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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org - - -Title: Wanderings in India - And Other Sketches of Life in Hindostan - -Author: John Lang - -Release Date: October 22, 2013 [EBook #43997] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK WANDERINGS IN INDIA *** - - - - -Produced by Moti Ben-Ari and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive) - - - - - - -</pre> - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 43997 ***</div> <hr class="chap" /> <p id="half-title">WANDERINGS IN INDIA.</p> @@ -346,7 +307,7 @@ belt of hills, called the Pass. The Dhoon, in various<span class="pagenum"><a na parts, is dotted with clumps of jungle, abounding with tigers, pheasants, and every species of game. In the broad tributaries to the Ganges and the Jumna, may -be caught (with a fly) the mâhseer, the leviathan +be caught (with a fly) the mâhseer, the leviathan salmon. Beyond the Pass of which I have spoken, you see the plains of Hindoostan. While you are wrapped in a great coat, and are shivering with the @@ -1701,7 +1662,7 @@ doves.'</p> in the next room; I peeped through the keyhole of the door, and saw him seated at a table. The <i>nazir</i> (head clerk) was standing beside him, reading. There -was a man in chains surrounded by <i>burkandâzes</i> +was a man in chains surrounded by <i>burkandâzes</i> (guards) at the other end of the room, and a woman was there giving her evidence. The Court-house was undergoing some repairs, and the Sahib was carrying @@ -1710,7 +1671,7 @@ in chains began to speak, and deny his guilt. The Sahib called out, '<i>Choop!</i>' (Silence!) in a voice so loud, that I involuntarily started back and shuddered. The prisoner again addressed the Sahib, and -one of the <i>burkandâzes</i> dealt him a severe blow on +one of the <i>burkandâzes</i> dealt him a severe blow on the head, accompanied by the words, '<i>Suer! Chor!</i>' (Pig! Thief!) The case was deferred until the following day, and the court closed at about four o'clock<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_45" id="Page_45">[45]</a></span> @@ -3191,7 +3152,7 @@ insisted on Europeans taking off their shoes when they entered his presence. The idea was repugnant to my mind, and I said as much to the minister of the late Rajah of Jhansi; and I asked him whether -he would attend a levée at the palace of the Queen +he would attend a levée at the palace of the Queen of England, if informed that he must enter her Majesty's presence with his head uncovered, as did all her subjects, from the lowest to the highest. To<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_90" id="Page_90">[90]</a></span> @@ -3956,7 +3917,7 @@ for the sole purpose of translating, orally, into Hindostanee, the Indian journals and the government gazettes, published in the English language. There was no occasion for me to read these papers, for the -Maharajah gave me a very accurate resumé of them; +Maharajah gave me a very accurate resumé of them; having done this, he asked me to play a game of billiards. I am not a bad billiard-player; on the contrary, I have the vanity to think that I play remarkably @@ -4192,7 +4153,7 @@ schoolfellow, who was then in the civil service, and filling an appointment in the station. It was in the month of September that I made the journey—the<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_121" id="Page_121">[121]</a></span> most unhealthy season of the year. Opposite to the -first dâk bungalow, some twelve miles from the station +first dâk bungalow, some twelve miles from the station of Cawnpore, I was stopped by a set of twelve palkee bearers, who informed me that a Sahib whom they were taking to Allyghur had been seized with @@ -4222,7 +4183,7 @@ taken upon myself. Presently a palanquin carriage, propelled by bearers, came to the bungalow. An elderly lady and gentleman alighted, and were shown<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_122" id="Page_122">[122]</a></span> into a little room which happened to be vacant [A -dâk bungalow has only two little rooms.] To my +dâk bungalow has only two little rooms.] To my great joy I discovered that the new arrival was a doctor of a regiment, who, with his wife, was journeying to Calcutta. I was not long