The Modern Traveller: India

Allahabad ancient appearance ascended Asiatic Bahar bamboo bank Bareilly beautiful Benares Bengal Bishop Heber Brahmins breadth brick British building built Calcutta called capital character chiefly Christian Chunar Colonel considerable coss Cossimbazar covered crowd cultivated Dacca distance district Doorga elevation English European feet formed Fraser Ganges ghaut Gour Government Gurwal Hamilton handsome height hills Hindoos Hindoostanee Hooghly horse houses inhabitants Jumna Kumaoon lofty Lord Valentia Lucknow Mahratta ment miles Mohammedan Monghyr mosque mountain Mussulman native noble nullah Oude Pabur pagoda palace passed Patna peaks Peishwa plain population province Rajah remarks resembling residence rising river rock roof round ruins sacred says seen Seeta sepoys Serampore shewed side situated Sketches of India snow snowy stone stream streets Sunderbunds supposed Sutlej Tatary temple tion tombs towers town trees valley village visited walls whole wild worship zemindars