Category: Travel Writing
I. THE GATEWAY OF INDIA II. IN THE LAND OF THE RAJPUTS III. IN THE LAND OF THE RAJPUTS (continued) IV. IN THE PUNJAB V. AMONG THE HIMALAYAS VI. AMONG THE HIMALAYAS (continued) VII. THE GREAT PLAINS OF THE GANGES VIII. THE LAND OF THE MOGUL KINGS IX. THE LAND OF THE MOGUL KINGS...
I. THE GATEWAY OF INDIA II. IN THE LAND OF THE RAJPUTS III. IN THE LAND OF THE RAJPUTS (continued) IV. IN THE PUNJAB V. AMONG THE HIMALAYAS VI. AMONG THE HIMALAYAS (continued) V...
2. Part 2The former is entered by a fine triple-arched gateway. "Above this gateway soars the great white fabric, airy, unreal, and fantastic as a dream, stretching away in a seemingly e...
3. Part 3This great sunny plain swarms with life. It is covered with the villages of the Indian peasants; it is coloured with the bright patches of their crops, with green fields of padd...
4. Part 4It is a wonderful sight to see the row of riverside palaces, temples, and ghats which here fringe the broad river. It is still more wonderful to see the vast crowd of worshipper...
5. Part 5It is not uncommon to meet a man who has the air of a naked, half-crazy savage, and to find that man capable of arguing in the most able manner on the highest topics. Mrs. Steel...
6. Part 6Another creature greatly dreaded by the natives belongs partly to the land and partly to the water. This is the alligator--a hideous grey brute, with huge jaws, furnished with l...