Handbook for Travellers in India, Burma and Ceylon Including AllBritish India, the Portuguese and French Possessions, and the Indian StatesJ. Murray., 1919 |
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Page xvii
... steamers , and especially on the P. & O. boats , is usually booked months ahead - outwards between 15th October and 1st December , and homewards for March and April ; and this fact must be borne in mind by intending travellers to India ...
... steamers , and especially on the P. & O. boats , is usually booked months ahead - outwards between 15th October and 1st December , and homewards for March and April ; and this fact must be borne in mind by intending travellers to India ...
Page xviii
EXPENSES The rates of fare charged by the principal lines of steamers to India are exceedingly high - about £ 3 per day , but owing to the depreciation of the rupee the traveller will find India a fairly cheap country , the ordinary ...
EXPENSES The rates of fare charged by the principal lines of steamers to India are exceedingly high - about £ 3 per day , but owing to the depreciation of the rupee the traveller will find India a fairly cheap country , the ordinary ...
Page xxiii
... steamer routes , are the best . Even if Agents are consulted for routes and arrangements for journeys , it will be desirable to obtain a Railway Guide - book : as the times of trains are liable to alteration , those given in the ...
... steamer routes , are the best . Even if Agents are consulted for routes and arrangements for journeys , it will be desirable to obtain a Railway Guide - book : as the times of trains are liable to alteration , those given in the ...
Page xxxviii
... steamer fares see p . clxxiv . The comfort of the voyage depends much on the choice of the steamer , and the cabin . The largest steamers , as having less motion , and more room on deck , are usually preferable to smaller vessels . In ...
... steamer fares see p . clxxiv . The comfort of the voyage depends much on the choice of the steamer , and the cabin . The largest steamers , as having less motion , and more room on deck , are usually preferable to smaller vessels . In ...
Page xxxix
... steamers ( from London ) touch . The British India and Orient Pacific usually call at Naples also , the former also calling occasionally at Genoa . The P. & O. mail steamers start from the Tilbury Dock , and the intermediate steamers ...
... steamers ( from London ) touch . The British India and Orient Pacific usually call at Naples also , the former also calling occasionally at Genoa . The P. & O. mail steamers start from the Tilbury Dock , and the intermediate steamers ...
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