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A POST OFFICE IN AN INDIAN TEA DISTRICT.

There is an air of charm and repose about this scene which seems at first sight to stamp it as far remote from the hurry of the " Mails " and the brisk life of the Post Office. The sluggish stream, the tranquil elephant who is refreshing himself in the cool water, the easy-going half-clad native on the bank, and the little thatched hut standing on its stilts to get above the level of the swamp, look many thousand miles away from the General Post Office and the clamour and bustle of St. Martin's-le-Grand- So indeed they are, and yet the single slender wire which dips down into the little window of the hut will in a few minutes—and would, if the course were clear, in a few seconds—put the busy city of London into closs and confidential communication with this tiny Indian hamlet.
Date between 1897 and 1899
date QS:P,+1897-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1897-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1899-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Source The Queen's Empire. Volume 3. Cassell & Co. London
Author Various photographers for Cassell & Co.
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