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 34
... respect , some of our leading lines of communi- cation being simply disgraceful . After a good dinner in the refreshment - room at Suharunpore , we made all snug for the night , and did not get up until within sight of the minarets of ...
... respect , some of our leading lines of communi- cation being simply disgraceful . After a good dinner in the refreshment - room at Suharunpore , we made all snug for the night , and did not get up until within sight of the minarets of ...
Page 48
... respect shown to the sahibs driving in their carriages by the natives in bullock - carts or on foot . The winter smell of India is not pleasant ; the people , feeling the cold acutely , and being as a rule very poor , without the means ...
... respect shown to the sahibs driving in their carriages by the natives in bullock - carts or on foot . The winter smell of India is not pleasant ; the people , feeling the cold acutely , and being as a rule very poor , without the means ...
Page 58
... respect . The Wingfield Park is unsurpassed for the variety of its forest trees ; and nothing can exceed the loveliness of the flowers , the flower- ing shrubs , the walks and beds in the Resi- dency , which has been left in ruins ...
... respect . The Wingfield Park is unsurpassed for the variety of its forest trees ; and nothing can exceed the loveliness of the flowers , the flower- ing shrubs , the walks and beds in the Resi- dency , which has been left in ruins ...
Page 78
... our enter- tainer , Mr. Ross , himself one of the best shots in India , and a member of a family celebrated for their prowess in this respect , said he could A VISIT TO RAMNUGGUR . 79 not perform . Then 78 A WINTER IN INDIA .
... our enter- tainer , Mr. Ross , himself one of the best shots in India , and a member of a family celebrated for their prowess in this respect , said he could A VISIT TO RAMNUGGUR . 79 not perform . Then 78 A WINTER IN INDIA .
Page 87
... affairs here to insist too strongly on Govern- ment refusing all aid . With respect to taxation in general , we at home must never forget that great considera- tion should be paid to the prevailing sentiment among educated.
... affairs here to insist too strongly on Govern- ment refusing all aid . With respect to taxation in general , we at home must never forget that great considera- tion should be paid to the prevailing sentiment among educated.
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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.