in "calling in" the doctor; @@ -4411,7 +4372,7 @@ ready to lift the palkees. I bade the fair traveller did not know at the time. It was not until I had arrived at Agra that I was informed on this head. The books which she entrusted to my care I had not<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_128" id="Page_128">[128]</a></span> -read; and, after parting with the ensign at the dâk +read; and, after parting with the ensign at the dâk bungalow at Bewah, they were, indeed, most agreeable companions. I have mentioned this little episode in my journey, not because there is anything in it worth @@ -4528,7 +4489,7 @@ and must return to it. I parted with the ensign at Bewah, and commenced reading the books which the then unknown lady had entrusted to my care. The day, towards noon, became hot, damp, and extremely -oppressive; and there was no dâk bungalow, or other +oppressive; and there was no dâk bungalow, or other abode, within nine miles of me. Before long, I heard thunder in the distance, and presently the bearers communicated to me that a heavy storm was approaching, @@ -4717,7 +4678,7 @@ cheroots. By the bye, have one of these weeds."</p> <p>I thanked my host; and, without any sort of pressing, yielded to his every wish—even unto -playing <i>écarté</i> with him, while smoking his cheroots +playing <i>écarté</i> with him, while smoking his cheroots and drinking his brandy-and-water. The stakes were not very high. Only a rupee a game. During the deals, my host would frequently exclaim:</p> @@ -5208,7 +5169,7 @@ on the sitarre (native guitar or violin), accompanied by the tom-tom (native drum), and the voices of those who were disposed and able to sing. As for the Lieutenant and myself we beguiled the time in conversation -and with <i>écarté</i>. Towards sunset a palkee dâk +and with <i>écarté</i>. Towards sunset a palkee dâk carriage was reported to be in sight, coming down the road. "Hooray!" cried the Lieutenant; "come along! let us board him. I am in want of a few @@ -5216,7 +5177,7 @@ small matters."</p> <p><span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_153" id="Page_153">[153]</a></span></p> -<p>It was not long before the dâk carriage was abreast +<p>It was not long before the dâk carriage was abreast of the encampment.</p> <p>"Stop!" shouted the Lieutenant to the driver, @@ -5964,7 +5925,7 @@ shoulder.</p> <h2>THE MARCH CONTINUED.</h2> <p>The next encampment-ground at which we halted -was close to a dâk bungalow; and, during the day, +was close to a dâk bungalow; and, during the day, there were several arrivals and departures, the travellers merely halting for an hour or so, while some refreshment was got ready. The Lieutenant, who @@ -6561,7 +6522,7 @@ consumed considerable quantities of bhang; just in the same way that an opium-eater is rarely or never affected by drinking deeply of wine.</p> -<p>The Rajah's visitor, the Lallah Jooteepersâd, had +<p>The Rajah's visitor, the Lallah Jooteepersâd, had a grievance, and a rather substantial one. He had claimed from the Government fifty-seven lacs of rupees (half a million and seventy-thousand pounds sterling) @@ -6634,7 +6595,7 @@ most extraordinary and protracted trial that ever was known in India, and which was emphatically denounced, by the press and public; of every country in Europe, as absurd, unjust, and shameful. Nevertheless, -Jooteepersâd cannot have harboured any revenge +Jooteepersâd cannot have harboured any revenge for the wrongs (involving disgrace and dishonour) which were heaped upon him; for it is he who has fed, for several months, the five thousand Christians @@ -6643,7 +6604,7 @@ and, amongst the number of civilians there shut up, is the gentleman who conducted the prosecution on the behalf of the Government, and who, in the execution of his duty, strove very hard indeed for a verdict -of guilty! Without Jooteepersâd we could not have +of guilty! Without Jooteepersâd we could not have held Agra!</p> <p>When the sun had gone down, and it was cool @@ -6773,7 +6734,7 @@ have great pleasure in gratifying my curiosity.