The Moat, Fort Dufferin, Mandalay.
THROUGH
INDIA AND BURMAH
WITH PEN AND BRUSH
BY
A. HUGH FISHER
"The beauty of the world is simple like a looking-glass."
LONDON
T. WERNER LAURIE
CLIFFORD'S INN
TO MY FRIENDS IN ENGLAND
PREFACE
The following series of "Travel Pictures" is anendeavour to embody some of my impressionsand experiences in India and Burmah.
For kind permission to reproduce among theillustrations eight of the painted sketches I madefor them, my thanks are due to the VisualInstruction Committee of the Colonial Office whosent me out to the East as their artist.
The two chapters "The Moharam Festival"and "Rakhykash" are included in this book bythe courtesy of the Editor of The FortnightlyReview, in which publication they have alreadyappeared.
A. HUGH FISHER.
CONTENTS
CHAP.
I. RANGOON
II. HIS HIGHNESS THE SAWBWA OF HSIPAW
III. UP THE IRRAWADDY TO BHAMO
IV. THE DEAD HEART OF A KINGDOM
V. MANDALAY
VI. SOUTHERN INDIA, THE LAND OF HINDOO TEMPLES
VII. CALCUTTA
VIII. MY FIRST SIGHT OF THE HIMALAYAS
IX. BENARES
X. LUCKNOW
XI. CAWNPORE
XII. THE HOUSE OF DREAM
XIII. DELHI
XIV. DEHRA DUN AND LANDOUR
XV. AN EVENING OF GOLD
XVI. "GUARD YOUR SHOES"
XVII. "A GATE OF EMPIRE"
XVIII. THE CAPITAL OF THE PUNJAB
XIX. AT THE COURT OF HIS HIGHNESS THE RAJAH OF NABHA
XX. IN SIGHT OF AFGHANISTAN
XXI. RAJPUTANA
XXII. SIR PRATAP SINGH
XXIII. THE MOHARAM FESTIVAL
XXIV. RAKHYKASH
XXV. POLITICAL
INDEX
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