The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-05-15
TOUR THROUGH INDIA.

ArOUR TIHROUG 81 INDIA.
Mr.. Thomas Cook, who is at present
on trip to India, for the purpose OF
learning the nature of the travelling and
hetel Accommodations to be met with on
tour of inspection to such interesting
places as Agra, Cawnpore, Lucknow. |
Delhi, Bombay, etc., has written let
ter to the Times descriptive of his exper- |
fences. The following are extracts
1.-THE Indian sleeping carriages are q
modification of the American system and
although they do not in India furnish
bedding and attendance, there is no ex
ira charge for the carriage, and it was
cheaper to buy stuffed bed quilts and
pillows than to pay three dollars night
for the American accom- cdatiou. More
over. the bedding is required in some of
the hotels, where it is only customary to
provide bolstead, mattress, one sheet,
and, perhaps. one hard pillow. There is
comparatively little frst.class travelling
in India, more than ninety per cent. of
the passenger receipts being for third or
fourth class. The whole of the main
lines of the East Indian and Great In
dian Peninsular Railways are well pro
yided with refreshment rooms. chiefly
under the management Of Kellner u 20.
the Spiers aud Pond Of India), who hive
also two of the best hotels in the &C an
try, at Alahabad aud Jubbulpore.
At Calcutta the chief hotel is The
Great Eastern, the property of a great
trading company, who use the ground
floor as stores OF almost everything re-
quired Tor ornament Or use. A singular
arrangement of this hotel is Tor each
guest to have his own servant, so that
at table there are as many walters as
guests, and the former often run sadly
in the way of each other. The same at
tendant assists sleepers to close their
eyes at night, and to open them in the
morning but an additional chan beruian
makes the beds, and another called a
bearer, supplies water, empties Stops, etc
The chief attendant expects six or eight
annas (9d. to Is. a day, and the supple
ments look for backsheesh. We, OF
course, saw all the great sights Of Calcut-
lathe fashionable drives. the public
gardens, the botanic gardens, the great
trna n itc esau,c apI f.ny
ering an area Of 900 feet in circumter
ence. The City Of Palaces" engaged
about five days OF activity and hard labor.
S,erannnra il hos ah..,t innrtAar, m.iiae
by rail from Calcutta. 1t is on the banks
Of the Hooghly, right opposite Barrack-
pore-a country seat OF the Governor
General-with extensive park, eighty
elephants, eantonment of soldiers, etc.
three hundred native youths are educat
ed, We were shown the charter granted
by Frederick r. Of Denmark when the
East India Company repudiated mission
and missioners. We saw the great
library, in which are copies OF
nearly thirty TRANSACTIONS of the
Scriptures, accomplished by Carey
and his conductors were conducted to
the literary workshop of the immortal
trio, where are preserved the chairs OF
Carey. Marshman aud Ward. just as they
sat at the common table. In the COM
pound is also the mission chapel, with
marble tablets in memory of the mission
family of Serempore ) and in the ceme-
tary are three groups of tombs-the Ca
reys, the Marshmans,. the Wards-surss
rounded by many Christian associates.
We also visited the two rival Jugger-
nauts, their temples and their cars, ali
Of which looked like going to decay.
At the holy city Of Benares we were
conducted throughout the five lines of
the idolatroHs filth and obscurity. com
bining bull, peacock, monkey and other
nameless objects of worship. From tie
deck Of boat on the Ganges we saw the
crowd of bathers trying to wash away
the filth Of the flesh ; others shaving
the heads and washing dead bodies, pre-
vious to laying them on the funeral piles.
which were burning on the banks of the
river The whole of these heather
scenes were revolving in the extreme
There are said to be 5000 Hindoo TEN.
pies ana shrines in the city; bnt one in
a thousand, with the bulls and monkeys,
were quite as many as we cared to see.
From BeDares we went to Agra, where
the celebrated Tai Mausoleum stands
prominent among the monum entail ed
fees of the world. This excellent tomb
of white marble, inlaid with precious
stones In great variety of ornament and
inscrptIve memorial, stands on tie high
bank OF the Jumma and is surrounded in
the quadrangle by beautiful garden of
tropical plants. trees and flowers, inter
spersed wit profusion of richly tinted
English roses. the whole surrounded ty
a massive and lofty wall, with magnii-
cent central gateway. The British Gov
erDment keep the gardens III the best
state OF cultivation, and regulate admiss
ion to the Tai
PEOPLE will be asIonIshed to learn that
this boiy of Modoc indians which have
given the country SO much trouble, and
costs so much money, number but sixty
seven ,vnu,pD and cbii6rop incl,daI