The road to Mt. Abu, a wonderful piece of engineering 84 We reach Dilwarra, the greatest temple of the Jains 84 Their reformed Buddhism recognizes Buddha as only one of many incarnations 85 The temple is almost a miracle of art, and illustrates the genius of the East 85 Ahmedabad, a uniquely prosperous manufacturing and commercial city 86 Factories needed by India more than farms 86 Missions need employment for converts, to save them from famine 86 IX. BOMBAY, KEDGAON, AND MADRAS 89-99 Bombay, second in population in the Indian Empire 91 Hindus outnumber Moslems and Parsees 91 The Caves of Elephanta, excavated in honor of Siva, god of reproduction as well as of destruction 91 His temple a cathedral, hewn inside of a mountain 92 The lingam, or phallus, gigantic, carved out of stone, in the innermost shrine 93 Its worship a deification of man's baser instincts 93 The Towers of Silence represent Parseeism 93 The dead are exposed in them to be devoured by vultures 93 Construction of the towers and details of the process 93 Compared with Christian burial in hope of resurrection 94 Kedgaon, a happy contrast and relief 94 The center of the work of Pundita Ramabai 94 The story of her life a romantic and thrilling one 94 The pitiable condition of child-widows in India touches her heart 95 In time of famine she furnishes a refuge for two thousand four hundred of them 95 The wonders of her plant, in schools, hospital, printing office, factory, and farm 96 A great scholar of the Brahman caste, she is recognized as the most influential woman in India 96 Madras, the third largest Indian city, gives us our first tropical heat 97 A center of mission work for the Telugus and their tribal conversion 97