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 an endeavour to embody some of my impressions and experiences in India and Burmah.

For kind permission to reproduce among the illustrations eight of the painted sketches I made for them, my thanks are due to the Visual Instruction Committee of the Colonial Office who sent me out to the East as their artist.

The two chapters "The Moharam Festival" and "Rakhykash" are included in this book by the courtesy of the Editor of The Fortnightly Review, in which publication they have already appeared.

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

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE MOAT, FORT DUFFERIN, MANDALAY ... Frontispiece "THEY COULD NOT LIE DOWN WITHOUT OVERLAPPING" MONGOLIAN TYPE OF MOHAMMEDAN MUTAMA, A HINDOO BABY HINDOO GIRL, SHOWING ELABORATE JEWELLERY ALTAR TABLE AT A BUDDHIST SOCIETY'S CELEBRATION BOY SHOWING TATOOING CUSTOMARY WITH ALL BURMESE MALES IN THE SHAN STATES: GUARD AND POLICEMAN KATHA AT A BURMESE PWE BURMESE ACTORS AT BHAMO A VILLAGE ON THE IRRAWADDY BURMESE MURDERERS PAGAN BURMESE DWARF (3 ft. 5 in. high) SUFFERING FROM CATARACT BURMESE PRIEST AND HIS BETEL Box BURMESE MOTHER AND CHILD THE SACRED TANK AND THE ROCK, TRICHINOPOLY THE MAIN BAZAAR, TRICHINOPOLY KARAPANASAMI, THE BLACK GOD HINDOO MOTHER AND CHILD BENGAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES, CALCUTTA BENGALEE ACTRESS, MISS TIN CORRY DASS THE YOUNGER "A CHARMING OLD GENTLEMAN FROM DELHI" AVENUE OF OREODOXA PALMS, BOTANICAL GARDENS, CALCUTTA THE KUTAB MINAR AND THE IRON PILLAR, FATEHPUR SIKRI THE FORT OF ALI MASJID, IN THE KHYBER PASS HIS HIGHNESS THE RAJAH OF NABHA THE PALACE OF THE MAHARAJAH OF UDAIPUR (DRYPOINT ETCHING) THE MOHARAM FESTIVAL AT AGRA

THROUGH INDIA AND BURMAH