CHAPTER X. 



PLACES VISITED IN INDIA. 



A FTER the eclipse was over, the members of the two 

 J_JL expeditions broke up into small parties for the purpose 

 of visiting places of interest in this land interesting to every 

 traveller, but especially full of interest to Englishmen. In the 

 course of these tours several hundreds of photographs were 

 taken of places, the beauty or historic associations of which 

 attracted attention. A few of these have been kindly supplied 

 by the photographers, who have also added the following brief 

 descriptive notes : 



ENTRANCE TO THE RESIDENCY, LUCKNOW (p. 142). Since the 

 days of the Mutiny, the famous Lucknow Residency has been 

 converted by a wise Government into a public park, filled with 

 flowers and shrubs, amidst which stand the crumbling ruins of 

 the original buildings, suffered to be touched by no hand save 

 that of time alone. Nevertheless care is taken not to destroy 

 the general features of the old garrison ; and monuments are 

 erected on the site of those houses and defences which have 

 disappeared, so that there is no difficulty in tracing every detail 

 connected with the siege. The photograph shows the ruined 

 archway known as the Bailey Guard Gate. Its mouldering 

 fragments are held together by iron clamps, and its grey walls 

 are swathed in masses of purple Bourganvillia. Upon this, as 

 on every other building, the furious hail of shot and shell has 

 wrought deadly havoc. The Hospital, Dr. Fayrer's house, where 

 Sir Henry Lawrence breathed his last, and the Residency itself, 

 with its range of cellar-like rooms where the women and children 

 passed their weary hours, are the most striking ruins remaining. 

 In the far corner is the cemetery, where lie so many of the 

 gallant defenders, including the hero of the siege, on whose 

 simple tomb are the pathetic words : " Here lies Henry Lawrence, 

 who tried to do his duty." 



WELL IN WHEELER'S ENTRENCHMENT, CAWNPORE (p. 142). 

 This well stands in the centre of the enclosure which marks 

 the site of the entrenchment held so gallantly by the ill-fated 

 European garrison during the terrible days of the Mutiny. The 



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