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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... of the Four Seasons . On Monday morning we were provided with a handsome saloon carriage , in which we travelled all the way to Venice . In some parts of the THROUGH THE TYROL . 3 Bavarian plain the peasants were 2 A WINTER IN INDIA .
... of the Four Seasons . On Monday morning we were provided with a handsome saloon carriage , in which we travelled all the way to Venice . In some parts of the THROUGH THE TYROL . 3 Bavarian plain the peasants were 2 A WINTER IN INDIA .
Page 62
... travelled over a fertile and well - wooded plain back to Cawnpore . These Indian plains are endless , unbroken ; there is no undulation , or hillock , or mound of any kind to relieve their vast monotony . The train slackens its speed ...
... travelled over a fertile and well - wooded plain back to Cawnpore . These Indian plains are endless , unbroken ; there is no undulation , or hillock , or mound of any kind to relieve their vast monotony . The train slackens its speed ...
Page 80
... travelled over a vast , apparently interminable plain , well wooded and cultivated , fertile and irrigated ; crossed the Sone at 4 o'clock on a great viaduct ; halted fifteen minutes at the im- portant military cantonment of Dinapoor ...
... travelled over a vast , apparently interminable plain , well wooded and cultivated , fertile and irrigated ; crossed the Sone at 4 o'clock on a great viaduct ; halted fifteen minutes at the im- portant military cantonment of Dinapoor ...
Page 125
... travelled in the country . They have adopted an excellent plan of selling dinner and breakfast tickets when you pay your fare ; they thus know and can wire how many are to be pro- vided for , and have likewise a protection against ...
... travelled in the country . They have adopted an excellent plan of selling dinner and breakfast tickets when you pay your fare ; they thus know and can wire how many are to be pro- vided for , and have likewise a protection against ...
Page 134
... travelled in eastern Europe and western Asia remarks how few deformed people there are in India in comparison . The sight of a cripple and a woman afflicted with elephan- tiasis during our drive reminded me of this . At one turn of the ...
... travelled in eastern Europe and western Asia remarks how few deformed people there are in India in comparison . The sight of a cripple and a woman afflicted with elephan- tiasis during our drive reminded me of this . At one turn of 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.