Volume 1

The good old days of Honorable John Company : being curious reminiscences illustrating manners and customs of the British in India during the rule of the East India Company from 1600 to 1858 / compiled by W.H. Carey.

Date:
1906-1907
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Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Credit: The good old days of Honorable John Company : being curious reminiscences illustrating manners and customs of the British in India during the rule of the East India Company from 1600 to 1858 / compiled by W.H. Carey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Page. First European Settlers inThe East ... I CHAPTER II. Establishment of the Company in India 5 CHAPTER III. The Company’s Commercial Operations ... • • • 25 CHAPTER IV. Ancient Calcutta • • • • • • 30 CHAPTER V. Calcutta besieged, 1756 ... 46 CHAPTER VI. Calcutta restored, 1758 57 Rebuilding of the city—Resumption of trade 57 Street Nomenclature; »t • • • — 72 Ghauts or Landing Places • • • 77 Places of note in the immediate vicinity 79 CHAPTER VII. Round the Cape • • • S3 CHAPTER VIII. Inner Life of the first Settlers • • • «'r 90 Out-door Exercise • • • 112 CHAPTER IX. Amusements « • • • r • 116 Public Entertainments ... 116 Dancing ... • • • • • • 125 Dignity Ball in 1829 • • • 129 Theatricals • • • • • • Racing ... 136 Boat Races 139 Cricket • • • 140 Ballooning « • • • • * 140 Garden E^^cursions .•> f •• 144