[Sidenote: 11. Black Hole Monument, Calcutta.] [Sidenote: 12. The Marble Pavement, Black Hole, Calcutta.] Here, at the corner of Dalhousie Square, is the Black Hole Monument, erected by Lord Curzon when Viceroy of India, in the year 1902, upon the site of the original monument which was set up by one of the twenty-three survivors; and here is a marble pavement marking the exact position of the Black Hole. [Sidenote: 13. Bengal Government Office, Calcutta.] [Sidenote: 14. The High Court, Calcutta.] [Sidenote: 15. Eastern Gateway, Government House, Calcutta.] [Sidenote: 16. Government House, Calcutta.] [Sidenote: 17. The Same.] [Sidenote: 18. Imperial Museum, Calcutta.] We have next the great red brick building in Dalhousie Square known as the Bengal Secretariat. Not far away are the public offices of the Government of India, but most of the staff are removed to Simla in the hills during the hot and rainy seasons. Here, facing the Maidan, is the frontage of the Supreme Court of Justice, with a fine tower nearly two hundred feet high, which we saw just now from the Hooghly. Next is the eastern gateway to the grounds of Government House, and here is Government House itself, with the Union Jack flying above it, and Indian sentries on guard. It was built a little more than a hundred years ago, and contains the throne of Tippu Sultan, the tyrant of Mysore, of whom we heard in the first lecture. Opposite Government House, on the Maidan, is the Jubilee Statue of Victoria, the Queen-Empress of India, which was unveiled in the year 1902. Here we have a more distant view of Government House, as seen from the Maidan, with a statue of one of the Viceroys in the foreground. Next, in Chowringhee road, is the Imperial Museum, a fine building with a valuable Gallery of Antiquities. [Sidenote: 19. Musulmans at Prayer in the Maidan.] [Sidenote: 20. Ochterlony Monument, Calcutta.] [Sidenote: 21. Calcutta from the Ochterlony Monument.] [Sidenote: 22. Race Course, Calcutta.] [Sidenote: 23. St. Paul’s Cathedral, Calcutta.] [Sidenote: 24. Tiretta Bazaar Street, Calcutta.] Let us walk round the Maidan, and note the curiously mingled life upon it. Here, for instance, are Musulmans at prayer, an impressive sight that may be witnessed every evening. Here we are at the foot of the Ochterlony monument, a column erected in honour of Sir David Ochterlony, a successful general in the wars with Nepal. From the top of it we have a fine view over the city. Notice Government House and the High Court. At the other end of the Maidan is the racecourse and polo ground, to which we have already referred, and here amid the trees in the southeastern corner, beside the tank, is the spire of the English Cathedral. Here, in contrast, is a view in the native city. The streets are with a few exceptions very narrow, as in most southern cities where the sunshine is dreaded and where shade is essential to comfort.