A Journey to Katmandu (the Capital of Napaul), with the Camp of Jung Bahadoor Including a Sketch of the Nepaulese Ambassador at Home

It will be necessary before commencing an account of the career of Jung Bahadoor to describe the state in which the political affairs of Nepaul were when his ambition and daring...

On the following morning, in spite of all this dissipation, we, as well as the greater part of the population of Lucknow, were perfectly ready to go to the races, which took pla...

_The titles of his Excellency General Jung Bahadoor Coomaranagee in England--Extraordinary notions of the British public on Indian affairs--Jung Bahadoor's conciliatory policy--...

Early on the following morning we were on the march, and for five miles did our clumsy elephant trip it heavily over the large stones forming the bed of the stream in which we h...

_The British residency--Houses at the temple of Pusputnath--Unprepossessing appearance of the Newar population--Their dress and characteristic features--Ghorkas--Temple of Puspu...

_Distinguishing features of the races of Nepaul--The Ghorkas--Conquest by them of Katmandu--Maintenance of the Nepaul army--Bheem Singh's monument--A feast at the minister's--We...

Towards the close of the year 1850 a considerable sensation was created in the usually quiet town of Colombo by the arrival in Ceylon of His Excellency General Jung Bahadoor, th...

Pitched under the shade of some wide-spreading mangoes are a variety of tents of all sizes, from the handsome and spacious marquee to the snug sleeping tent; near them are picqu...

The temple of Sumboonath, which we next visited, is situated on the summit of a woody eminence; it is approached by a long flight of steps, the trouble of ascending which is amp...

The first object that attracts the eye of the traveller as he enters Jaunpore is the many-arched bridge thrown by the Mahometans over the Goomte, and considered the finest built...

One afternoon we strolled across some verdant meadows, and along narrow shady avenues, to visit the temple of Balajee. There is nothing in the building itself worthy of notice;...

We had looked forward with no little anxiety to the morning following our elephant-hunt, as we were to go in search of rhinoceros: it was therefore a severe disappointment to us...

_The carnival at Indore--Extraordinary scene in the palace of the Holkar--A night at the caves of Ajunta--The caves of Ellora and fortress of Doulatabad--The merits of a palkee-...

At Bhimphede we remounted our elephant, following, as before, the valley of the Rapti to Hetowra, thence through the great saul forest to Bisoleah, where we expected to find our...

_Kindness of the Mahila Sahib--His motive--Drawing-room ornaments--Visit to the palace of Jung Bahadoor--A trophy of the London season--Grand Durbar at the reading of the Queen...

Unquestionably the pleasures of travelling cannot be said to be altogether unalloyed--a consideration which the journey from Segowly to Lucknow irresistibly forced upon our mind...

Whatever may be said of the large salaries of the Bengal civilians, they certainly deserve great credit for the praiseworthy employment of their wealth; and making amends as it...

_A visit to the Minister's brothers--Dexterity of Colonel Dhere Shum Shere--Scenes for lovers of the Fancy--Adieu to Nepaul--The view from the summit of the Chandernagiri pass--...

Coomaranagee in England--Extraordinary notions of the British public on Indian affairs--Jung Bahadoor's conciliatory policy--Our unsuccessful attempt to penetrate beyond the per...

Pusputnath--Unprepossessing appearance of the Newar population--Their dress and characteristic features--Ghorkas--Temple of Pusputnath--View from the hill above it--The temple o...