Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India, From Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825, With Notes Upon Ceylon, an Account of a

Title: Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India, From Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825, With Notes Upon Ceylon, an Account of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826, and Letters Written in India [ed. by A. Heber]. Volume: 2 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1828 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER XV. CAWNPOOR TO LUCKNOW. Entrance into the King of Oude's Territories -- Increase (if Guards -- King's Suwarrs -- Aumeen -- Entrance into Lucknow -- Court Circular -- Narrow Streets -- Armed Inhabitants -- Prime Minister -- Rhinoceroses -- 'Dti-Koushar -- Constantia -- Deceased King's Wives -- Breakfast at the Palace -- Distribution of Money at the Gates -- King breakfasts at the Residency -- Private Details of the Government -- Christians at Lucknow. ' We left Cawnpoor on Monday afternoon, the 18th of October, having sent our baggage and tents early in the morning to the first station, which is only six miles from the northern bank of the Ganges, the passage of which, by camels and elephants, usually takes up a considerable space of time. The Ganges is still a noble stream; its width, at the usual place of ferrying, is, I should think, not far from a mile and a half, but it is divided at this season by a large sand-bank, and the water is in many places shallow. Its banks on both sides are flat and ugly, but the southern side has the advantage in its numerous bungalows, surrounded by their respective gardens. We had heard much of the misgoverned and desolate state of the kingdom of Oude; boats had been recently menaced, in their way to Cawnpoor, by some of the villagers adjoining the river, and my guard had been increased, without any applicat...