The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-06-05
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One was a straight. dark-faced Hindoo
OF thirty. and the other turbanncd
Mohammedan OF forty pr So The Hin
docs name was Nund LaI. and the fol-
lower OF the prophet called himself
Wall Mohammed. l took day to de-
eide. during which time each logged
my footsteps could not ask for
anything. but both jumped to get It.
and when / attempted to slip out TO
inquire about them found both on
guard, ready TO follow me. II asked
the hours OF meals the two answered
in concert, and IL wanted hot water
they started on the dead run to get It.
Indeed. have been much In the sana
position as the man who was adopted
BY dog, except that ] was adopted
by two dogs. and both stuck TO M. I
have settled the matter by paying
Nund Lai a dollar and By appointing
Wall Mohammed my valet.
came here from Rangoon on a
Bri.ish-India steamer. The ship was
one OF 5000 tons. with English officers
and Hindoo sailors and walters. Tho
cabIrastcwards wcro dark faced, heavy
bearded men OF forty, who wore black
velvet caps. white gowns. which reach
ed TO their knees. and tight white cot
ton drawers. below which their black
bare feet showed. The dinner waters
wore white Bensalese hats with bands
OF blue ribbon. and their gowns were
belted in az the waist with blue ropes
as thick AS my waist II was hot all
the way up the Bay of Bengal, and tho
air OF the salon was kept cool by
punkah, long screen so hung from
the ceiling that it could be drawn back
and forth. a black Malay did the work
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ono hand and then changing and maxi
Ing twelve pulls with the other. Tho
dishes were washed in a bucket on
deck, the plates being swabbed off
with brush on the end OF stick. and
wiped b. a Malay as dirty as the In
dian. who did the cooking.
We were several days on the Bay
of Bengal. The water was indigo un-
til We reached the mouths OF tho
Ganges These extend for a hundred
miles UP and down the coast and they
vomit forth SO much slit that 1t turns
the ocean TO Cruel. took bath when
we reached the pilo, brig, about q
hundred miles from Calcutta, and up.
on draining the tub my footprints were
as plain in the mud as those which
frightened Robinson Crusoe on his de-
sert island.
The slit OF the Ganges Is as great as
that OF the Nile 1t Is said to be i've
times as much as that OF the Mississip-
pi-Missouri amounting to hundreds Of
millions of tons every year. II builds
UP great bars along tho shore, and
makes the work of plotting tlla ships
dangerous to an extreme.
A HlSh-Pald Monopoly.
The pilots OF Calcutta are a close
corporation. There are only fifty-two
of them, and they monopolize the Gam
ges, or rather, the Hooghy. for It Is
on the Hooshly branch of the delta
that the ships so up to the city. The,
trade OF the river amounts to mora
than hundred million dollars year,
and there Is procession OF. boats all
ways going up and coming down. The
men receive various wages. tho best
getting as much as $500 per month.
To belong to this association one must
have a first mates certificate and mnst
have passed through his apprentices
ship. He spends five years at low
wages learning the river, and then
graduates In the full rank of pilot.
The Hoogtlly cannot be navizated at
night and the ships so In with the
tides. AS the latter rise there is Of
ten q bore which reaches as much as
seven feet. so that the risks are great.
Millions In Jutc.
AS we coasted the shores of this
Hooghly we passed jungles infested
with tigers. The land is low and mas.
larious and wild beasts roam In it at
will. a little farther UP the housesbe-
GIN and palm trees are frequent.
The population grows more and more
dense, and then comes a region OF
mighty lutte mills. On each side of the
stream tall smokestacks vonit black
volumes into the Sky and near them are
enormous brick structures where tha
rough bagging for all mankind Is
made. Calcutta ships vast quantities
of our cotton crop is baled in cloth
ly. a few years ago we We're taking
more than 60 per cent. Of the product
and to-day the thousands Of Hindoos
us for their wages There are now
two score jute mills IN India and the
jute annually produced is worth about
$90,000,000 There are cotton factories
hero and there between the jute weav-
ing establishments and mills of this
kind line the Hooghly all the way to
Calcutta,
The stream is filled with shipping.
Ocean steamers heavily loaded ara
going in and out with the tide. The
trade OF Calcutta Is worth hundreds
of millions, and a large part OF tho,
commerce of the empire passes this
way, It's total foreign trade Is the
greatest of any country of Asia, the
imports and exports now amounting
to more than s1,20o,000,Oo0 and grows
ing moro every year
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