The beautiful Hindoo Village of Wye.--The Mahabaleshwar Hills.--The Temple of the Gods.--The Couch of Krishna.--The Stone Image of the Cow from whose Mouth the Five Rivers of this Region are said to Spring.--The Holy Tank.--Satarah, the Star City of the Mahratta Empire.--The Fort.--The Palace of Sivaji.--Jejureh, the famous Hill-Temples where the Dancing-Girls of the Country are Recruited.--The Mad Gossain, and the Story of his Ill-Fated Love.--The Dancing-Girl Krayâhnee 228 CHAPTER XI. From Satarah, the Star City of the great Mahratta Kings, to Dowlutabâd, the Abode of Fortune, and Aurungabâd, the Golden City of the Mohgul Emperors.--Tombs of Boorhan Ood Deen and Aurungzebe.--Mausoleum of Rhabea Duranee.--Sketch of the Mohgul Invasion of India.--Manners, Customs, and Religious Ceremonies of the Mohammedans of Hindostan 243 CHAPTER XII. The Temples of Ellora, the Holy Place of the Deccan.--Nashik, the Land of the Râmâyanâ.--Sights and Scenes on the Banks of the Godaveri.--Damaun, the most famous of the Indo-Portuguese Towns 270 CHAPTER XIII. The Taptee River.--Surat and its Environs.--The Borahs and Kholees of Guzerat.--Baroda, the Capital of the Guicowars.--Fakeers, or Relic-Carriers, of Baroda.--Cambay. --Mount Aboo.--Jain Temples on Mount Aboo, etc. 286 CHAPTER XIV. Calcutta, the City of the Black Venus, Kali.--The River Hoogley.--Cremation Towers.--Chowringee, the Fashionable Suburb of Calcutta.--The Black Hole.--Battles of Plassey and Assaye.--The Brahmo-Somaj.--Temple of Kali.--Feast of Juggurnath.--Benares and the Taj Mahal 303 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE THE TAJ MAHAL FROM THE RIVER, Frontispiece BANYAN TREE, 36 CAVES OF ELEPHANTA, 53 NATIVE SNAKE CHARMERS, 66 A PARSEE LADY, 106 BOMBAY. UNIVERSITY AND ESPLANADE, 128 BUDDHIST PRIEST PREACHING AT THE DOOR OF A TEMPLE, 161 BULLOCK CART, 208 TOMB OF RAHBEA DHOORANE, AT AURANGABÂD, 250 ROCK CUT TEMPLES OF ELLORA, 270 NATIVE PASSENGER BOAT ON THE HOOGLY, 302 THE MUNIKURNIKA GHAT, ONE OF THE BURNING GHATS OF BENARES, 322 PREFACE. In the following pages, gathered from voluminous notes of early travel, I have tried to give a faithful account of life in India, as well as of the sights and scenes visited by me, with my husband, before the days of railroad travel.