Life in an Indian Outpost

Life in an Indian OutpostOur first view of the HimalayasAcross India in a troop trainA scattered regimentAn...
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Author: Casserly, Gordon,1869-1947
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Language: English
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Life in an Indian Outpost

Life in an Indian Outpost

€6,14

Life in an Indian Outpost

€6,14
Author: Casserly, Gordon,1869-1947
Format: eBook
Language: English

Life in an Indian Outpost

Our first view of the HimalayasAcross India in a troop trainA scattered regimentAn elephant-haunted railwayKinchinjungaThe great Terai JungleRajabhatkawaIn the days of Warren HastingsHillmenRoving ChineseWe arrive at Buxa RoadRelieved officersAn undesirable outpostMarch through the forestThe hillsA mountain roadLovely sceneryBuxa DuarA lonely StationThe labours of an Indian Army officerVaried workThe frontier of BhutanA gate of IndiaA Himalayan paradiseThe fortIntrusive monkeysThe cantonmentThe Picquet TowersThe bazaarThe cemeteryForgotten gravesTragedies of lonelinessFrom Bhutan to the sea. Against the blue sky to the north lay a dark blur that, as our troop train ran on through the level plains of Eastern Bengal, rose ever higher and took shapethe distant line of the Himalayas. Around us the restful though tame scenery of the little Cooch Behar State. The chess-board pattern of mud-banked rice fields, long groves of the graceful feathery bamboo, here and there a tiny hamlet[Pg 2] of palm-thatched hutson their low roofs great sprawling green creepers with white blotches that look like skulls but are only ripe melons. But the dark outlines of the distant mountains drew my gaze and brought the heads of my sepoys out of the carriage windows to stare at them. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 37782
Author: Casserly, Gordon
Release Date: Oct 17, 2011
Format: eBook
Language: English

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