arrange the Indian Court at Osborne ', or, perhaps, both. There are ten eachers, chiefly Sikhs, but with some ans and Hindus; while the pupils (about nilarly divided. As an illustration of g of different religionists, we were told 's commission for a large metal standard to be presented to a Muhammadan he same was designed by a Sikh, hiefly by Hindus, for the benefit of ans, by order of a Christian! The School shed in 1875; but Mr. Brown only came he Midlands some three years ago. Thè aining pupils, we could see, was much -ugh here than at Jaipur, admirable ool seemed to be. The Principal showed e specimens in local woodwork-" pin-rk in screens, often mistaken for fret

entirely different; also samples of ndustries. In the Lahore streets and in the grand trunk road running out untry, "Kim" and the Lama who was iraculous river, were frequently recalled,

ace:

as usual, was deep in meditation, but Kim's bright n wide. This broad, smiling river of life, he convast improvement on the cramped and crowded

There were new people and new sights at every he knew, and castes that were altogether out of his

Trunk at this point was built on an embankment mst winter floods from the foot-hills, so that one were, a little above the country, along a stately g all India spread out to left and right. It was ehold the many-yoked grain and cotton waggons

-road, carter reviiing carter.

was equally the people, little clumps of red and blue and nd saffron, turning aside to go to their own and growing small by twos or threes across

he sun was driving broad golden spokes through s of the mango-trees; the parakeets and the g home in their hundreds. Swiftly the

f together, painted for an instant the faces and d the bullocks' horns as red as blood. Then nging the touch of the air, drawing a low, even her veil of blue, across the face of the country, keen and distinct, the smell of wood-smoke and I scent of wheaten cakes cooked on ashes."

ahore, so far as we asked, could tell us of the place above the sea! Before ould mention that, although the sun us hot in the day, the mornings, nights have been delightfully cool; nodation and fare at the Charing Cross atisfactory. Pears, apples, oranges, ats are among the fruit in season.

It

refreshing to have Mandarin oranges ery fine and cheap-available all along Bombay upwards.

LAHORE TO AGRA.

Nov. 21st.

a North-Western train at 1-30 p.m. in Agra (some 400 miles) by 8-30 a.m. Ve came from Delhi to Lahore by Punjaub line.] The country along early all fertile and well-cultivated-due to irrigation, for the Punjaub Sirhind Canal, etc.) some of the ion works in the world. It is wonow well-wooded, along all roads, near

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the river by a very long lattice girder spans, 110 feet each) there being a good ater in certain channels between the banks, though sand-banks seemed to preA number of curious-looking launches -re visible in the distance. We are now ty of the First Doab "-the country e rivers Beas and Sutlej,-and Jullundur ich we next arrive, was a large and town, B.C. We shall chiefly remember " for the most excellent cups of tea us at the railway station with crisp 1 cake-three portions, and all for 14 ents)! At Phillour, originally built by or Shah Jehan, the builder of the Taj, nd some eight miles from Loodhiana we ver Sutlej by a grand iron lattice-girder mile long, 84 spans of 110 feet each, brick piers, the foundations being sunk bed of river. The scenes of two of est battles with the Sikhs-Aliwal and re close to this neighbourhood. During ve passed through Sirhind with its Great miles long, costing 7 millions sterling, evidence of British administrative and kill; also through Saharunpore which is arters of the Jumna Canal Establishment, ene of extensive Government Botanical

narkable how freely the Bougainvillea flowers throughout this northern part

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FLOWERS

mention that, as the great show at Roses of many varieties, so in Lahore eated to a marvellous display of Government House was closed, vernor being on tour; but in the in many private grounds, we saw s of the flower, remarkable for size of colour. There was to be a Public santhemums in the Lawrence Gardens and we found Mr. Forrest (of the k) as we left, busy organising a St. ner for the Scots not only of Lahore, injaub generally. One thing more to have been greatly surprised at the r's of natives-men and womenvelling along these Punjab Railway e same was true from Bombay to ps it is partly due to the cool season. nes, several trains for third-class ly are regularly run: on others there even apart from festival times; and usly true that in India,

ill plenty of people who would rather walk a nan spend a rupee on a ticket. Even railway

a preserves something of the atmosphere of the is in no hurry; he does not look out trains in sits at the station till a train appears. It is n India to see a platform covered at night with waiting the morning train,"

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roke while we were still some 50 miles and peeping out, it seemed as if we were nidst patches of snow, in the white sand topped, perhaps, by hoar-frost. The erally looked green and well-cultivated, sed through a series of small stations, ri (not the Orissa Puri with the great e), Hathras, etc., before reaching the ction to branch off towards Agra. We quietly without any expectation of a en a young Officer in the compartment ed out:

THE TAJ, THE TAJ"!

enough (reminding us of our first Venice rising out of the water) there sight, over the morning mist, a pearly , perfect in outline, peerless in beauty, uspended in mid-air by invisible powers. he minarets and magnificent framework view; but nothing can remove the nade, by that first glimpse in the early st, of this gem in marble, this "poem

r the approach to Agra is a very notable one. We cross the Jumna by a long iron bridge of 10 spans (the river must sight when, after the rains, full from nk) and face the dark-red walls and e commanding Fort, opposite to which on. What the river loses in grandeur, mited waters and scattered pools at f year, is more than made up by the ness of the scene presented by the