Category: Travel Writing
INDIA—its area—physical features—climate—scenery. THE PEOPLE—Bengalees—languages—Hindooism—caste—conservatism of the East—the Mahomedans—Sikhs—Parsees. THE ENGLISH IN INDIA—their difficulties—the Anglo-Indian career—the mutiny—Christianity in India—arts and manufactures—genera...
INDIA—its area—physical features—climate—scenery. THE PEOPLE—Bengalees—languages—Hindooism—caste—conservatism of the East—the Mahomedans—Sikhs—Parsees. THE ENGLISH IN INDIA—thei...
2. Part 2Our attempts then at improvement are up-hill work, and made under all the disadvantages of the stiff and awkward part of our national character, which keeps us isolated even on...
3. Part 3It may be useful if I say a word as to the cost of living in India; this has, doubtless, greatly increased within the last ten years, but of course admits of very varied estimat...
4. Part 4What I have already said as to the importance of the work entrusted to every young Government civilian in India applies almost as much to the young Engineer. He will find himsel...
5. Part 5As to Measures and Weights, in Upper and Western India we employ the lineal, square, or cubic foot as the unit for our estimates and calculations; in Madras, they use the cubic...
6. Part 6As these numerous doors and windows evidently give access to a great deal of heat, even when closed, it seems desirable to enquire whether fewer openings would not be a better a...
7. Part 7It was in 1849, I think, that the first short experimental line of _Railway_ was opened in India, between Bombay and Tanna, and soon afterwards the then Governor-General, Lord D...
8. Part 8As there is generally less water than is required, village watercourses are all filled in their turns; thus one set will be filled on three days of the week, and another set on...
9. Part 9_Health and Comfort in House Building; or, Ventilation with Warm Air by Self-Acting Suction Power._ With a Review of the Mode of Calculating the Draught in Hot-Air Flues; and wi...