Chapter XL.
The Government House at Malabar Point—Mansion
of Kumar Shri Samatsin Hji
Bahadur—The Indian Princess—A
Difficult Game—Wardrobe and Jewels
—Ceremonials—Decorations when
Leaving—The Towers of Silence—A
Funeral
Chapter XLI.
Jain Temple—Mr. Roychand’s Bungalow—A
Decorated Six-Gun Prince—Human
Fireworks—European Dress, Past and Present—Complexions—Advantages
with
the Zulu—Festivities at the Bungalow-Nautch
Dancers—Entrance of the
Prince—Address to the Prince
Chapter XLII.
A Hindoo Betrothal, midnight, Sleepers on the ground,
Home of the Bride
of Twelve Years Dressed as a Boy—Illumination
Nautch Girls—Imitating
Snakes—Later—Illuminated Porch
Filled with Sleepers—The Plague
Chapter XLIII
Murder Trial in Bombay—Confidence Swindlers—Some
Specialities of India
—The Plague, Juggernaut, Suttee, etc.—Everything
on Gigantic Scale
—India First in Everything—80
States, more Custom Houses than Cats—Rich
Ground for Thug Society
Chapter XLIV.
Thug Book—Supplies for Traveling, Bedding,
and other Freight—Scene at
Railway Station—Making Way for White Man—Waiting
Passengers, High and
Low Caste, Touch in the cars—Our Car—Beds
made up—Dreaming of Thugs
—Baroda—Meet Friends—Indian
Well—The Old Town—Narrow Streets—A
Mad
Elephant
CHAPTER XLV.
Elephant Riding—Howdahs—The New Palace—The Prince’s Excursion—Gold and Silver Artillery—A Vice-royal Visit—Remarkable Dog—The Bench Show —Augustin Daly’s Back Door—Fakeer
Chapter XLVI.
The Thugs—Government Efforts to Exterminate
them—Choking a Victim A
Fakeer Spared—Thief Strangled
Chapter XLVII.
Thugs, Continued—Record of Murders—A
Joy of Hunting and Killing Men
—Gordon Gumming—Killing an Elephant—Family
Affection among Thugs
—Burial Places
Chapter XLVIII.
Starting for Allahabad—Lower Berths in
Sleepers—Elderly Ladies have
Preference of Berths—An American Lady Takes
One Anyhow—How Smythe Lost
his Berth—How He Got Even—The
Suttee
Chapter XLIX.
Pyjamas—Day Scene in India—Clothed
in a Turban and a Pocket
Handkerchief—Land Parceled Out—Established
Village Servants—Witches in
Families—Hereditary Midwifery—Destruction
of Girl Babies—Wedding
Display—Tiger-Persuader—Hailstorm
Discourages—The Tyranny of the
Sweeper—Elephant Driver—Water
Carrier—Curious Rivers—Arrival
at
Allahabad—English Quarter—Lecture
Hall Like a Snowstorm—Private
Carriages—A Milliner—Early Morning—The
Squatting Servant—A Religious
Fair
Chapter L. On the Road to Benares—Dust and Waiting—The Bejeweled Crowd—A Native Prince and his Guard—Zenana Lady—The Extremes of Fashion—The Hotel at Benares—An Annex a Mile Away—Doors in India—The Peepul Tree—Warning against Cold Baths—A Strange Fruit—Description of Benares—The Beginning of Creation—Pilgrims to Benares—A Priest with a Good Business Stand—Protestant Missionary—The Trinity Brahma, Shiva, and Vishnu —Religion the Business at Benares