to the steamer's side . For an additional payment of £ 1 each , we shared with others a large saloon carriage , and regret- fully saying good - bye to the Mongolia , were soon passing between Lake Mareotis ...
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... naviga- tion - why , I don't know , nor it appears does anyone else — are on the starboard ; and right ahead , one by one begin to appear the spires and factory chimneys of the city . CHAPTER II . BOMBAY THE RAJPOOTANA RAILWAY . BEFORE ...
... naviga- tion - why , I don't know , nor it appears does anyone else — are on the starboard ; and right ahead , one by one begin to appear the spires and factory chimneys of the city . CHAPTER II . BOMBAY THE RAJPOOTANA RAILWAY . BEFORE ...
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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.