e our friend Mr. Pike of Cuttack tist Missionary well up in the cover that the resemblance goes rough the little Sinhalese lessonured to send him.

of the most interesting provinces geographical situation it lies close capital, yet the difficulties of ave hitherto been so great that easier to get from Calcutta to om Calcutta to Cuttack or Puri." authority, and we learned from -the English Baptists have an cessful Mission in Orissa-that it em sometimes 20 days to reach tack, going to False Point to catch Hooghly; while now, by railway, ney within 12 hours! The through alcutta via Orissa to Madras is year, to bring more and more of s, and settlers either as planters perhaps, capitalists to establish lise the cheap and docile labour.

we saw and learned during a casual visit, we could see that es and capabilities in the province ell attract Europeans, and that r of India with its background of e are called "Nilgiris" or blue gh far less in height than the oper) and grand display of waterong be exploited and developed in

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the healthier districts of Orissa. has been the impression left on our mind. s follow the railway and take note of the stations as far as we come across them.

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BALASORE,

of 20,000 people, situated

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r Old Twister" river, so called from its course. Murray tells us that the place of great commercial importance; for here e very earliest English factories was esin 1633 and the trade became so important Dutch and Danes also made settlements, e French are said to own 100 acres to this here the swinging (Churuch Puja) long ago hroughout British India, is still annually 1. After passing several minor stations, we

JAJPUR ROAD,

on for the historical town of Jajpur (" the acrifice") which, however, is 12 miles off, on the Baitarani, a very sacred river, like the Styx, to flow through Hades as n the upper world. Pilgrims get out of way and cross the river on foot, after ey are expected to present a cow to a cows are kept handy and are sold to over and over again! But the sanctity of has much diminished of late years.-We on to

CUTTACK

ent here and know the district station bore out the description lcutta by a member of the Execut it was one of the neatest and ations in India. The cantonments arters are, as usual, away from The total population is between Situated at the apex of the delta river-which rising in the Central

course of 529 miles and issues v gorge 7 miles west of the town, his great river on the North and estern side is encircled by a branch → Katjuri. Great floods pour down son, and were it not for embanke revetments, Cuttack would be o wonder, therefore, though all erway suggested Irrigation canals, ear Cuttack are important weirset long and 9 feet high, and another d 12 feet high, costing 13 lakhs― › water supply into no fewer than constituting the Orissa Irrigation gain, the Railway had to bridge in getting to Cuttack-4 bridges highest over the Mahanudi being a th 64 spans of 100 feet each and e long. This is crossed just before k railway station. There is not in the native town; but the Fort, rk, and surroundings are ехсерWe were struck with the height of ms seen during a morning walk and a good heads of nuts, and the

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of the coast districts of Orissa. Any ts hitherto made have been limited to not more than a few acres we believe. - proximity of so good a market ffords, this is an industry well deserving ion of a capitalist and practical planters. ness of the trees around Cuttack shows oil must be good; and we noted plantain other fruit gardens. As regards handi-tack used to be famous for its

FILIGREE WORK

nd silver and a visit to a show-room 1 by Mr. M. S. Das (who is doing his aintain and revive this indigenous art) s to see the kind of work done, and to ew specimens. The Fort, with its double Is and huge citadel, must have presented ng appearance when complete and fully say by the Mahrattas or Muhammadans; valls, &c., are now in ruins, although e Mutiny, it was got ready as a place to meet eventualities. Fortunately, a Bengal native regiment had been replaced s Infantry shortly before disturbances 1. It is interesting to know that 270 years of the East India Company's servants came y vessel from Masulipatam to the Cuttack on reaching the town in a boat were y received by the Mogul Viceroy in the riven leave to trade and form a settlement This was in 1633 and before Calcutta

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and Orphanage at Cuttack; but tist Mission which has its headby far the most important Christian e district and its splendid work ress and schools as well as in its erations has borne much fruit in of adherents as well as in devoted We were among old friends with e and Bailey and were glad to meet ung and the ladies connected with Cuttack. It was very interesting ral schools and to note the various dustries, as well as lessons, taught Ooriya is, of course, the language vell as of the schools and preachers, I work in translations as well as tion has been done by the Mission

a large new Mission building going to the group already occupied, in se condemned for age and untrustd we were interested to learn that per 1,000 with R1 carriage-against 1,000 in Colombo and R20 per 1,000 wara Eliya-due to greater dearness suppose. (Afterwards in Madras we ils of the cost of material for a house :-First and second-class bricks hird-class R3; cartage per 1,000 R1 -hunam R3; carriage half-rupee; nd 10 annas (65 cents): timber per That the " Schoolmaster is abroad' ves of Cuttack as in other towns in t some curious developments are y be judged from the following

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