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Peeps at Many Lands - India (Illustrated)
Peeps at Many Lands - India (Illustrated)
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER
1. THE GATEWAY OF INDIA
2. IN THE LAND OF THE RAJPUTS
3. IN THE LAND OF THE RAJPUTS (continued)
4. IN THE PUNJAB
5. AMONG THE HIMALAYAS
6. AMONG THE HIMALAYAS (continued)
7. THE GREAT PLAINS OF THE GANGES
8. THE LAND OF THE MOGUL KINGS
9. THE LAND OF THE MOGUL KINGS (continued)
10. IN THE MUTINY COUNTRY
11. THE SACRED CITY OF THE HINDOOS
12. THE CAPITAL OF INDIA
13. ACROSS THE DECCAN
14. AT THE COURT OF A NATIVE PRINCE
15. THE RELIGIOUS MENDICANTS
16. IN THE BAZAAR
17. IN THE JUNGLE
18. IN THE JUNGLE (continued)
19. IN AN INDIAN VILLAGE
20. IN AN INDIAN VILLAGE (continued)
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
BY MORTIMER MENPES
A TAILOR AT WORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . frontispiece
A BUSY BAZAAR
A DISTINGUISHED MAHARAJAH
A SIKH WARRIOR
THE GOLDEN TEMPLE
WATERING CATTLE
THE TAJ MAHAL
BENARES
NATIVE TROOPS
A BAZAAR, DELHI
A NATIVE WOMAN WEARING NOSE ORNAMENT
A NATIVE BULLOCK-CART
Sketch-Map of India on page viii
CHAPTER I
THE GATEWAY OF INDIA
To the vast majority of European travellers Bombay is the gateway of India. It is here they get their first glimpse of the bewildering variety of races, of colours, of types, of customs, which make up India. After the journey through the Suez Canal, and the long run across the Arabian Sea, the traveller is very glad to spend a day or two at Bombay, gaining first impressions of this new, strange country. He may be interested in the fine new buildings of the modern town, or he may not; he is certain to be interested in the native quarter.
Here he gets his first glimpse of that great feature of Indian life, the bazaar—rows and rows of narrow streets filled with shops and crowds. The shops are small booths, often built of mud, or archways, or, again, are mere holes in a wall. Everything is open to full view; there are neither windows nor doors. The merchant or shopkeeper squats beside his goods; the artisan does his work in sight of the passers-by. The crowds are stranger than the shops. Here you may see Hindoos, Parsees, Burmese, Singhalese, Lascars, Moslems, Arabs, Somalis, Jews of many countries, Turks, Chinese, Japanese, and a score of other nations. Amid the throng of many colours move white people from every land of Europe, and the babel of tongues is as astonishing as the mingling of costumes.
CHAPTER
1. THE GATEWAY OF INDIA
2. IN THE LAND OF THE RAJPUTS
3. IN THE LAND OF THE RAJPUTS (continued)
4. IN THE PUNJAB
5. AMONG THE HIMALAYAS
6. AMONG THE HIMALAYAS (continued)
7. THE GREAT PLAINS OF THE GANGES
8. THE LAND OF THE MOGUL KINGS
9. THE LAND OF THE MOGUL KINGS (continued)
10. IN THE MUTINY COUNTRY
11. THE SACRED CITY OF THE HINDOOS
12. THE CAPITAL OF INDIA
13. ACROSS THE DECCAN
14. AT THE COURT OF A NATIVE PRINCE
15. THE RELIGIOUS MENDICANTS
16. IN THE BAZAAR
17. IN THE JUNGLE
18. IN THE JUNGLE (continued)
19. IN AN INDIAN VILLAGE
20. IN AN INDIAN VILLAGE (continued)
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
BY MORTIMER MENPES
A TAILOR AT WORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . frontispiece
A BUSY BAZAAR
A DISTINGUISHED MAHARAJAH
A SIKH WARRIOR
THE GOLDEN TEMPLE
WATERING CATTLE
THE TAJ MAHAL
BENARES
NATIVE TROOPS
A BAZAAR, DELHI
A NATIVE WOMAN WEARING NOSE ORNAMENT
A NATIVE BULLOCK-CART
Sketch-Map of India on page viii
CHAPTER I
THE GATEWAY OF INDIA
To the vast majority of European travellers Bombay is the gateway of India. It is here they get their first glimpse of the bewildering variety of races, of colours, of types, of customs, which make up India. After the journey through the Suez Canal, and the long run across the Arabian Sea, the traveller is very glad to spend a day or two at Bombay, gaining first impressions of this new, strange country. He may be interested in the fine new buildings of the modern town, or he may not; he is certain to be interested in the native quarter.
Here he gets his first glimpse of that great feature of Indian life, the bazaar—rows and rows of narrow streets filled with shops and crowds. The shops are small booths, often built of mud, or archways, or, again, are mere holes in a wall. Everything is open to full view; there are neither windows nor doors. The merchant or shopkeeper squats beside his goods; the artisan does his work in sight of the passers-by. The crowds are stranger than the shops. Here you may see Hindoos, Parsees, Burmese, Singhalese, Lascars, Moslems, Arabs, Somalis, Jews of many countries, Turks, Chinese, Japanese, and a score of other nations. Amid the throng of many colours move white people from every land of Europe, and the babel of tongues is as astonishing as the mingling of costumes.
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