108 BANGALORE 



at an early hour, and 1 di-ove at once to the Cubboii 

 hotel, kept by Mr. Brown, one of the best hotels in 

 India, consisting of a group of bungalows. Most 

 luxuriantly housed and fed, and with kind friends in 

 the town, I should be ungrateful indeed if I did not 

 acknowledge Bangalore to be tlie Eldorado of Southern 

 India ; nay, I honestly think it is. There are no 

 wonderful monuments here, either religious or secular, 

 but the European element is strongly represented, both 

 military and civil, who vie with each other in providing 

 amusements of every kind, and whose hospitality is 

 proverbial. 



This, the capital of Mysore, is essentially a handsome 

 town, each resident living, Indian fashion, in his own 

 bungalow, surrounded by a garden and compound, 

 which latter includes stables and outhouses. The 

 natives have their own quarter, the " Pettah," quite 

 distinct and some distance from the former ; there a 

 lively trade is carried on in all kinds of goods, but the 

 principal manufactories are those of silk and cotton 

 cloth, called sari, for the adornment of native women, 

 and of carpets, which, although not equal to the Vellore 

 make, notoriously the best in India, are strong and 

 of good pattern. Beyond the Pettah is the old fort, 

 kept in tolerable condition ; it includes the arsenal and 

 the ruins of an old palace. 



