. William H. Seward's travels around the world. mal school for the instruction of native has fifteen pupils, all of high caste. They are educated free ofcharge, and even paid for their attendance. They are driven toand from the school-house in close carriages, so that they may notbe seen of men. We fear that the importance of this noble steptoward the civilization of the East is scarcely realized at noticed among the pupils a girl of seventeen, distinguishedfrom her dark-eyed companions by a sad demeanor and plaintivevoice. In a single year she had lost her husband whom she lo
. William H. Seward's travels around the world. mal school for the instruction of native has fifteen pupils, all of high caste. They are educated free ofcharge, and even paid for their attendance. They are driven toand from the school-house in close carriages, so that they may notbe seen of men. We fear that the importance of this noble steptoward the civilization of the East is scarcely realized at noticed among the pupils a girl of seventeen, distinguishedfrom her dark-eyed companions by a sad demeanor and plaintivevoice. In a single year she had lost her husband whom she loved,and her only child. The laws of her caste doomed her to seclusion THE NORMAL SCHOOL. 349The and celibacy for life, to give up her jewels, friends, and hopes,normal school allows her activity, cheerfulness, and usefulness. We learn that the Duke of Argyll, Secretary for India, takes adeep interest in the institution, and has just sent out from Englanda young lady to take charge of it, who was educated for that pur-pose in the United THE SUEF AT •27 CHAPTER III. FROM MADRAS TO CALCUTTA. The Surf at Madras.—On the Bay of Bengal.—The Lion-Whelps.—The Hoogly.—TheViceroys Invitation.—Earl and Countess Mayo.—Glimpses of Calcutta.—The Baboo.—The Baboos House and Harem.—The Government House. Steamer Australia, Bay of Bengal, February 27th.—The surfnever ceases to beat and break against the shore at Madras. Adozen years ago an attempt was made to overcome the difficulty byextending a pier into the sea. But there was found neither capi-tal nor engineering skill anywhere sufficient to make the workeffective. We insisted on leaving the shore in the primitive way. Anative surf-boat, eighteen feet long, five feet wide, and six feet deep,was hauled high and dry on the beach. The boat is constructedwith bamboo-withes instead of spikes and nails, to prevent leakage,and of material so light, and proportions so exact, that no weight ofwater will cause it
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