Persons who do not like the long sea-voyage of ninety or a hundred days, round by the Cape of Good Hope, in the ordinary sailing vessels, may reach Calcutta from England by the overland route in fifty days or under; and in two months may see the great city, as well as a part of the interior. Thus, suppose the traveller arrives at Calcutta on the 6th of November, he may leave it again by the steamer on the 8th of February. Let him leave London on the 20th of September of any year, and he may reach it again on the 25th of March following. Say that he arrives at Calcutta on the 6th of November, in fourteen days he can see all that is worth visiting in Calcutta, and as a river steamer leaves about the 20th of every month, he may go up the country on that day, and in twenty days more he will reach Allahabad, which will be the 10th of December. If he prefer it, he may travel Dâk to Bombay. Arriving at the Western Presidency about the middle of January, he may take another steamer and visit part of Scinde. Again, suppose a traveller proceeds north-west, let him leave Allahabad on the 15th or 16th of November for Lucknow, Agra, and Delhi, and even for Simla. My calculation would be about as follows:-- To Lucknow (Dâk), 128 miles, requiring 3 days. " stay at 2 " " Agra 200 miles, requiring 4 " " stay at 4 " " Delhi 112 miles, requiring 2 " " stay at 6 " " Kurnaul 78 miles, requiring 1 " " stay at 1 " " Umballa 50 miles, requiring 1 " " Foot of hills 1 " " Subathoo 1 " " stay at 1 " " Simla 23 miles, requiring 1 " " stay at 3 " " Kotgurh on the Sutlej 5 " " stay at 2 " Back to foot of hills 7 " To Ferozepore 2 " " Lahore 1 " " stay at 3 " " Ferozepore 1 " " Kurnaul 3 " " Meerut 1 " " Cawnpore 4 " " Allahabad 2 " " Calcutta by steam 11 " -- January 28th. 73 "