Sport And Work On The Nepaul Frontier: Or Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences Of An Indigo Planter

About the Book:-This book is a lively and colourful account of the authors 12 years stay on the frontiers of India and Nepal, as an indigo planter, between 1863 and 1875. The author in this book gives vivid accounts of mofussil and country district life, with the narrative being full of anecdotes. The intention of the author was to give exciting episodes from his hunting, shooting, and fishing jaunts; along with which there are accounts of daily life and incidents; descriptions of the natives and their lives, their customs, dispositions, observances and sayings, etc. There are nine illustrations in this book, which was first published in 1878. About the Author:-Maori (James Inglis) was a noted author, merchant and politician, was born in 1845 at Edzell, Forfarshire, Scotland. He went to New Zealand at 19, worked at Timaru and joined the west coast gold rushes. In 1866 he went to India at the instigation of his brother Alexander, a Calcutta tea merchant, and became an indigo planter in Bihar and the North-West Provinces. He revelled in tiger shooting and pigsticking, and published sporting verses, Tirhoot Rhymes (Calcutta, 1873), under the pseudonym 'Maori', and Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier (London, 1878). In 1875 he became famine commissioner for Bhagalpur. After visiting Scotland he returned to manage extensive government territory. A rheumatic cripple, in 1877 he left Calcutta commissioned by the Alahabad Pioneer Mail to write on the Australian colonies as 'a field for Anglo-Indian capital'. As 'Maori' he also wrote for the Echo and Sydney Mail. The Title 'Sport And Work On The Nepaul Frontier: Or Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences Of An Indigo Planter written/authored/edited by “Maori” (Jas. Inglis)', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121240574 is assigned to the Paperback version of this title. This book has total of pp. 389 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 13.34 x 21.59 cms Vol:-