Following the Equator

By: Twain, Mark

Book Excerpt: erths in Sleepers--Elderly Ladies have Preference of Berths--An American Lady Takes One Anyhow--How Smythe Lost his Berth--How He Got Even--The SutteeCHAPTER XLIX.Pyjamas--Day Scene in India--Clothed in a Turban and a Pocket Handkerchief--Land Parceled Out--Established Village Servants--Witches in Families--Hereditary Midwifery--Destruction of Girl Babies--Wedding Display--Tiger-Persuader--Hailstorm Discourages--The Tyranny of the Sweeper--Elephant Driver--Water Carrier--Curious Rivers--Arrival at Allahabad--English Quarter--Lecture Hall Like a Snowstorm--Private Carriages--A Milliner--Early Morning--The Squatting Servant--A Religious FairCHAPTER L.On the Road to Benares--Dust and Waiting--The Bejeweled Crowd--A Native Prince and his Guard--Zenana Lady--The Extremes of Fashion--The Hotel at Benares--An Annex a Mile Away--Doors in India--The Peepul TreeRead More

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN13: 9798714116988
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 516 Pages
• Weight: 2.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.5" x 11.0"