Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF WOOD ENGRAVINGS IN VOL. I
- VOYAGE TO INDIA
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II CALCUTTA
- CHAPTER III CALCUTTA
- CHAPTER IV CALCUTTA
- CHAPTER V CALCUTTA TO SIBNIBASHI
- CHAPTER VI SIBNIBASHI TO DACCA
- CHAPTER VII DACCA
- CHAPTER VIII DACCA TO FURREEDPOOR
- CHAPTER IX FURREEDPOOR TO BOGLIPOOR
- CHAPTER X BOGLIPOOR TO MONGHYR
- CHAPTER XI MONGHYR TO BUXAR
- CHAPTER XII BUXAR TO BENARES
- CHAPTER XIII BENARES TO ALLAHABAD
- Plate section
CHAPTER XIII - BENARES TO ALLAHABAD
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF WOOD ENGRAVINGS IN VOL. I
- VOYAGE TO INDIA
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II CALCUTTA
- CHAPTER III CALCUTTA
- CHAPTER IV CALCUTTA
- CHAPTER V CALCUTTA TO SIBNIBASHI
- CHAPTER VI SIBNIBASHI TO DACCA
- CHAPTER VII DACCA
- CHAPTER VIII DACCA TO FURREEDPOOR
- CHAPTER IX FURREEDPOOR TO BOGLIPOOR
- CHAPTER X BOGLIPOOR TO MONGHYR
- CHAPTER XI MONGHYR TO BUXAR
- CHAPTER XII BUXAR TO BENARES
- CHAPTER XIII BENARES TO ALLAHABAD
- Plate section
Summary
September 10.–The events of yesterday are not worth recording. Mr. Macleod had promised to drive me in his gig half way to Sultanpoor, and at five o'clock this morning he was at my door. My palanquin had been sent on before, so that I had the advantage of making a quicker progress, as well as of enjoying his interesting conversation for about seven miles, when the carriage-road ended in a little nullah, where we found the palanquin waiting for me, in which I proceeded to Sultanpoor, where I found a boat in readiness to convey me to Chunar, at which place I was to be Colonel Alexander's guest.
The view of Chunar is, from the river, very striking. Its fortress, which is of great extent, formerly of first-rate importance, and still in good repair, covers the crest and sides of a large and high rock, with several successive enclosures of walls and towers, the lowest of which have their base washed by the Ganges. On the right, as we approached it, is seen a range of rocky and uneven hills, on the left a large Indian town, intermingled with fine round-headed trees, with some very good European habitations, and a tall Gothic tower like that of a parish church in England, which belongs in fact to the Mission Church, and is an imitation of that in Mr Corrie's native village.
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- Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India, from Calcutta to Bombay, 1824–1825 , pp. 401 - 450Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1828