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قراءة كتاب Life in an Indian Outpost
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LIFE IN AN
INDIAN OUTPOST
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LIFE IN AN
INDIAN OUTPOST
BY
Major GORDON CASSERLY
(INDIAN ARMY)
AUTHOR OF
"THE LAND OF THE BOXERS; OR CHINA UNDER THE ALLIES"; ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
T. WERNER LAURIE LTD.
CLIFFORD'S INN
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER I | |
| A FRONTIER POST | |
| PAGE | |
| Our first view of the Himalayas—Across India in a troop | |
| train—A scattered regiment—An elephant-haunted | |
| railway—Kinchinjunga—The great Terai | |
| Jungle—Rajabhatkawa—In the days of Warren | |
| Hastings—Hillmen—Roving Chinese—We arrive at Buxa | |
| Road—Relieved officers—An undesirable outpost—March through | |
| the forest—The hills—A mountain road—Lovely scenery—Buxa | |
| Duar—A lonely Station—The labours of an | |
| Indian Army officer—Varied work—The frontier of | |
| Bhutan—A gate of India—A Himalayan paradise—The | |
| fort—Intrusive monkeys—The cantonment—The Picquet | |
| Towers—The bazaar—The cemetery—Forgotten | |
| graves—Tragedies of loneliness—From Bhutan to the | |
| sea | 1 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| LIFE ON OUTPOST | |
| The daily routine—Drill in the Indian Army—Hindustani—A | |
| lingua franca—The divers tongues of India—The | |
| sepoys' lodging—Their ablutions—An Indian's fare—An | |
| Indian regiment—Rajput customs—The hospital—The | |
| doctor at work—Queer patients—A vicious bear—The | |
| Officers' Mess—Plain diet—Water—The simple | |
| life—A bachelor's establishment—A faithful Indian—Fighting | |
| the trusts—Transport in the hills—My bungalow—Amusements | |
| in Buxa—Dull days—Asirgarh—A | |
| lonely outpost—Poisoning a General—A storied fortress—Soldier | |
| ghosts—A spectral officer—The tragedy of | |
| isolation—A daring panther—A day on an elephant—Sport | |
| in the jungle—Gooral stalking in the hills—Strange | |
| pets—A friendly deer—A terrified visitor—A | |
| walking menagerie—Elephants tame and wild—Their | |
| training—Their caution—Their rate of speed—Fondness | |
| for water—Quickly reconciled to captivity—Snakes—A | |
| narrow escape—A king-cobra; the hamadryad—Hindu | |
| worship of the cobra—General Sir Hamilton | |
| Bower—An adventurous career—E. F. Knight—The | |
| General's inspection | 19 |
| CHAPTER III | |
| THE BORDERLAND OF BHUTAN | |
| The races along our North-East Border—Tibet—The | |
| Mahatmas—Nepal—-Bhutan—Its geography—Its founder—Its | |
| Government—Religious rule—Analogy between | |
| Bhutan and old Japan—Penlops and Daimios—The | |
| Tongsa Penlop—Reincarnation of the Shaptung | |
| Rimpoche—China's claim to Bhutan—Capture of the | |
| Maharajah of Cooch Behar—Bogle's mission—Raids | |
| and |