. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . - life! ?I PICTURES OF CALCUTTA 335 Every one of the family who enters must step as carefully asthough he were entering a holy place. The remains of the mas tor lie in the trim yard, and are guarded by beautiful A NATIVE BUNGALOW, CALCUTTA. CHAPTER XXXV. FORT WILLIAM AND THE BLACK HOLE. Fort William formerly stood on the spot where the pres-ent post-office building is, but, after the battle of Plassey,Clive thought best to remove it to the river-bank. The newstructure, an irregular octagon, was finished in 1773. It is
. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . - life! ?I PICTURES OF CALCUTTA 335 Every one of the family who enters must step as carefully asthough he were entering a holy place. The remains of the mas tor lie in the trim yard, and are guarded by beautiful A NATIVE BUNGALOW, CALCUTTA. CHAPTER XXXV. FORT WILLIAM AND THE BLACK HOLE. Fort William formerly stood on the spot where the pres-ent post-office building is, but, after the battle of Plassey,Clive thought best to remove it to the river-bank. The newstructure, an irregular octagon, was finished in 1773. It isof great strength, and is surrounded on the land side by awide and deep fosse, which can be flooded immediately fromthe Hugh in case of need. The six hundred guns, and ca-pacity to hold ten thousand men, make the Fort a most for-midable place of defence for the city. In connection withit are St. Peters Church (Church of England), St. PatricksChapel (Roman Catholic), the Soldiers Institution and Garri-son School, the Arsenal, and the Military Prison. SinceClives day but little has been needed to preserve the strengthof this great fortification, except to continue the plan whichhe made. Of all the militarv reminders of the time of Clive, the BlackHole is the most memorable. Until v
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