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. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 19
Page 1
... steamers to India . On the 2nd November , 1881 , our old friend the Wave took us across the Channel ; the Belgians politely passed our baggage at the frontiers without examination ; and we re- mained all night at the Grand Hotel , in ...
... steamers to India . On the 2nd November , 1881 , our old friend the Wave took us across the Channel ; the Belgians politely passed our baggage at the frontiers without examination ; and we re- mained all night at the Grand Hotel , in ...
Page 2
... steamers and barges to pass . We spent the next night at the clean , bustling , thriving , and picturesque town of Wurtzburg , having crossed the " blue Franconian mountains , " and on the following day passed over an uninteresting ...
... steamers and barges to pass . We spent the next night at the clean , bustling , thriving , and picturesque town of Wurtzburg , having crossed the " blue Franconian mountains , " and on the following day passed over an uninteresting ...
Page 3
... knew in 1844 ! At 10 a.m. on 11th November we went on board the P. and O. steamer Mongolia , Captain Thompson , 2,833 tons , lying in the Guidecca ; and the first person that addressed me on the deck was Sir A. H. Layard , who has a.
... knew in 1844 ! At 10 a.m. on 11th November we went on board the P. and O. steamer Mongolia , Captain Thompson , 2,833 tons , lying in the Guidecca ; and the first person that addressed me on the deck was Sir A. H. Layard , who has a.
Page 6
... steamer stopped in the inner harbour ; but we did not require to land in boats , as the P. and O. Com- pany have now got a wharf , and the railway carriages come down to the steamer's side . For an additional payment of £ 1 each , we ...
... steamer stopped in the inner harbour ; but we did not require to land in boats , as the P. and O. Com- pany have now got a wharf , and the railway carriages come down to the steamer's side . For an additional payment of £ 1 each , we ...
Page 7
... steamers . There is nothing to prevent the service between London and Bombay being shortened by at least three days . The Surat , although she performed admi- rably while we were on board , has been rather an unfortunate ship , and has ...
... steamers . There is nothing to prevent the service between London and Bombay being shortened by at least three days . The Surat , although she performed admi- rably while we were on board , has been rather an unfortunate ship , and has ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
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.