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Illustrated India Its Princes and People. Upper Central and Farther India Up the Ganges and Down the Indus. To which is added An Authentic Account of the Visit to India of His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales

1877

Jeffreys of the Scotch Presbyterian Church of the former place informed me that it had been ascertained that about forty converts to the Moslem faith had been Made and they had publicly joined the mosques and put on the long robe and turbans and after being instructed in the doctrines of the Koran they were finally sent on a pilgrimage to Mecca at the expense of benevolent Mahomedans to conf [...] The former inhabitants of the island were Malays who had come from Sumatra and drove the aboriginal tribes over to the mainland of the peninsula; they in turn were invaded by the Javanese about the year 1200 and driven up the coast where in time they founded a kingdom whose capital was Malacca which was captured by Albuquerque in the year 1511. [...] Finding they were unable to expel the Portuguese they centered their power in the lower part of the peninsula and founded the kingdom of Johore from whose Sultan the purchase of the island was made. [...] From country roads we turn into city streets and soon come out on the Esplanade a narrow plain on the beach with a circular drive a faint suggestion of the Englishman's Hyde Park for all the elite of the town drive here to enjoy the sunset sea and music when the band from the fort plays. [...] The evening proved dark and rainy; but knowing that the ghosts of the dead mind neither mud nor rain we wisely concluded that there would be no postponement on account of weather and the coachman was directed to drive to that part of the city called Tuleo Ayer to the residence of a rich Chinaman the Spirit Farmer of Singapore." This word sacrifice is horribly suggestive to the ears of the wes
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SARF Document ID
sarf.146855
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Frontmatter
i-xviii Julia A. Stone view
Chapter I. Singapore and Vicinity
17-39 Julia A. Stone view
Chapter II. Life in the Tropior
40-54 Julia A. Stone view
Chapter III. The Islands of the Archipelago
55-74 Julia A. Stone view
Chapter IV. Going up the Coast of the Peninsula
75-113 Julia A. Stone view
Chapter V. Native Life in Burmah
114-129 Julia A. Stone view
Chapter VI. Calcutta
130-157 Julia A. Stone view
Chapter VII. The Home of Noor-Mahal
158-ii Julia A. Stone view
Chapter VIII. Benaras the Eternal City
185-205 Julia A. Stone view
Chapter IX. Chunar and Allahabad
206-225 Julia A. Stone view
Chapter X. Cawnpore and Lucknow
226-273 Julia A. Stone view
Chapter XI. Agra
274-310 Julia A. Stone view
Chapter XII. The Taj—The Marvel of India
311-348 Julia A. Stone view
Chapter XIII. Fottehpore—Sikri—Bhurtpore—Digh
349-360 Julia A. Stone view
Chapter XIV. The Fortified Palace or Citadel of Delhi as it is Now
361-387 Julia A. Stone view
Chapter XV. Dewan Khas or Throne-Boom at Delhi
388-408 Julia A. Stone view
Chapter XVI. Rambles About New and Old Delhi
409-436 Julia A. Stone view
Chapter XVII. The Old Observation on the Road to Old Delhi or 1193
437-487 Julia A. Stone view
Chapter XVIII. Through the Punjab Country
488-512 Julia A. Stone view
Chapter XIX. Down the Indus
513-548 Julia A. Stone view
Chapter XX. Bombay; Homeward Bound
549-554 Julia A. Stone view
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in India
555-628 Julia A. Stone view

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