New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-19
4 TRAVELLER IN INDIA.
CHARLES s. SMITHS TRIP N THE EAST.
ANOTHER LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT OF
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

nopc before Won complete your third Of century :
service in the Chamber you may employ wel'arned
leisure India Before start advise YOU to
study diligently geography, history. Manner customs
and rel cons Of wonderfully complex people, India
f., In tact not a nation. but oercgatOn OF different
races habits and physical peculiar
itics alike IN complexion. varied only by lighter ana
darker shades Of copper color They united only under
the strong hand Of British rule, which pcrNadc- the Orient
and make, the traveller grateful always 10 that maseFfu!
power whose drpmlcat j. heard around the "'rc ana
which possible TO journey with comparative com
Tort safety the Orient. COMPETENT scholar Nii'
me than 100 separate and distinct IAN
ruagcs spoken India. and that there have been gain
cred in Bombay which the most cosmopolitan city in
India at times representatives. from the various parts oil
the Empire spoke eighty different tongues Inc re-
eions and subdivisions OF religions are more NUMEROUS
than the spoken languages.
When Won arrive at Calcutta your first excursion should
be- to DIijcuing. There may be some g'and"r vision
.c,caI the -ou Of man when II passes INTO V'c
ui-c H. this Globe tA'rc can be no more '"''"'
como thln that our eve, looked upon IRON Dairluh' III
the hear. d! the Him; Ilyam Mountains the morning oi
December 20 last We had waited for three days aI"nE
the clouds, and halfla>t tho srn i'~c In peH'cty
clear sky aud then the giant kuchlnanga -o I'D
feet hch with IT,. changing Of er opal ad goa
Dai .iInc J. situated the spur OF mountain oo'o
f..t hl.i which IoIcct, it>" into marvellous NalrN
win a vt cha,nl below AMI pax r'Ins 3ooo '"'
behind ti. town. Ia. line 81 perpetual 80" i i'VUV
feet On either side Of nuchinauea We counted NN'''h
- coo f., h!eh. They ranged along the hoi'|'h
with many r->'f rr,&., in low seemingly lou or -"
ml., long and actually from point OF ob'I'''
ton fom thniy 20 ,cycniyhyc miles, but IN u'' wa
,ti.o-pi.rr aruar0n"y more than ten miles away
The ride from calcutta tn plains L. most '' +
.,fur and M tno mountain probably one II the J." 81
vondci fu railroad rides IN the world NOT Only i'' IL
.crn.ty. hut the engineering diirulh'- 30 s'''
,ullv orcr.auc. have previously ~uuen sou '"h''"'E
about the r.mrl,, o, southern Indo. which ar to'a''
,in..eot an nu,thine be IN IN" central pr''
some OF Zoe 0u,,u, etc, 81 India 'an dispute w." '
D,ma,cl, tie hon1r 81 being tn oidet IN M VIVA
Il. naf,, va, un important citf whoa ION" Wa '''
,tc-o >oti Mlni who doI 5i3 II. G., preached hi hrst
,,, aud established hi. religion. som" Indo' WF1terH
mace tho foundation Of Delhi a remote ~ l'oo D.
n ruin. Il the ,iN or cities the predecessors VI
peln arr >tn tr,ceable the vast plain when sur '''
thc present civ and of them lndral', i o'' "
r.rc,..oa to have existed 1000 Il. {.
:, ID, ,,ifi,i. fact that few u the cana monuments
a, central and no. thcfn India which we nave N''u y"
,,o,,. than 800 to 500 YEAR, Old TO hl' "'''I '"
h,v.,rr "a. must except the 'caNc temple th' 0'P ""
49, ~, s,., If tb, ,i>th century. -tl I'm fair pr''"tN''
I'm al I'll. f,u,u. Kuilb Minar Of the t"'ih ''"'u''
which /. 10 ptfrrt condition and bN'nd 'o"p'',o, ~
finest column 10 the word. 'iouo's al f'o''"'' INV
copt,i. .o..,o., and
In .ho middle Of I've sixteenth century h''"'' Wv
,,i todi, were conqu,icl hy Aklar. the iouhu'i VI
1 NJ rg,,l dvna.rv who's. nam canao h. 'N''"u.'
t,o list ~ t,r worlr, er~at captains VINO .''' .,,
H., d,.;,ly - empire. This great nan al' " '"' i
tI, ssh %
lin lin. inful-l>c ,n.rcy and traltion- 81 M'"'''~
.,., t., r,,a... tomb. AMI temples when h''' '"
,,d 4 the almiri zion of IN" world. !" TINS y ,
d., , most Of the Grand monuments oil h'h'''' -
ri,f in. ieGlne "a. Tai Mahai. which romans ~ pi
, beautiful to-day a, when ia" last S'foN' o' u" va
-, ,. ,,,. hank, NJ the Juuna. which hlr'o'7 -
..,.i.it. 10 M The -on"nine tou'h Of ,'' ""-
,, ,liuat. Of Inla. Kind to all "arp' 49,,
la,,. lent on aided rrar" - ul' "h'p"' ,, :,
49,, arab, standard Of saraccnc - the P"rt'"oh !,
-. architecture. ~ the risk ~ boring you
..,,. T., Tell Won -omothing u the cave ''n1n'S' d"
. . ,uv Ia, letter from INDIA. I"aeh' - "
. I'm 10 ntr,n miles LONG anl GOO r'' MN .'''"-
,u,iv ort Of q va. plan r"ry 'InI'"N ',.i ',,'
"'', , ts,, i.an driving hry-two miles from INC
,.,-..t railway station to tl!oi'' ,. , ,,ts
idc. f.. honcy-coUbcd with caves ''' "''o u"
,, Lot a. black q, Egyptian grant" 'h' cav
VIZ ,.I,,,f,ur IN all. but only SiN OF ''N'" "' '''"
w ~ cor,ara,i,,ly great importance. Ih'S '"'' '"''
.,o T., 500 T. u. -h' attempt - "T'''" V'', w.
