Douglas Island news., 1910-08-10
AROUND THE WORLD Dr. Simpsons Story of His Visits to the Countries of the
 Old World
(continued from last week.

Dalhousir square is the finest in Cal eutta. On one side is the postoffice oc- cupying the site of the old fort. Be- side the postothce is the site of the black hole It was 14x18 feet square. In 175o Sinajah Dowlah, the Nawab or ruler of Bengal, weak, dissipated, spoiled, cruel young man, made an at tack on Calcutta, which was then small place with few hundred inhab- itants. The governor stampeded and fled down the river; the British com
 mammander-iu.c u.chief followed suit, leaving a couple of hundred people, whom he and the governor could have taken if they had wanted to, to the tender mercies of Dowlah. HoIwell, though not soldier, was solid man and the richest in Calcutta. He was appointed leader of the little band who fed to the fort for refuge. But in one of the attacks twenty-five were killed; a number of others found the whiskey and drank themselves to death, and the rest had to surrender to the army of thousands that Dowlah brought against them. He said he would spare their lives, gave orders Go his soldiers to look after them and went off to bed. The soldiers drove the whole 146 men, women and children into the black hole which had been used as kind of a lookup for drunken soldiers. This was June, the hottest time of the year, and the room was none too large for one person. The English would not believe it at first and laughed at the idea of them all getting into that little room. but the sepoys forced them in with guns and bsyonets. They strug- gled for a place near the little window they begged for water, they begged the Hindoos to kill them and many went crazy. The sepoys would hold light up to the window to see the poor crea- tures struggle and would laugh with glee at their death agony. Now and then they would bring them a small quantity of water to have them strug gle over it. 1t became quieter toward morning, and when they opened the door none wore able to come out. There were twenty.three living, out of one hundred and forty-six. The dead were thrown in the fort ditch and GOV cred up; the living were ironed and sent up the country. The one living woman left was sent to grace some nig- gers harem in the interior. Dowlah did not panish any of his soldiers.
 At this time Give was coming into l prominence. He had gone out to India as clerk for the East India company, had drifted into fighting, had distin- guished himself and had for some years followed the army. The British at that time had practically no territory in India. They had permission to trade and they had few small trading forts along the coast. What they had they owed to two surgeons. First when Jahanra, daughter of Shah Jehan, bnrnt herself badly, Dr. Bopghton cured her. Again, the emperor had csrbuncle on his back and Dr. Vim. McHamilton brought him through. Those men, in- stead of asking for something for them selves, asked for trading concessions for England secured them. Dapliex was governor of the French possessions in India when Give went out. The French owned large stretch of terri tory in Southern India and Duplex was steadily adding to it. His admiral