</p> <p>On the following morning, having spent a very dreamy night, I was carried in my palanquin to the -Jatnee Bagh. Such was the name of Jooteepersâd's +Jatnee Bagh. Such was the name of Jooteepersâd's garden-house, in which Lall Singh then resided. The Rajah was dressing. I was confronted by a Seik with an enormous beard, whose hair was a @@ -6958,7 +6919,7 @@ every ball in every garrison town in his country. civilians, while here, it seems to me, that the civilians look down on the military. See, see! See how disdainfully that old Mrs. Revenue Board scrutinizes the -dress of Mrs. Lieutenant-Colonel Damzè!"</p> +dress of Mrs. Lieutenant-Colonel Damzè!"</p> <p>Sure enough such was the case. "But regard!" said the Frenchman; "how angry is that Mrs. Sudder @@ -6976,25 +6937,25 @@ universally occurs; but that in small stations seldom or never.</p> <p>Here we were approached by Lieutenant-Colonel -Damzè himself. After exchanging a few words with +Damzè himself. After exchanging a few words with the foreign gentlemen on either side of me, he passed on, seemingly proud and happy at having had an opportunity of slighting me in public, on account of the doggerel for which I had the credit.</p> <p>"Mais, monsieur," said the Frenchman to me, -"who, in wonder's name, are all these Damzè gentlemen? -There is one Damzè, colonel of such a regiment; -another Damzè, major in another corps. There -is a Deputy Commissary-General Damzè; there is a -Mr. Damzè in the Indian navy; another Damzè is a -military secretary; some half dozen Damzès are, I +"who, in wonder's name, are all these Damzè gentlemen? +There is one Damzè, colonel of such a regiment; +another Damzè, major in another corps. There +is a Deputy Commissary-General Damzè; there is a +Mr. Damzè in the Indian navy; another Damzè is a +military secretary; some half dozen Damzès are, I have perceived, on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief. -Parbleu! C'est Damzè—toujours Damzè! for -here, by Heaven, I meet with still another Damzè! -Who <i>are</i> all these Damzès?"</p> +Parbleu! C'est Damzè—toujours Damzè! for +here, by Heaven, I meet with still another Damzè! +Who <i>are</i> all these Damzès?"</p> -<p>I informed him that Damzè was the patronymic of +<p>I informed him that Damzè was the patronymic of a nobleman in power; and with this explanation he was thoroughly enlightened, and appeared to be perfectly satisfied.</p> @@ -7016,21 +6977,21 @@ about the distinguished old man and guarded him; and I have reason to know that he was grateful to us for so doing. Towards the hour of twelve, however, we had to stand back; for Mrs. Lieutenant-Colonel -Damzè came and sat upon the sofa on +Damzè came and sat upon the sofa on the left side of the General, and talked to him in an animated but somewhat anxious manner, which became even more anxious when Mrs. Revenue Board approached, and taking a seat on the General's right -(eyeing Mrs. Lieutenant-Colonel Damzè with a somewhat +(eyeing Mrs. Lieutenant-Colonel Damzè with a somewhat haughty expression), congratulated the General on his recent good fortune. At this advanced stage of the evening also, Lady Gallopaway was flanked right and left by old Mr. Revenue Board and Lieutenant-Colonel -Damzè, C.B. The reader is requested -to note that these two letters—C.B.—were Damzè's +Damzè, C.B. The reader is requested +to note that these two letters—C.B.—were Damzè's by right; or, at all events, that he had been recommended for the order, and that the recommendation -had been instantly attended to; albeit Damzè had +had been instantly attended to; albeit Damzè had never been within range of an enemy's cannon in the whole course of his life. Lady Gallopaway yawned.</p> @@ -7056,11 +7017,11 @@ parties to a lawsuit. For weeks past this question of precedence had been debated in Agra, and very warmly debated—namely, whether Mrs. Revenue Board, of the Civil Service, or Mrs. Lieutenant-Colonel -Damzè, C.B., was entitled to the <i>pas</i>. Now +Damzè, C.B., was entitled to the <i>pas</i>. Now was the moment for a decision, or at all events an authority in support of either position or argument. The old General (upon whom both Mr. Revenue Board -and Lieutenant-Colonel Damzè, C.B., had their anxious +and Lieutenant-Colonel Damzè, C.B., had their anxious eyes) rose, smiled, bowed to the ladies who had flanked him, left them, and wandered about the ball-room, looking to the right and left, as if searching for some @@ -7077,14 +7038,14 @@ had recognised the social right of his