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Page 116
... India and sketching as if for dear life the whole time . But I am anticipating . On the voyage out to Bombay- it took twenty - seven days in a Rubattino steamer from Genoa in 1873 - Lear was accosted by a German pessimist . ' ' G. P ...
... India and sketching as if for dear life the whole time . But I am anticipating . On the voyage out to Bombay- it took twenty - seven days in a Rubattino steamer from Genoa in 1873 - Lear was accosted by a German pessimist . ' ' G. P ...
Page 139
... India , after my resignation , exactly ten days short of seven years from the date at which I started . ' Concerning India , I have not much to say , except that my conception of the position of Viceroy was to be head not only of the ...
... India , after my resignation , exactly ten days short of seven years from the date at which I started . ' Concerning India , I have not much to say , except that my conception of the position of Viceroy was to be head not only of the ...
Page 145
... India . He proposed it and , in a matter of mili- tary discipline , of course we all agreed . Then he slipped away and left me to bear the whole burden . The affair was much worse than we have ever allowed , for the sake of the Army ...
... India . He proposed it and , in a matter of mili- tary discipline , of course we all agreed . Then he slipped away and left me to bear the whole burden . The affair was much worse than we have ever allowed , for the sake of the Army ...
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