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View on the River Jumna. Sketch by G. F. White. Drawn by T A Allom and engraved by J H Kernot
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Title: The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce
Year: 1858 (1850s)
Authors: Martin, Robert Montgomery, 1803?-1868 Roberts, Emma, 1794?-1840
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Publisher: London, New York : The London printing and publishing company, ltd.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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most holy places in the world. Christian tourists of course dispensewith the ceremony; but while they omit the mark of reverence for the pagan deities ofthe place, the hill people are far from appreciating their reasons for refusal, and do notbelieve that motives of science or mere curiosity can have induced them to expose them-selves to toils and dangers which, in their opinion, religious zeal is alone sufficient toaccount for. VIEW ON THE JUMNA—THE SANGHA BRIDGE, NEARJUMNOOTREE, OR JUMNOUTRL Though the distance from Kursalee to Jumnootree is only eight miles, the difficultiesand hazards of the route render it a very arduous journey for European tourists.Starting from the usual resting-place, at a short distance from the former village, theyvery soon enter upon a tortuous, uneven path of varied altitude, sometimes havingnothing but a notched tree by which to ascend to a traversable ledge above them; atothers, compelled to wander backwards and forwards, through the shallow bed of a
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^iiEW mi ruE liSOWKRi? jiui The length of tie Junmais 680 Bifles: on it are sitTia-ted the cities of DelH and Agra,tlie principal seats of the preaent insrarrectioii. THE INDIAN EMPIRE ILLUSTRATED. 17 stream, as either side offers the prospect of better footing; and not unfrequently havino-to pursue their route, step by step, on stones projecting from the midst of the torrentthat crosses the direct line of progress. This devious way, however, is at length amplvcompensated for by a succession of exceedingly beautiful cascades; the Jumna being here,in several places, joined by tril)utary streams, tumbling from immense heights, and theprecipitous masses of rocks on either side possessing a still greater degree of noblegrandeur. Completely shut in by these mountain-ranges, which rise abruptly on bothsides of the narrowing stream, the traveller can now only catch occasional glimpses ofthe snowy peaks beyond. The course of the river is here little more than a mere chasmin the rock, cut and

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