CHAPTER II. 



Bombay — Isle of Elei'hanta — -Hinduism — 1'arski; marriage — Temple 



OF KaRLEE ElLORA, the GRKAT KyLAS JuBBtJLPORE ThUG- 



GEFisM — The Marble Hills — Allahabad — Cawnpore. 



Breakfast was over, and a number of Parsee commis- 

 sioners, in high conical hats and clad in white frock 

 coat and trousers, endeavoured to induce the pas- 

 sengers to accept their recommendation of certain 

 hotels. They seemed, however, to meet with little 

 success, as most of us had made our choice beforehand, 

 and taking a rapid survey of the coast pleasantly un- 

 dulating, and studded with tall palm trees, we passed 

 the Custom's barrier — not a very serious business at 