kefa.. The mt bcautfI Of al ana 90 ", l, "'"" on
49,, astonishing aud inspiring aF'h, ''l,'' ' nr
- In f,li, Tue erchitect. following tr 'l'p"N -"
nm and b,.k c>ca,atd the r'cA nom ''''' p II ',,
,,, too te,, d sn Ia level 81 N" pam ,''"'"7
,c,t,ucnl,r plateau lj4 feet w'd" bv ~ ' ,o,,r
- -. . tii. tiicau court, = situated l''' '''
ID 1.,u,inl temple. which, incIudhR wv
,,,h.. l. - Feet long by 100 feet "h'' ""u ~
90 feet h-h cut externally and 'n'''aa ' "to,e any,
ia r,r, and without "a" addition q ,'N - -,
81 lc-. ia Dnf TaTt OF t"' ''"''"'
otn,nent or otherwise. ore, 100,
The arpfoach g, cuaiGc1 By screen io'N - ~ J.,
high which coycr- tho whol" front ana - ,.s,,
one cate carved the outside III bon '''''. ,,o
ao.,.. n Iiuloo god- Passing within you '""' wv"
-, a.h .,,rc.,ci nv a bridge with the gate anu
- ,,o ,ll, OH either side 81 the Ia>7ase"'N "'S
filled with similar carving. TINS nr>' p''." , .,
.c,.d ir a second bridge with the large sa'"'" I"
-, main ,emrc which Ia, sixteen columns SupP'i''t
- a.. ci,brr .de Of these p0rchr>, III an ol''
~ are two .rr,ant, Of life size; one perfect 'h' o',,
mutila,ea and also two bcautfuiy ''N", p''. =, ora
l,mpro.ts forty.nyc feet hi@h ana Yen rev S' ~, =,
- Vicvlu. first the exterior, one e\prencc' o'' "
w." t.,,,o tho same feeling and cnect that l. pro
r., d, leaking Al st Paul's IN London from the h''
churchyard which surrounds IT, fN'"''."H ~. 49,, ,,~ .
Witch surround court we hnd Oh inc ." 49,, =,
colts If clol.er, with handsomely carved coi"h anu ~
.re parts two.storcd through which one can "'"' '
,t, or, he'd by twenty OF more steps /" u"
col.t.r, are carNei representations u " rY man. -
whole IIndoo pantheon. ma" ana ' - ,ho
w., -, en-, t.url. commencing about ten f'rt above u''
'o'' " ,.t,,. ~ cleuhants half lfc-size, with me
-, ,,o,t and shoulder, projecting portions oi u '''
o,,,.yto, nurlatcd. bit many Of the injuries Wv W
II, In fact the whole exterior ol the th'p'' s''"'
r,r1 v.th ngur. carvings. grca. and small some ="
'D' =, and form would di,crciit to "re'h
n ,, Fat roof Of the temple are thrre hngui''
| do,o. and i've small chap"l' about zen i''s I'm, I
dedicated TO a particular divinity al P'o'"F 49,
rh. oi,uns -uppoi ne the exterior balconies nav 'H'
o,,,,,. around which are ornaments Ike '"'' "" ~
',,,o tho main temple from the q at rorch pN
,,,,, If step, We find the roof supported u, .""' -,
,,d inflow, with roral and geometr' II u'S'-"' ~
~ - = arc, SQUARE chapel with ionI u"is' y"
~. ' -, ,hosc door, n guard the entrance To the
,r,no I,hu are eight figures fou teen let h3h ana IT
nnc proporon. There ere no WINDOWS u"' ,.
nqnt comes from the doors and balconies I" tNe ~ .
~ :, - alnos, impossible Ia realize that all ha'c
."s.s',e1 Is cut out Of rock To give some lae' o'
. immense work FERGUSON estimates mat 'oooo cro'
49, ~ rock were cNclNatet, and the skill anu '""'
required in carving and ornamental "OfA "''' ia
| been stu greater.
INCIDENTS or WEEK ~ Ne" LoNDo''
x.vIonaon Feb ~ (Specis).-Thc latest runor ABOUT
tho Consolidated Railroad Company 10 mat IL ppe INV
] " couirc the New. London Mo- thern H"iIfHd II tal'
- sno ,bcrc would remain IA the State only the Ne"
v,k and New.England with Io' leased read the Hofwcn
and vor,e,tr and old Connecticut western no" par
| :, ,be Reading system. outside the coh'o'ua'u camp
~ No, nrohable that this ha. any substantial
| foundation inc Wv H'" -. -. -.