A Woman's Journey Round The World, From Vienna To Brazil, Chili, Tahiti, China, Hindostan, Persia, And Asia Minor By Ida Pfeiffer
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They May Be Of Great
Interest To Antiquarians And Historians; But By Myself, I Candidly
Admit, They Were Not Much Valued.
I must not neglect to mention the English military station, which is
situated upon some low hills near New Delhi.
The peculiar formation
of the ground renders a journey there extremely interesting: a
district of enormous blocks of red sandstone, between which
beautiful flowers were growing. There are numerous ruins here, much
the same as in Delhi.
CHAPTER XIV. JOURNEY FROM DELHI TO BOMBAY.
THE THUGS OR STRANGLERS - DEPARTURE - CATTLE-MARKET - BARATPOOR - BIANA -
WELLS AND PONDS - GOOD-NATURE OF THE INDIANS - POPPY PLANTATIONS - THE
SUTTIS - NOTARA - KOTTAH - DESCRIPTION OF THE TOWN - THE ROYAL PALACE OF
ARMORNEVAS - AMUSEMENTS AND DANCES - THE HOLY VILLAGE OF KESHO-RAE-
PATUM.
In order to reach Bombay, I had two routes before me; the one leads
past Simla to the foot of the Himalayas, the other to the famous
rock temples of Adjunta and Elora. I would gladly have chosen the
former, and have penetrated as far as the principal chain of the
Himalayas - Lahore and the Indus; but my friends advised me not to
make the attempt, for the simple reason, that these mountains were
covered with deep snow, in which case I must have postponed my
journey for at least three months. As I was unable to wait so long,
I decided upon taking the latter road. In Calcutta, I had been
recommended not to continue my journey beyond Delhi at all. They
said the country was not under the control of the English
government, and the people were far less civilized.
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