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Leaves from a Viceroy’s Note-Book and Other Papers

1927

Baths of the type favoured by the British in India being unknown at Goa a special bath-tub rsembling a wine vat of gargantuan proportions had been imported for the occasion ; and there being no bathroom in the house it was placed in the corner of the drawing-room where the removal of the spigot discharged its contents straight on to the floor. [...] One of the most famous incidents of the Indian Mutiny was the heroic con-. duct of the small party at the Delhi Telegraph Office on the fateful morning of 11th May 1857 when upon the arrival of the mutinous Sepoys from Meerut murder and pillage brokt out in the iperial city. [...] A worthy ductOr was about to be espoused to a young lady in the closing days of the year ; and the parents of the bride thinking that it would be both charming and economical to take advantage of the Christmas decoration of the cathedral sought and received the permission of the Bishop to have the ceremony peformed there. [...] The General commanding the forces in Bangal and Assam had come up to that remote spot to inspect the garrison ; and the entire population of the town was assembled on the polo ground which is bounded at the two ends by a broad shallow ditch across which the goals are struck and on the low bank above which the native inhabitants sit or stand to watch the show. [...] A little later the Viceroy returns the call and the number of guns the strength of the escort the details of the reception and the offerings made or exchanged are prescribed with the most scrupulous precision.
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Pages
457
Published in
United Kingdom
SARF Document ID
sarf.145001
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-i Marquess Curzon view
Introduction
i-x Marquess Curzon view
Leaves From a Viceroy’s Note-Book
1-76 Marquess Curzon view
The Cradle of Polo
77-90 Marquess Curzon view
The Mehtar of Chitral
91-146 Marquess Curzon view
On The indian Frontier
147-206 Marquess Curzon view
The Old Persian
207-228 Marquess Curzon view
The Capital of Annam
229-258 Marquess Curzon view
Far Eastern Cloisters
259-294 Marquess Curzon view
Monasteries of the Levant
295-336 Marquess Curzon view
More Pages from a Diary
337-380 Marquess Curzon view
The Valley of the Waterfalls
381-398 Marquess Curzon view
Hudson Lowe v. Walker
399-406 Marquess Curzon view
Index
407-414 Marquess Curzon view
Backmatter
i-ii Marquess Curzon view

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