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CHAPTER LXV.

SKETCHES ON THE GANGES FROM COLGONG TO DINAPŪR.

1844, November 5th.

Bhagulpūr—Rock and Temple of Janghīra—Cytisus Cajan—Force of
the Current—Monghir—An Aërolite—Bairāgī Temples—Dwakanath
Tagore—Rosaries—Vases—Sūraj-garha—Bar—Beggars and Swine—Benīpūr—Bankipūr—Azīmabad—Sūraj Pūja—Patna—The Golā—
Deegah—Havell's Farm—Dinapūr 401


CHAPTER LXVI.

SKETCHES ON THE GANGES FROM DINAPŪR TO BENARES.

1844, November 20th.

The Soane River—Chuppra—Revelgunge—The Fair at Bulleah—Bamboos—The
Wreck—Buxar—The Peepul Tree and Temple of Mahadēo—Barrah—-Satī
Mounds—Kurum-nassa River—Palace of the Nawāb of
Ghazipūr—The Native Town—The Gigantic Image—Three Satīs and
a Mandap or Hindū Temple—Eight-and-Twenty Satīs—The Fate of
Women—The Kalsās—Station of Ghazipūr—The Stalking Horse—Booraneepūr—Kankarr p. 470]
Reefs—Seydpūr—Burning the Dead—Rites for
the Repose of the Soul—Brahmanī Bulls—Funeral Ceremonies of the
Romans—Raj Ghāt, Benares 412


CHAPTER LXVII.

SKETCHES ON THE GANGES FROM BENARES TO BINDACHUN.

1844, December 5th.

Benefits arising from a Residence in the Holy City of Kāshī—Kal[)u]-Bhoir[)u]v[)u]—The
Snake-Charmers—Gigantic Image of Hunoomān—Brahmanī
Bulls—The Ghāts from the River—Bhīm Singh—Tulsī Altars—Ruins
of the Ghāt of the ex-Queen of Gwalior—A Corpse—Young
Idolaters—State Prisoners—The City—Sultanpūr—Chunar—Picturesque
Tree near the Ghāt—Singular Ceremonies—The Deasil—Turnbull
Gunge—Mirzapūr—Beautiful Ghāts and Temples—Carpet Manufactory—
Bindachun 435


CHAPTER LXVIII.

SKETCHES ON THE RIVER FROM BINDACHUN TO ALLAHABAD

1844, December 11th.

Bindachun—Devī Ghāt—The Temple of Bhawānī—Bhagwān—The Thugs—The
Hajjam—The Tashma-baz Thugs—The Pleasure of Wandering—Sirsa—Munyah
Ghāt—Arail—Arrival at Allahabad—Native Sugar-Mills 448