CONTENTS. 



Departure of the embassy from Agra for Calcutta — rainy season in 

 that part of Hindostan — Ferozabad — Shakuabad — Jesswant-nug- 

 ghur — Ettaya — A djut-Mhel — dancing- girls at A ariah — delightful 

 scenery at Akberpore — Caunpore — country called Douab described 

 —fine character of its inhabitants — country fertile, villages populous 

 — description of Cawnpore — British hospitality and friendship — 

 Nautches — beauty of Cachemirian dancing-girls — dreadful ferocity 

 of the wolves at Cawnpore — anecdotes of their carnage — Budge- 

 rows, boats on the Ganges — embark at Caunpore for Calcutta — 

 Allahabad, description of that fortress, the abode of God — Hindoo 

 temple and sacred pepel-trce — palace — grand mosque — remarkable 

 trees — tomb of Kusroe — -junction of the Jumna and Ganges— Chu- 

 nar — mausoleum — stone quarries — Bamnaghur — arrival at Benares 

 — description of that city, observatory, pilgrims, and beggars — 

 Hindoo astronomy, a most extraordinary system — Buxar — battle of 

 Buxar — affect'miate recollection of Bombay — Chuprah — overflow 

 of the Ganges — Dinahpore — Monheer — Banquepore — Gola, or 

 public granary — Patna — monument in commemoration of the mas- 

 sacre — bird-sellers at Patna — snowy mountains — hot wells — Ming- 

 heer — rich country — beneficial improvements by Mr. Cleveland — 

 chief of Bhangulpore — high character of that gentleman — monu- 



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