Our journey around the world; an illustrated record of a year's travel of forty thousand . brokendown and when the empire of India shall take its placeamong the great Christian empires of the world. CHAPTER XVIII. PEN PICTURES FROM NORTHERN INDIA. The Mouth of the Hoogly — A Precaution — From the Parisian to thePariah — The Great Banyan of the Geographies — Ten ThousandTroops under its Shade — The Burning Ghat — A Sidewalk BarbersShop — A Ghastly Group — Innumerable Beggars — Religious Parasites — The Old Fakirs Offering—The Bathers in the Ganges — A DevotedSon — Dying at her Leisure —
Our journey around the world; an illustrated record of a year's travel of forty thousand . brokendown and when the empire of India shall take its placeamong the great Christian empires of the world. CHAPTER XVIII. PEN PICTURES FROM NORTHERN INDIA. The Mouth of the Hoogly — A Precaution — From the Parisian to thePariah — The Great Banyan of the Geographies — Ten ThousandTroops under its Shade — The Burning Ghat — A Sidewalk BarbersShop — A Ghastly Group — Innumerable Beggars — Religious Parasites — The Old Fakirs Offering—The Bathers in the Ganges — A DevotedSon — Dying at her Leisure — A Burning Ghat — Decorations after theBath — Burning the Dead — Hindu Theology — Towers of Silence —Dreary Biers and Hungry Vultures — A Cannibal Feast — The Jews ofIndia — Why They Give their Bodies to the Vultures — The Bondage ofCaste — Paying Dear for his Dinners — A Venerable Bridegroom —Match Makers in India — The Stars Favorable and Marriages Frequent — A Wedding Procession — A Pathetic Mite of a Bride —A Matter-of-fact I HO IT Madras to Calcutta the voy-age is comparatively uninterestinguntil one draws near to the greatpolitical Capital of India. As wenear the mouth of the Hooglyriver, one of the great Deltas of theGanges, which pours its muddywaters into the Bay of Bengal, formany miles the eye can follow thedistinct line of demarkation be-tween the fresh water of the sacredriver and the salt water of the a little the low line of palm trees on one sideshows that we have entered the vast and capacious mouth ofthe Hoogly, which of all rivers is most difficult of navigationon account of its shifting sands and its treacherous shoals. (335) 33G THE MOTLEY POPULATION OF CALCUTTA. While the passengers were at tiffin the stewards closedall the ports of the vessel, and when we asked the reason forthis summary shutting off of our supply of fresh air, thecaptain informed us that we would have a better
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