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of immense size. In the cantre sre three large stone mausoleums, surmounted by marble domes, from the roof of which is a splendid view of the city and surroundirg country.
The dining roomatthe Allahabad Hotel is very lofty and opens with large deors to the surrounding gardens. At breakfast this morning I heard ths twittering of spare Tows, and waa surprised to sas them flying ali about the reom, so tame as to pick erumba from the hands of the guesia at the table. Everywhere in India I have remark- ed the abundance and tameness of the birds. itis part of the religion of a Hindoo never to Kill a living being when avoidable. This is carried elmost too far, when applied to wild beasts and noxious vermin, but it soft- ers their treatment of animals, and is one ennobling feature in their system of idolatry and superstition, which might well be im- itated by Christians,
Another hundred miles to the north and we reach Cawnpore, ever memorable ea the scene of the moat barbarous act of the mu- tiny of 1957. It ia situated on the right bank of tha Ganges, and was once a plaea of considerable importance and busy traffic. It is now 4 large military station, with long Tanges of barracka and atore-houses, and ususily several regiments ef troops are sta~ tioned here. I presume the sad story of the massacre of nearly three hundred wo- mnen and children, and the casting of their bodies into a well, by order of the infamous Nana Sahib, is familiar fo most of my read- ors,
The sudden breaking out of the mutiny and reyoltof the Sepoy soldiera in May, 1867, found the government quite unpre: pared for such an emergeney. At that time there wore no railways or telegraphs in Indis, and these distant atationa were com- pletely isolated. Tha rebellion broke out simultaneously at several points and spread like wild-fi-e; and in a few weeks the whole northwestern provinces were in tha poseas- sion of tha rebels. The Hast india Company had an army of aboui two hundred thousand men, of whom only tbiriy thousand vrere English, and these were scattered ip small detachments over an immense territory. The native troopa were offlcered by Hurope- ane, most of whom were instantly dis- patched by the mutinecrs, and their places supplied by natives, who displayed consid- erable military ability during the struggle that followed. They fought with ropes