wife, which she had derived solely from him, instantly rushed up to Lady Gallopaway, and offered her an arm (which she took), led her away in triumph, leaving his own Colonel -(Damzè) and old Mr. Revenue Board gasping and +(Damzè) and old Mr. Revenue Board gasping and gaping at each other in mutual disgust and consternation. Had a shell burst in the building, had the powder magazine exploded and shattered all the windows, the commotion could scarcely have been greater than it was at that moment. No one could account for this extraordinary conduct, or caprice, as it was -termed, on the part of the old General. Damzè, who +termed, on the part of the old General. Damzè, who had just been flattering him concerning his wonderful achievements, now declared that "the old fool had become half-witted since eighteen hundred and forty-seven," @@ -7103,7 +7064,7 @@ mean!"</p> <p>"I thought it would have been me," said Mrs. Revenue Board.</p> -<p>"You?" said Mrs. Damzè.</p> +<p>"You?" said Mrs. Damzè.</p> <p>"Yes; why not? My husband is a civilian of twenty years' standing."</p> @@ -7119,7 +7080,7 @@ nothing?"</p> <p>"No; but——"</p> -<p>Here Lieutenant-Colonel Damzè and Mr. Revenue +<p>Here Lieutenant-Colonel Damzè and Mr. Revenue Board, who had been discussing the same question, but in a calmer spirit than their wives, approached, and, making common cause against the upstart enemy @@ -7132,7 +7093,7 @@ paying her marked attention.</p> <p>The red party, that is to say, the military, were in very high spirits; the black, the civilians, correspondingly -depressed. The quartette, consisting of Damzè +depressed. The quartette, consisting of Damzè and Revenue Board, and their wives, ate voraciously, but evidently without appetite. They sipped their<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_208" id="Page_208">[208]</a></span> wine with an absent formality, which was very entertaining @@ -7140,13 +7101,13 @@ to lookers-on, who were in no way interested in the momentous question which was preying on their very souls.</p> -<p>"It shall not end here," said Damzè, moodily fixing +<p>"It shall not end here," said Damzè, moodily fixing his eyes on the chandelier.</p> <p>"Not, indeed!" said Mr. Revenue Board.</p> <p>"I shall put my case to the Governor-General direct," -said Damzè. "His Lordship is a near connexion +said Damzè. "His Lordship is a near connexion of mine."</p> <p>"I am perfectly aware of that," said Mr. Revenue @@ -7164,7 +7125,7 @@ President of the Board of Control, and whose secretary married your first cousin—recollect!"</p> <p>"<i>We</i> can write, too," said Mrs. Lieutenant-Colonel -Damzè.</p> +Damzè.</p> <p>"You may write to anybody you please," said Mrs. Revenue Board, defiantly and contemptuously; @@ -7225,18 +7186,18 @@ differed one with the other in their views of the case, each alleging that the point lay in a nutshell, and was as clear as possible. For all I know to the contrary, it may be in the nutshell at this moment. -Both Lieutenant-Colonel Damzè and Mr. Revenue +Both Lieutenant-Colonel Damzè and Mr. Revenue Board laid "cases" before the Calcutta barristers, who pocketed their fees, and laconically expressed their opinions respectively, that the parties who consulted them were in the right—"there could be no doubt -on the point," they said. Damzè sent a copy of his<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_211" id="Page_211">[211]</a></span> +on the point," they said. Damzè sent a copy of his<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_211" id="Page_211">[211]</a></span> case, and the opinion of his barrister thereon, to Revenue Board, who rather triumphantly returned the compliment. I regret to say, that this contest engendered in Agra a great deal of what is called bad blood, and induced many ladies to descend to very -unseemly personalities. For instance, Mrs. Damzè +unseemly personalities. For instance, Mrs. Damzè one evening, at the band-stand, told Mrs. Revenue Board, that when she (Mrs. R. B.) returned to England, she would have no rank at all, as her @@ -7247,18 +7208,18 @@ replied:—</p> <p>"And you, pray? Is not your husband in the Company's service?"</p> -<p>"Yes," rejoined Mrs. Damzè; "but you forget +<p>"Yes," rejoined Mrs. Damzè; "but you forget the C.B.!"