Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-07-11
A vormonter's Trip Around the World.
LEAVES FROM DE-. THAYER's JoUENAL-sIGHTs
AND SCENES IN INDIA.


LEAVES FROM DR.. THAYEE's JoUENAL-srGHTs
AND SCENES N INDIA.
LrCKNow, India, March 70, 1879.
Lucknow is situated on the hanks of the
River Goomty, a tributary Of the Ganges
1t is not an old city yet it is one of quite
historical interest. As We entered it We
saw about the railroad station camels, loaded
down with merchandise and hitched to
wagons, performing the services that We had
seen elsewhere done hy buiIalos, oxen and
little donkcys. | saw one Of them by the
roadside with her young, and as we ap-
preached it seemed that her neck doubled its
length as she showed us her teeth. In pass
ing the cantonmcnt We counted forty-eight
elephants in row taking their bath, and
undergoing preparations for their days
work. A few We met with servants and
children on their huge frames taking amorn-
ing ride On inquiry We learned there were
sixty-iive in the herd, all of them in govern
ment service Another street near hy was
crowded with donkcys in drnves, loaded
with straw or material to I've used as fuel.
After We were settled in our rooms at our
hotel, formerly an old palace we went TO
the " Rcsidcncy or rather to lis ruins. On
approaching the gateway Of entrance, we
passed over an open space Of moccupied
ground, which, at the time Of the mutiny in
1857. was covered with dense population,
who were put to the sword for the part they
took in the mutiny The gate tower still
remains, the portals and walls retaining
the marks of bullets. The old ramparts of
the Notifications are nearly oblitcratcd.
! Where once lived one of the kings of Dude in
| great splcndor, is now mass of ruins. We
passed among the heaps of brick and mortar
up and down stone stairway, which still
marks out the sites of the grand reception
hall, the private apartments of the king, the
harem and the baihs The remains of the
| kings stables We're pointed out to MS, where
/ he kept his thousand horses, and dried up
tanks of immense proportions filled with
the debris of tumblcd walls We were
| guided along tiie grass grown paths
and had pointed out TO us the room
in which General Lawrence received
| his fatal injury by the bursting Of Il shell
which passed through the walls of tower
and of his own apartment bcforei exploded.
1 We saw the underground rooms where the
women and children were gathered during
the siege, being for considerable time re-
duced 10 one pound of food daily, yet, un-
complaining, they cheered the soldiers for
their valor AMI encouraged them to iurther
duty. We WISHED The surgeons quarters
where he worked IN hlhdihS up broken hihhs
and dressing wounds until the walls oi the
hoSpital were c"ilfitlrlN lddled Win nul-
lets and where lac fell while engaged IN the
extraction Of a bullet from native soldier.
All about the grounds were seen the ruins of
buildings. bathing tanksand ramparts. Upon
the highest cmincncc Is monument. sur
mounted 10y cross. to the memory of Gen
Lawrence, erected by his brother officers.
Scattered about the grounds beneath shade
trees. and in the centre of flower plots are
little monuments of brick work three feet
high on which are inscribed incidents of the
siege or the names of some who fell. The
grounds are kent in excellent condition. with
clean travelled works. shade trees and flow
ere ,t Government exnrnsr On our
Way to th, c,m,trrv ,dioinipr. lbc omen
month of an underground passage way
was pointed out To US, through which water
was conveyed from the river to the rcsidcncv