Across India | Page 2

are given to some extent for purposes of comparison. Brief notices of the lives of such men as Bishop Heber, Sir Colin Campbell, Henry Havelock, and others are introduced.
The party did not claim to have seen all there was of India; simply to have obtained "specimen bricks" of the principal cities, with a fair idea of the manners and customs of the people.
WILLIAM. T. ADAMS.
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CONTENTS
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CHAPTER I.
ABOUT FINDING THE LONGITUDE. 1
CHAPTER II.
THE WRECK IN THE ARABIAN SEA. 10
CHAPTER III.
A REVIEW OF THE PAST FOURTEEN MONTHS. 19
CHAPTER IV.
FIRST AND SECOND CUTTERS TO THE RESCUE. 30
CHAPTER V.
THE TITLED GENTLEMEN OF THE TRAVANCORE 40
CHAPTER VI.
THE GENERAL INTRODUCTION IN THE CABIN. 50
CHAPTER VII.
DR. FERROLAN'S EXPLANATION OF THE WRECK 60
CHAPTER VIII.
AN INTERVIEW IN THE CAPTAIN'S CABIN. 70
CHAPTER IX.
CONCERNING THE GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA. 80
CHAPTER X.
THE FLORA AND THE SNAKES OF INDIA 90
CHAPTER XI.
A PLEASANT DINNER-PARTY AT SEA 100
CHAPTER XII.
THE POPULATION AND PEOPLE OF INDIA 109
CHAPTER XIII.
LORD TREMLYN DISCOURSES MORE ABOUT INDIA 118
CHAPTER XIV.
SIR HENRY HAVELOCK AND THE MUTINY 128
CHAPTER XV.
ARRIVAL OF THE GUARDIAN-MOTHER AT BOMBAY 138
CHAPTER XVI.
A MULTITUDE OF NATIVE SERVANTS 148
CHAPTER XVII.
A HOSPITAL FOR THE BRUTE CREATION 158
CHAPTER XVIII.
A SNAKY SPECTACLE IN BOMBAY 168
CHAPTER XIX.
MORE SNAKES AND THE CAVES OF ELEPHANTA 178
CHAPTER XX.
A JUVENILE WEDDING AND HINDU THEATRICALS 187
CHAPTER XXI.
JUGGERNAUT AND JUGGLERS 197
CHAPTER XXII.
A MERE STATEMENT ABOUT BUDDHISM 207
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE UNEXAMPLED LIBERALITY OF THE HOSTS 217
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE RECEPTION OF THE MAHARAJAH AT BARODA 227
CHAPTER XXV.
FELIX MCGAVONTY BRINGS DOWN SOME SNAKES 237
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE MAGNIFICENT PROCESSION OF THE SOWARI 246
CHAPTER XXVII.
VARIOUS COMBATS IN THE GUICOWAR'S ARENA 256
CHAPTER XXVIII.
AT THE CAPITAL OF THE PUNJAB 266
CHAPTER XXIX.
THE WONDERFUL CITY OF DELHI 276
CHAPTER XXX.
THE MAGNIFICENT MAUSOLEUM OF AGRA 286
CHAPTER XXXI.
THE TERRIBLE STORY OF CAWNPORE AND LUCKNOW 296
CHAPTER XXXII.
MORE OF LUCKNOW, AND SOMETHING OF BENARES 306
CHAPTER XXXIII.
A STEAMER TRIP UP AND DOWN THE GANGES 316
CHAPTER XXXIV.
ALL OVER THE CITY OF CALCUTTA 327
CHAPTER XXXV.
A SUCCESSFUL HUNT IN THE SUNDERBUNDS 339
CHAPTER XXXVI.
THE PARTING FESTIVITIES ON THE HOOGLY 351
CHAPTER XXXVII.
THE FAREWELL TO CEYLON AND INDIA 367
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"HE WAS DRESSED IN THE MOST MAGNIFICENT ROBES OF INDIA" Frontispiece "A READY SEAMAN SEIZED HIM BY THE ARM" 45
"MISS BLANCHE WAS WALKING THE DECK WITH LOUIS AND SIR MODARA" 90
"THE YOUNG MILLIONAIRE WALKED BY THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE" 155
"SNAKES! SCREAMED MRS. BELGRAVE" 184
"HE SAW A HUGE COBRA DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF HIM" 242
"THE STRIPED BEAST WENT UP INTO THE AIR" 263
"CAPTAIN RINGGOLD BROUGHT DOWN ANOTHER" 349
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ACROSS INDIA
CHAPTER I
ABOUT FINDING THE LONGITUDE
"Well, Captain Scott, what is the run to-day?" asked Louis Belgrave, the owner of the steam-yacht Guardian-Mother, which had at this date made her way by a somewhat devious course half way round the world, and was in the act of making the other half.
The young magnate was eighteen years old, and was walking on the promenade deck of the steamer with a beautiful young lady of sixteen when he asked for information in regard to the run, or the distance made by the ship during the last sea-day.
"Before I answer your question, my dear Louis, I must protest against being any longer addressed as captain, for I am not now entitled to that honorable appellation," replied the young man addressed by the owner.
"Once a captain always a captain," replied Louis. "One who has been a member of Congress is still an 'Honorable,' though his term of office expired twenty or forty years ago. The worthy commander of the Guardian-Mother was always called Captain Ringgold in Von Blonk Park and New York, though he had not been in command of a ship for ten years," argued Louis.
"That's right; but the circumstances are a little different in my case. In the first place, I am only eighteen years old, and my brief command was a very small one, as the world goes. It hardly entitles me to be called captain after I have ceased to be in command. In charge of the little Maud I was the happiest young fellow on the Eastern Continent; but I am just as happy now, for this morning I was formally appointed third officer of the Guardian-Mother, at the wages paid to Captain Sharp when he had the same position."
"I congratulate you, Mr. Scott," said Louis, grasping the hand of the new officer, though he had been duly consulted in regard to the appointment the day before.
"Permit me to congratulate you also, Mr. Scott," added Miss Blanche, as she extended to him her delicate little hand.
"Thank you, Miss Woolridge," replied the new third officer, raising the uniform cap he had already donned, and bowing as gracefully as a dancing-master. "Thank you with all my heart, Louis. I won't deny that I was considerably broken up when the Maud was sold; but now I am glad of it, for it has given me a position that I like better."
"Now, Mr.