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West Indies, " a large brown fruit to be eaten with 

 pepper and salt by those who list ! " The other is the 

 kamarek {avarrhoa caramhola), similar in shape and 

 cokmr to a plantain, pointed at both ends, but with 

 three or four ridges lengthways, the edges remaining 

 green ; its taste is acid and somewhat astringent, 

 generally eaten cooked, and much prized in curry 

 stufi. 



I left Lucknow very reluctantly, and shall be glad of 

 an opportunity to pay it another visit. I have 

 heard people compare the place with Dresden, others 

 again with some old Italian town placed within the 

 Regent's Park, as representing the native and the 

 European portion, Ijut neither give an adequate idea 

 of this truly Indian city. 



After leaving Lucknow for the North- Western pro- 

 vinces, I had again to pass through Cawnpore, and 

 this time the weather was bitterly cold, causing the 

 natives to wi-ap themselves up from head to foot in 

 a large white shawl or blanket, like the Bedouins of 

 Egypt ; and as they crept along thus muffled, they had 

 all the appearance as if they felt ashamed to walk the 

 road, recalling the cruelties of Nana Sahib. Once 

 more upon the rails of the well-managed East Indian 

 Company, the Toondha Junction was duly reached. 



