LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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The Taj Mahal from the River,[Frontispiece]
Banyan Tree,[36]
Caves of Elephanta,[53]
Native Snake Charmers,[66]
A Parsee Lady,[106]
Bombay. University and Esplanade,[128]
Buddhist Priest Preaching at the Door of a Temple,[161]
Bullock Cart,[208]
Tomb of Rahbea Dhoorane, at Aurangabâd,[250]
Rock Cut Temples of Ellora,[270]
Native Passenger Boat on the Hoogly,[302]
The Munikurnika Ghat, one of the Burning Ghats of Benares,[322]

PREFACE.

In the following pages, gathered from voluminous notes of early travel, I have tried to give a faithful account of life in India, as well as of the sights and scenes visited by me, with my husband, before the days of railroad travel.