Time for a cuppa!
In winter there is nothing more warming than a hot cuppa but in summer there is nothing more refreshing - well that's what my mother always used to say... So, with a cuppa next to me I am composing this week's blog in honour of - JAMES INGLIS James was born in 1845 in Forfarshire, Scotland, the son of the Reverend Robert Inglis and his wife Helen. After his education in Edinburgh, he visited New Zealand in 1864 to join the gold rush. 1866 saw him heading to India where his brother Alexander was a Calcutta tea merchant. He settled there as an indigo planter; indigo being a natural source for blue dye. James indulged in tiger hunts and other activities that would be considered distasteful nowadays and wrote many sporting verses about his adventures under the banner of "Maori". James Inglis in Indian garb - Wikipedia Suffering from rheumatism he set sail in 1877 for Australia to forge business opportunities between both countries. His health improved, he edited the ...