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Identifier: indikacountrypeo00hursuoft Title: Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon Year: 1891 (1890s) Authors: Hurst, J. F. (John Fletcher), 1834-1903 Subjects: Sri Lanka India Publisher: New York, Harper Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing After Image: AH UNEXPECTED DANGER \. ENGINEERS PREDICAMENT I>i I: of it; l»ut most likely if is only ;i late parvenu d< the first historically known city. For example, there have b six well-known and clearly identified Delhis. Thai of to-dav is 214 INDIRA. only the last survival of innumerable -wasting wars. In Labor,where I am now writing in a dark and quaint old bouse, therehave been at least four different cities, all of which can be easilyidentified by the separate types of ruins. Outside of this orig-inal Indian city there is a belt of new houses, with large com-pounds or grounds, and well protected by high walls. This is theEnglish part of the city, and has grown into existence since theEnglish captured the country. No Englishman thinks of livingin the close native city. He always has his home in the outer belt. Now, it is in this outer belt that you always find the railway.I have seen no railroad, so far, which runs into the ancient nativecity or halts right by it. That would be neit

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