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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... town of Wurtzburg , having crossed the " blue Franconian mountains , " and on the following day passed over an uninteresting plain to Munich , remaining all Sunday in the Hôtel of the Four Seasons . On Monday morning we were provided ...
... town of Wurtzburg , having crossed the " blue Franconian mountains , " and on the following day passed over an uninteresting plain to Munich , remaining all Sunday in the Hôtel of the Four Seasons . On Monday morning we were provided ...
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... town of Jeypoor - a mixture of Orientalism and European innovation hard to describe . There are broad streets ; houses , higher than usual , all painted pink ; a vast palace , half a mile long and eight stories high ; a well laid - out ...
... town of Jeypoor - a mixture of Orientalism and European innovation hard to describe . There are broad streets ; houses , higher than usual , all painted pink ; a vast palace , half a mile long and eight stories high ; a well laid - out ...
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William Edward Baxter. STREET IN JEYPOOR . THE TOWN OF JEYPOOR . 23 monkeys scrambling over the.
William Edward Baxter. STREET IN JEYPOOR . THE TOWN OF JEYPOOR . 23 monkeys scrambling over the.
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... towns had to be built for purposes of defence . During our absence one of our servants saw the execution of a dacoit , who was brought out of the town in an ox - cart , and strung up close to the gate of the bungalow . The carriages and ...
... towns had to be built for purposes of defence . During our absence one of our servants saw the execution of a dacoit , who was brought out of the town in an ox - cart , and strung up close to the gate of the bungalow . The carriages and ...
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William Edward Baxter. THE TOWN OF JEYPOOR . 23 monkeys scrambling over the house - tops ; bhees- ties making the water squirt in every direction -altogether it was like a scene in the Arabian Nights . We had a quiet dinner in the ...
William Edward Baxter. THE TOWN OF JEYPOOR . 23 monkeys scrambling over the house - tops ; bhees- ties making the water squirt in every direction -altogether it was like a scene in the Arabian Nights . We had a quiet dinner in 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.