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Aynsley, Mrs J. C. Murray

Our Visit to Hindostan (Hindustan), Kashmir, and Ladakh

1879

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Year of publication
1879
Place of printing
London. Wm. H. Allen & Co.
Author
Aynsley, Mrs J. C. Murray
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - Asia India
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [23 x 15 cm]; x, 326, 40 [publisher's ads, dated September 1879] pp. orig cloth expertly rebacked using the original spine and covers, gilt spine title lettering, margins of title, half-title & leaf of preface strengthened with clear tape, partly erased library stamp on title & other leaf, good solid copy, cover bright. A Yakushi A315. Robinson 80. The author describes the peoples, conditions, customs, building, etc, as she travelled from Bombay to Agra, Delhi, Lahore, Kashmir, Ladakh, Leh, Belgaum, Saugor, Benares, Allahabad, Muttra, Jeypore, Meerut, Simla to Kulu to the Solang Valley, Lucknow, Cawnpore, Poona, etc. There is a brief mention of tea cultivation in Kulu, opium factory in Ghazipore, Sikh festivals, camp life in Kashmir, sheep as beasts of burden.