Departure from England in March--Tremendous storm off Ushant--Ship becalmed at the equator--Great heat--Danger of sleeping in moonlight in hot climates--Storm off the Cape--Great speed of the vessel--Thunderstorm at the equator--Arrival at Madras--The mungoose; its usefulness in houses--Mother-of-pearl--Contrivances for abating the heat--Fakirs--Curious disease--Salutation of Europeans by natives--Employment of time 1 _July 1._ Native wedding--Visit to the Newab--Jugglers 6 CALCUTTA, _July 15_. Voyage up the Hoogly--Waterspout--The bishop's palace--Appointment to the province of Assam--Great number of tigers at Calcutta--Mode of voyaging--Language of natives--Number of servants necessary 7 _August 6._ Change of appointment from Assam to Cuttack--Dangers of travelling--Mode of living--"Bore" in the Hoogly 9 MIDNAPORE, _September 12_. Leave Calcutta--Accident on the Hoogly--Dâk-travelling--State of the road--Arrival at Midnapore--A bungalow--Trees and plants--Mode of providing animal food--Destructiveness of ants--Snakes--Monkeys--Encounter with a buffalo--Soil, climate, and productions of Midnapore--Expenses of living--List of servants 10 _September 15._ "Poujah of tools:" a rustic festival 17 _October 9._ Thunderstorms--Mode of taking birds--Costume--Coins--Insects-- Dinner-parties--Language--Strictness of caste regulations among servants--Employment of women--Disposal of the body after death--Dustoorie--The white ant 17 _November 11._ Antics of the monkey--Parrots--Fierceness of the hyæna--Small grey squirrel--Narrow escape from a cobra--Its bite seldom cured--Vegetable productions--Usefulness of the bamboo--Dishonesty of servants 21 _November 12._ Earthquake--Population of India--Religions--Money--Designations of Europeans by natives--Mode of life 26 _December 13._ Hiring of hackeries--Importunacy of natives--Encounter with a bear--Goats 29 _December 14._ Birds'-nests--Cost of dress--Weather--Temperature 31 _December 16._ Anonymous reptile--Destruction of serpents by the mungoose 32