. "Round the world." : Letters from Japan, China, India, and Egypt . king Brahmin waddled to the doorand threw round my neck a strirg of fl >wers, at the same time holding out Ms haufor bucksheesh. The crowd behind scowledat my good luck, and my guide dro v meaway, for no one could tell what the zsalthese deluded lanatie3 would lead them tdo to an unbeliever. Ten years ago my lifewould not have been worth a minutes pur»chase in such a place. I bestowed my strinof marigolr s upon some one who could ap-preciate their value, and we elbowed ourway into the comparatively fresh air of thestreet,
. "Round the world." : Letters from Japan, China, India, and Egypt . king Brahmin waddled to the doorand threw round my neck a strirg of fl >wers, at the same time holding out Ms haufor bucksheesh. The crowd behind scowledat my good luck, and my guide dro v meaway, for no one could tell what the zsalthese deluded lanatie3 would lead them tdo to an unbeliever. Ten years ago my lifewould not have been worth a minutes pur»chase in such a place. I bestowed my strinof marigolr s upon some one who could ap-preciate their value, and we elbowed ourway into the comparatively fresh air of thestreet, having seen enough of Hindoo idolatry. On our way back to the Victoria, wepassed hundreds of shops devoted to themanufacture of brass and copper idols ofVishnu, Shiva and Buddha. In other shopswhere no manufacturing was going on 1saw large quantities of hideous little idolsmade of iron and covered with gilt lacquer,which my guide assured me were ^made inBirmingham. Verily, not India alone, butChristian England also, is somewhat givenup to I-dollar-try. W. P. F. I. NUMBER TWENTY-TWO. Allahabad Junction-The City of Al-lah—An Invisible River—Paradise forthe Faithful—The Fort—A Puzzle forSavant—Club for a Giant—The Fu-ture Capital-Kruiru Garden—TameSparrows—Cawnpore—The SepoyRebellion—The Memorial Garden—Lucknow, the City of Palaces—FiwtImpressions Illusive—The Hearts De-light—Martiniere- Secunder Bagh—The Palace of Csesai~-Tfae Mu-seum—The Residency—An ImpressiveRuin-Dinna Ye Hear the Slogan !—The Grave of Have lock-Barbarityof the Conquerors—Treatment of theNatives* Lucknow, India, February, remember seeing upon one of the couponsof a fanciful ticket, Round the World,issued by the Erie Railway, Calcutta toBombay (1,500 miles) via Allahabad Junc-tion. The latter place stmnded to me likea mylh, but feere I am, and tiedthe City of Allah, aa the namesignifies, a very substantial is situated about one hundred miles aboveBenares,
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