Around the world with Philip Phillips, "the singing pilgrim." A pictorial tour of the globe illustrated by pen and pencil .. . ewails of the women falling sadly upon our ears. While here the Mohammedan festival, called the Mohurrum, took ]jlace. This is an an-nual feast and lasts three days. In the gorgeous pageant men may be seen bearing upon theirshoulders jiagoda-like structures su])])osed to represent the tombs of the martyrs. Ihey arecovered with gilt and tinsel, some of them being thirty feet in height. While the soft strains 90 s/a//y-sE/-:/X(; /x ixpia. of mujic were wafted in the air,
Around the world with Philip Phillips, "the singing pilgrim." A pictorial tour of the globe illustrated by pen and pencil .. . ewails of the women falling sadly upon our ears. While here the Mohammedan festival, called the Mohurrum, took ]jlace. This is an an-nual feast and lasts three days. In the gorgeous pageant men may be seen bearing upon theirshoulders jiagoda-like structures su])])osed to represent the tombs of the martyrs. Ihey arecovered with gilt and tinsel, some of them being thirty feet in height. While the soft strains 90 s/a//y-sE/-:/X(; /x ixpia. of mujic were wafted in the air, indeed the surging mass, with the many-colored robes andgreat turbans, seemed like fairy creations. .Antl the ilesire to behold an oriental scene wasfully satisfied. Our next journey was to .Mlahabad. On our arrival we were met bv the Re\. J. , a Hapiist missionary, and escorted to the .Xnierican Zenana home, to which placewe had been previously invited. We were kindly received, and foimd delightful c[uiet. Thehouse was large and the compound spacious, the latter being irrigated with water drawn by *>.:--. H,HT-^EEl^?G IN INDIA. oxen from wells. Natives with the skins of goats filled with water, and carried under theirleft arms, sprinkled the flowers and gardens, which are ten inches below the raised avenuesor paths leading through the grounds. .\t the close of my evening service in this city an English officer invited myself and familyto ride about the city next day. Judge of our surprise on being called out at an early hournext morning to take a seat upon a large and gorgeously caparisoned elephant, from whichelevation we took in the sights of Allahabad. This was formerly a Klohammedan town, and called by them the city of God; but ithas relapsed from the old faith into that of Brahma. It is located on the banks of the RiverJumma, just before its entrance into the Ganges,—is the junction of the Bombay and Calcuttalines of railway with those of Northern India, a
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