TRAVELLING TO AND IN INDIA 



line are fine,' large, well-appointed ships, with all 

 arrangements for the comfort of passengers. A 

 journey of seventeen days' duration will take him 

 to Colombo (the capital of the island of Ceylon), 

 whence one night's journey by sea, in one of the 

 British India steamers which ply between that port 

 and Tuticorin, will put him down at the latter 

 whence he can travel by rail. 



In railway travelling in India, it is practically 

 necessary to travel first class. Even this will not 

 secure the traveller from the intrusion of a possibly 

 scantily -clad native, whose manners and customs 

 may be the reverse of agreeable to the former. 

 It is high time that the railway companies should 

 provide separate first-class accommodation for 

 Europeans and for natives, and permit none of the 

 latter, except such as may have adopted English 

 costume, to enter the carriages reserved for 

 Europeans. 



Before starting on a railway journey in the 

 plains of India, the traveller should ascertain 

 whether ice is carried on the train for supply to 

 the passengers, as, if not, he will find a box of it, 

 taken with him, a great comfort, and he should 

 not omit to also take some soda-water and a 

 tumbler. Having reached the termination of his 

 journey by rail, the sportsman's means of transport 

 thence will depend entirely upon the means avail- 

 able in the locality, which he will have to ascertain. 



As is elsewhere stated, in Mysore and other 

 parts of the south, a comfortable bullock- coach 

 for his own conveyance can be hired either for 



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