</p> <p>Let us now return to the Honourable Lieutenant Infantry. When that officer came up, and led away -Lady Gallopaway to supper, Damzè was overheard to +Lady Gallopaway to supper, Damzè was overheard to say, "I'll take the shine out of that young gentleman." And, if taking the shine meant constantly -bullying the subaltern, Damzè certainly kept his +bullying the subaltern, Damzè certainly kept his word. And when the next hot weather came, and the Lieutenant wished to accompany his sick wife to -the Hills, Damzè, when he forwarded the application +the Hills, Damzè, when he forwarded the application for six months' leave of absence, wrote privately to the Assistant Adjutant-General, and recommended that it should not be granted. The honourable @@ -7267,7 +7228,7 @@ colonel, in the way of interest. Presuming on the acquaintance which existed between his father and the Commander-in-Chief, he wrote a letter to that functionary, and a few days afterwards found himself in -general orders. The wrath of Damzè may be easily +general orders. The wrath of Damzè may be easily imagined, especially as he had boasted to several of his officers of having put a spoke in the Lieutenant's wheel. And by way of throwing salt upon the Colonel's @@ -7531,7 +7492,7 @@ adopt as its motto, and act up to consistently—</p> <blockquote> -<p>'Cæsar never does wrong without just cause.'"</p></blockquote> +<p>'Cæsar never does wrong without just cause.'"</p></blockquote> <p>Our conversation was here interrupted by a noise in the road. I went to the window, and observing a @@ -8101,7 +8062,7 @@ of British rule in India.</p> went on filching news, and writing in the above strain. At length the conductor of the Meerut journal was furnished with some information which -led to his discharging his employées, the head pressman +led to his discharging his employées, the head pressman and the moonshee, and breaking up their journal, the <i>Jam-i-Jumsheed</i>. And more than this was done. The danger of permitting native newspapers @@ -8575,7 +8536,7 @@ about five years ago. He comes what you call <i>incog.</i>; nobody knows who he is, and he never calls on anybody. All that he now does in this country is to<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_253" id="Page_253">[253]</a></span> come here, stop for three days and nights, putting up -at the dâk bungalow, and spending his time here, +at the dâk bungalow, and spending his time here, crying. It is there that he stands, where you stand now, fixing his eyes on the tablet, and sometimes laying his head down on the stone, and calling out her @@ -9031,10 +8992,10 @@ got it in my pocket, and a very nice pair of slippers my old wife will make out of it. The last pair that she made of your rejected apparel were given as a present to Colonel Cureton, who, like myself, very -much resembled the great General Blücher in personal +much resembled the great General Blücher in personal appearance. Who will get the pair of which I have now the makings, Heaven only knows. Perhaps -old Brigadier White, who has also a Blücher cut +old Brigadier White, who has also a Blücher cut about him. What song would you like next? 'Kathleen Mavourneen?' Yes, I know that is a pet song of yours; and you shall have it."</p> @@ -9275,7 +9236,7 @@ had evidently fallen, unobserved, from some palanquin during the night, and an examination of the footprints showed that the last traveller who had moved along the road was journeying upward, and was then -most probably staying at the dâk bungalow, at Deobund, +most probably staying at the dâk bungalow, at Deobund, a halting-place some twelve miles distant. The assistant magistrate, after we had breakfasted, proposed that he and I should drive to Deobund, and @@ -10103,7 +10064,7 @@ beers."