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 23
... whole country . Vast tracts on the plains are covered with the graceful pampas - grass , which is collected for purposes of thatching . A large party had assembled at the Resi- dency to dinner , consisting chiefly of officers from ...
... whole country . Vast tracts on the plains are covered with the graceful pampas - grass , which is collected for purposes of thatching . A large party had assembled at the Resi- dency to dinner , consisting chiefly of officers from ...
Page 25
... whole European com- munity , but is such a favourite among the natives that all classes delight to receive and listen to him . Shortly after 8 o'clock on Thursday morning we were off again on the State railway ; and although the ...
... whole European com- munity , but is such a favourite among the natives that all classes delight to receive and listen to him . Shortly after 8 o'clock on Thursday morning we were off again on the State railway ; and although the ...
Page 27
... whole civilised world . Sixty- six officers and 1,100 men fell in that terrible final assault , which once more vindicated our supremacy over a population of 300 millions , and enables Queen Victoria now Victoria now to grant patents of ...
... whole civilised world . Sixty- six officers and 1,100 men fell in that terrible final assault , which once more vindicated our supremacy over a population of 300 millions , and enables Queen Victoria now Victoria now to grant patents of ...
Page 31
... whole besieging force amounted to 9,866 , the casualties were 3,854 ; the 1st Bengal Fusi- liers had 427 men before the city , of whom 319 were hors de combat . " Delhi must be taken , " wrote Sir John Law- rence , from the Punjaub ...
... whole besieging force amounted to 9,866 , the casualties were 3,854 ; the 1st Bengal Fusi- liers had 427 men before the city , of whom 319 were hors de combat . " Delhi must be taken , " wrote Sir John Law- rence , from the Punjaub ...
Page 37
... are few and far between , their teaching is shaking to its very centre the whole fabric of heathen mythology . The upper and educated classes have no belief in the gods of their fathers . I find in a hymn - book , composed by Lála.
... are few and far between , their teaching is shaking to its very centre the whole fabric of heathen mythology . The upper and educated classes have no belief in the gods of their fathers . I find in a hymn - book , composed by Lála.
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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.