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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