[Sidenote: 13.
The Rajabaie Tower, Bombay University.] [Sidenote: 14.
The Same, more distant view.] [Sidenote: 15.
P. & O. Offices, Bombay.] [Sidenote: 16.
Carmac Bund, Bombay.] [Sidenote: 17.
Victoria Terminus, G.I.P., Bombay.] [Sidenote: 18.
The Same: another view.] [Sidenote: 19.
Municipal Buildings, Bombay.] [Sidenote: 20.
Esplanade Road, Bombay.] [Sidenote: 21.
Fountain in Esplanade Road, Bombay.] [Sidenote: 22.
Statue of Queen Victoria.] Now let us walk through the city, and realise
its grandeur. Here we are down by the western façade of the University.
The great tower rises above us from which we just now obtained our
views. That tower is called the Rajabaie Tower, in memory of the mother
of the founder of the building. This is a rather more distant picture of
the same building. We have next the offices of the P. and O. Company,
and then a wharfside with steamers about to start for Goa, the old
Portuguese capital midway along the west coast of India southward of
Bombay. Here we have the great Victoria Terminus of the G.I.P. Railway,
with a central dome and an elaborately carved façade. Bombay claims that
it is the finest railway station in the world. This is another view of
the same building, with bullocks passing in front of it. Here are the
Municipal Buildings with another fine dome. They are a combination of
gothic with oriental architecture, and were opened about fifteen years
ago. Notice the electric tramway wires above. Then we see another fine
street, the Esplanade Road. The National Bank is to the left, and
further along is the Bombay Club. Here is a fountain in the Esplanade
Road, with a bullock passing in front of it, and here is the Statue of
the Queen-Empress Victoria, unveiled in 1872. On the canopy are the rose
of England and the lotus of India.
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