</p> Are pickaxes, shovels, spades, saws, and gunpowder to blast rocks, so expensive that a government cannot procure them? Roads! My good sir, only a few -years ago there was no road over the Splügen! The +years ago there was no road over the Splügen! The time was when you had no road from Calcutta to Benares. You have no roads! Well, make them. The wine and the tea that you grow will more than @@ -10932,7 +10893,7 @@ guest, to their houses, and kept him there as long as they could: taking care to have the north-west journals informed of where and with whom his lordship<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_326" id="Page_326">[326]</a></span> had put up. He was not allowed to stay at a -dâk bungalow for an hour or two, and then proceed, +dâk bungalow for an hour or two, and then proceed, taking—in the strictest sense of the phrase—his bird's-eye view of India, its people, its institutions, and so forth. Some of them threw obstacles in the @@ -11303,7 +11264,7 @@ his palanquin, and composed himself for the night, or, rather, the remainder of it, and in order that there might be no mistake as to his Lordship's destination, the magistrate sent a horseman to accompany the -cortège, with directions that "the Sahibs" were to be +cortège, with directions that "the Sahibs" were to be taken to Durowlah, on the road to Meerut, and to the house of the magistrate, by whom Lord Jamleigh had been invited, or rather, "petitioned," to stay @@ -11695,7 +11656,7 @@ was not the case.</p> <p>I was now about to leave Bijnore, and, as time was of no object to me, I made up my mind to travel no -more by palkee, or horse dâk, but in the most independent +more by palkee, or horse dâk, but in the most independent and comfortable manner. I therefore provided myself with two small tents, and two camels to carry them, two bullocks to carry the tent furniture, @@ -11796,7 +11757,7 @@ laid down in the Georgics:</p> apparently ill-fitted for the purpose for which it is designed, should answer all the requirements of the cultivator. The substitution of the English plough -for this native hùr has been several times projected +for this native hùr has been several times projected by gentlemen who were zealous in the cause of agriculture; but without any success, or reasonable hope thereof; for when we consider the cheapness, and the @@ -11809,7 +11770,7 @@ but impossible to introduce the English plough generally as an implement of husbandry—an implement requiring physical strength, manual dexterity, and a superior breed of cattle for draught. Rude and -simple as the native hùr is, or as it may seem to the +simple as the native hùr is, or as it may seem to the casual observer, cursorily viewing the operation of ploughing, it has still many good qualities which render it peculiarly suited to the genius of the Indian @@ -12260,15 +12221,15 @@ country-seat of his aristocratic ancestors. Although utterly unfitted, in his after life, to command troops, he was a very polished old gentleman, externally; and, having enjoyed a very intimate acquaintance -with Blücher, and other celebrated commanders, he +with Blücher, and other celebrated commanders, he could repeat many anecdotes of them worthy of remembrance. -"Blücher," he used to say, "generally +"Blücher," he used to say, "generally turned into bed all standing, jack-boots included; and, if his valet forgot to take off his spurs, and they became entangled with the sheets, woe betide the valet. The torrent of abuse that he poured forth was something terrific." I also heard the General -say that Blücher, having seen everything in London, +say that Blücher, having seen everything in London, remarked with great earnestness, "Give me Ludgate Hill!" and on being asked to explain why, replied, with reference to the number of jewellers' and silversmiths' @@ -13419,7 +13380,7 @@ Strange to say, although the climate is superb, and the scenery grand beyond description, the men (so I was told) preferred the plains, regarding them—to use their own words—"less like a prison than the -hills." From Kussowlie we pushed on to Sirée, +hills." From Kussowlie we pushed on to Sirée, which is about half way between Simlah and Kalka. Here there is a bungalow, at which we dined on the everlasting "grilled fowl," hard-boiled eggs, and @@ -13602,7 +13563,7 @@ without wives and families, and who don't intend to marry in the East, these reunions are a bore rather, after a brief while, and such men prefer dining under their own roofs. There was an hotel at Simlah, kept -by a Frenchman, who provided a <i>table d'hôte</i> every +by a Frenchman, who provided a <i>table d'hôte</i> every day at seven o'clock. This used to be very well attended; for, generally speaking, better fare was to be got there than anywhere else. 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