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 27
... audience - hall - a garden of roses on one hand , and on the other the river Jumna , with the great railway - bridge . It is a pavilion of white marble , which once contained the famous Pea- cock Throne C 2 -DELHI AND LAHORE.
... audience - hall - a garden of roses on one hand , and on the other the river Jumna , with the great railway - bridge . It is a pavilion of white marble , which once contained the famous Pea- cock Throne C 2 -DELHI AND LAHORE.
Page 36
... river Ravee , the low , mean - looking houses within the walls , and the innumerable villa gardens with- out ; and in the evening we were present at an amateur concert in the bungalow of Mr. Justice Elsmie , which was crowded with the ...
... river Ravee , the low , mean - looking houses within the walls , and the innumerable villa gardens with- out ; and in the evening we were present at an amateur concert in the bungalow of Mr. Justice Elsmie , which was crowded with the ...
Page 38
... rivers and seas Are full of Thy righteousness ; Thou art limitless , eternal ; Blessed be Thy name . " Thy name is great Who hath wrought all these works ; I offer all my praise to Thee : Blessed be Thy name . " LAHORE PRISONS . 39 ...
... rivers and seas Are full of Thy righteousness ; Thou art limitless , eternal ; Blessed be Thy name . " Thy name is great Who hath wrought all these works ; I offer all my praise to Thee : Blessed be Thy name . " LAHORE PRISONS . 39 ...
Page 62
... river , but the wide expanse of sand shows what a mighty stream it must be after the rains . Sergeant Lee , a very remarkable man , now keeps the clean little railway hotel - a bungalow near the station . He went out to India in 1844 ...
... river , but the wide expanse of sand shows what a mighty stream it must be after the rains . Sergeant Lee , a very remarkable man , now keeps the clean little railway hotel - a bungalow near the station . He went out to India in 1844 ...
Page 67
... rivers , where thousands of devotees were washing in the sacred waters . We had a fine view from the ramparts , but the sun was very hot ; and we were glad to escape from it to inspect one of those casemates where everything is kept in ...
... rivers , where thousands of devotees were washing in the sacred waters . We had a fine view from the ramparts , but the sun was very hot ; and we were glad to escape from it to inspect one of those casemates where everything is kept in ...
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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.