Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-08-01

from the whole length OF the RIM oil Inc ear,
from the rings of the nose, encircling the
fingers and toes and around the ankles,
wrists and arms; next, 900 elephants richly
caparisoned with cloth of gold with plates
of Jewels upon THEN icreheads next thou
sand Afshars mounted on Persian
horses, with gold trimmed saddles and silver
brides. Then came 5000 war elephants
loaded with soldiers in gay uniform, with
bright shields, lances and sabres glistening in
the sun-then cages Of wild baasts from the
jungles followed by large platforms borne
on the shoulders where dancing girls and
iugglers were going through their perform
anccs A host of cavalry and troops OF soldiery
brought up the rear OF the cavalcade' follow
cd nv the naked peasants wild with cnthu-
siasm. lie (Akbar) reigned forty years
built palaces. mosques and tombs. exhausted
the treasury Of the empire, forced money
and labor from his subjects, reducing them
to the most abjeat poverty. Gai Died pris-
oncr in his own palace, surrounded only by
foes.
Before leaving Delhi We had some shop
ping to do Who goes into foreign city
and docs not 60 shopping? From San Fran
cisco to Delhi, we have visited shops in every
city. We have seen many beautiful, inter
estiug and useful articles -beautiful bronze
work and porcelain in Japan ivory carvings
and silk fabrics in China; brass work, ivory
paintings. hligree silver and gold orna-
ments, work inlaid with precious stones
cashmere fabrics, stone, ivory, clay 4na
wooden idols in India. They are all
brought to our rooms and we are
urged to buy at ruinous prices.
Allahabad. Sunday March 22d, 1SI9.-
This city is built at the confluence OF three
rivers, held sacred il the eyes Of the Hindoos
who come here after making long pilgrim
ages to bath i'll its holy waters. The first Is
the Ganges, the second is the Jumna, and
| the third is an underground river, which has
never been seem but is balieFed by these
idolaters to communicate with the Gange'
/ III u away
of Allaliabad is where city was built long
long ago. As far back, it is said, AS ''wher
Aaron WAS building the golden calf for Tho
Israeltes. the HindOos were worship
ping the waters of this place" Year
! w thousands of IIindoos make pll
grimages to this place from long dis
tances and once in ten or twelve years, wlel
there is conjunction of some Of the planets
there are as many as two millions camp1d upoi
the bordering plains, many of them remain
ing for two months or longer. THERE'S an in
teresting column standing in a small inclosur'
near the fort which bears date 2lO year
before the Christian area. 1t has character
engraved upon 1t which have heen translated
Instructions given to the people of TIN
times for their religious guidance"
We received an carly call from snak'
tanner this morning, who held in one hand
cobra and in the other Il civet which he OF
fercd TO put in combat fol- our amusemen
for rupee. We declined The bite of Thu
found for the poison OF its bite. Snakes ar
very common in India they are met will
in tie country, il towns and even IN th
cities. 4 gentleman told me that lie hat
several times felt them crawling owe
him as he lay upon the mating IN bungi
low. Statistics show that from 2o,ooo L
Il in ND "a
the bitei Of poisonous snakes, Scorpion
and centipedes are also very common am
lizards without number We rarely visit
garden without seeing lizards runnin
among the flowers and plants In pasSih
a railway station after dark ] have see
,b.r crsvIing over the glass of the depo
lanterns.
Monday, March "a, lsI9-Ne leit Aii'
Labad Colonel VI. and myself the only oc
,a,,,, s. ro;,v,v carriacs All day W
'"f''H'' -.
travelled III neat anu uus'' r"i'"i'ae'' '"
had taken an early breakfast, which in TIL
country, bcors the name ..chota hayari." s
-, ,,,,,;,,o, ,,bor Of II
That We were hot 4ui'e i'iiiisiieu "n'h '' !
| We pli ''S''' ~
,,osr.rcos may have Leen in waiting TO
r'' -, It. Gov ,cool,
sohie"'dS "n' i'''i "e'ii i"'''n5 ''' "
In the afternoon we passed near TO eeie
hr,tcd Mace of Summer resort, where car
+, ,,-.;,;, fo. rosOanoors an,
''"''' -
luggage Tor passengers at"o-"heeis' GOV
| eraJ vehicle with a SORT nf niano box bod
,-S,..,,-.1,.;..f - ,aosorrors
ioi ''ie Recommendation Vi ''A'
The carriage Is elegantly ornamented IN lac
amer work and the ton and curtains are O
III, lei ,,,. sr,,ro. ,ro,ted in brigb,
'eu ''o'"' WIZ" soy
colnred silk. IL IS drawn oy PAIR Vi "''i
locks, the driver sitting upon the pole lit!
behind the propelling force After leaving tn
railway lines, bullock teams are the onl
modes Of conveyance.
Tuesday. March %, 1S1g.-Last night W
sl.nt but lille and rested less, in our railwa
carri,gr and We were glad when day ligh
came 10 nur relief and the sight of a rang
of mountains was exhilaralipg to lis after :
lonr iournnving over A sandy plain. An
n,her cvomnlc of skilful engineering is tn
',',-,,as,f,I ,,aosa,r, nf those mountains by
Ill Turning ond twisting in every iii
ra",inn m make The ascent il was final
.,onannlishnI and down down we went un
~ NO., io.cLeJ apovful nrecinIce The trail
s,onneJ ,b,. cnrinr switched off on a sid
.opp a;,anhcd itself to what had been III
r,ar nf nmr train and for two or three mile
n .n ~ bnt lower than the line We cam
Paia"t :. ", I',aiI,, c,,rycJ lis w,v down IN
80, - ,ho descent and we sped on
pa' '.,n N,mhav From rrnorts we had r.
' ~i of thrinns Of Bombay We had selecte
the Esplanade many DAYS before We reache
her, having been told that Bombay was on
of the oldest cities in India, that had bee
occupied by the English. and that tn
Esplsnadc was universally patronized by TIA
officers of the civil and military service q
India. After going through with the usua
harassiug processes Of transfer Of person
and baggage from station To gharry an
from carriagr to hotel, and from the bottom
Of the Esplanadc to its upper story, requir
ing three sets of servantsa carriage, drive
and his assistant, and last, though not least q
them all, diminutive donkey, we foun'
ourselves the sole human occupants OF
suite of rooms overlooking the Arabian sea
"A park, and Il circle OF splendid buildings
There were none to dispute our possessi"
of the quarters into which we had been tunl