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night and from which only twenty-five g
escaped alive. The hole was p by Il feet
and only sixteen or eighteen feet in height,
and the awful sufIerings of those who
persisted there are concentrated by an
obellsk which stands near by.
IN cruelty practised at the time OF
the mutiny far more stirred the English
heart, and as the uprising was more ex-
tenslve several cities contain memorials
OF these the most beautiful is at Gavin
pore and is called The Angel OF the Resur-
rection."
1t Is made OF white marble and repre-
sents an angel with hands crossed and each
holding a palm. It stands Upon an elevated
mound IN a beautiful park and is enclosed
by a stone screen. 1t was tbs gift Of Lord
and Lady Canning and bears the following
inscription:
'Saored to the perpetual memory OF a
great company Of Christian people, chiefly
women and children, who near this SPOT
were cruelty murdered by the followers
OF the rebel Mana Dhlndu Pant of Bit hur
inc cast, the dying with the dead, into the
well below on the fifteenth day OF july.
1851
LUcSSow's IVY MANTLED RUIN,
There II aleo at Cawnpore, in another
park, a stately memorial church, the inner
walls OF which are lined with tablets con-
tanning the names of British soldiers who
lost their lives during the mutiny.
Lucknow is not far from Cawnpore.
and here, too, the mutiny has left its scars
and monuments. The Lucknow residency,
now an ivy mantled ruin, was the scene
OF the great siege that lasted from July,
1857, to November II.
At the beginning there we're within the
walls 900 British troops and officers. $50
volunteers, 700 native troops, 900 women
and children and 700 non-ccmbatant n~atiyes,
total about 5000. When relief came but
1000 remained. The night before the arrival
OF Sir Colin Campbell with reenforcements.
one Of the besieged, a Scotch girl, dreamed
OF the coming Of relief and her dream gave
rise to the song so familiar a generation
ago, The Cam obells Are Coming"
There are in Lucknow q number Of tombs.
mosques and buildings that gave us our
first glimpee FINE architecture OF the Moeul
Emperors-g great domes, gigantic gate
way and graceful minarets, stately columns
and vaulted galleries. The most interest
ing Of the buildings, Imambarah, built
by Asaf-ud-daulah, contains a great hall
more thar one hundred and fifty feet long
and fifty feet in breadth and height.
On one side Of the court is a private
mosque and on the other a group OF apart
ments built around q we'll as a protection
against the summers heat. From the
top of the Imambarah one obtains an ex-
csllent view Of Lucknow and its sur
roundings.
A GREAT MoHAMMEpAN COLLEGE.
At Alilarh l found a great educational
institution which must be taken into con-
slderatiGu in estimating the duture of
MohamnIedanism in India. 1t was founded
In 1877, largely through the influence and
hberality Of Sir Syed Ahmed, who until
his death in 1893 devoted himself entirely
to its development.
He was a large minded mar and full
OF zeal for the enlightenment Of his CO.
religionists. He recognized the low in
tellectual standard Of the Mohammedan
Indians, and the controlling purpose OF
his life was to assist tn their improvement.
At first his educational enterprise met
with a cold reception at the hands Of the
leaders Of his Church. Emissaries were