From Hong-Kong to the Himalayas: Or, Three Thousand Miles Through IndiaAmerican Tract Society, 1880 - 368 pages |
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Aden Agra Allahabad altar ancient appeared Arabian Sea arches Arungzebe Bay of Bengal beautiful Benares boat Bombay British Buddhism buildings Calcutta Canton carriage carried carved China Chinese Christian coolies dark Dehra Delhi distance dome elephant enclosure English feet flat foreign friends front Ganges gateway hall head heat hills Himalayas Hindoo Hong-Kong hundred idol India Japan Jumna Kali Laltiba Landour leaving lofty looked magnificence miles minarets missionary Mogul Mogul Empire Mohammedan morning mosques mountain Mussoorie native nearly night once palaces Parsees passed peaks Penang plains priests punkahs range reached religious residences river sacred Sarnath scarcely seemed seen Sepoys ship shrine side Singapore stands steamer stone streets surrounded tanks temple thousand tomb took tower Towers of Silence traveller trees usually Victoria Peak visited walls white marble whole wild worship