akorn - Mighty Old Tales Retold

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XLIX

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XLIX
 
Pyjamas—Day Scene in India—Clothed in a Turban and a Pocket Handkerchief—Land Parceled Out—Established Village Servants—Witches in Families—Hereditary Midwifery—Destruction of Girl Babies—Wedding Display—Tiger-Persuader—Hailstorm Discouragers—The Tyranny of the Sweeper—Elephant Driver—Water Carrier—Curious Rivers—Arrival at Allahabad—English Quarter—Lecture Hall Like a Snowstorm—Private Carriages—A Milliner—Early Morning—The Squatting Servant—A Religious Fair

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XLVIII

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XLVIII
 
Starting for Allahabad—Lower Berths in Sleepers—Elderly Ladies have Preference of Berths—An American Lady Takes One Anyhow—How Smythe Lost his Berth—How He Got Even—The Suttee

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XLVII

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XLVII
 
Thugs Continued—Record of Murders—A Joy of Hunting and Killing Men—Gordon Cumming—Killing an Elephant—Family Affection among Thugs—Burial Places

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XLVI

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XLVI
 
The Thugs—Government Efforts to Exterminate them—Choking a Victim—A Fakeer Spared—Thief Strangled

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XLV

Mark Twain -
Following the Equator - Chapter XLV
 
Elephant Riding—Howdahs—The New Palace—The Prince's Excursion—Gold and Silver Artillery—A Vice-royal Visit—Remarkable Dog—The Bench Show—Augustin Daly's Back Door

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XLIV

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XLIV
 
Official Thug Book—Supplies for Traveling, Bedding, and other Freight—Scene at Railway Station—Making Way for White Man—Waiting Passengers, High and Low Caste, Touch in the cars—Our Car—Beds made up—Dreaming of Thugs—Baroda—Meet Friends—Indian Well—The Old Town—Narrow Streets—A Mad Elephant

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XLIII

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XLIII
 
Murder Trial in Bombay—Confidence Swindlers—Some Specialities of India—The Plague, Juggernaut, Suttee, etc—Everything on Gigantic Scale—India First in Everything—80 States, more Custom Houses than Cats—Rich Ground for Thug Society

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XLII

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XLII
 
A Hindoo Betrothal, midnight, Sleepers on the ground, Home of the Bride of Twelve Years Dressed as a Boy—Illumination—Nautch Girls—Imitating Snakes—Later—Illuminated Porch Filled with Sleepers—The Plague

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XLI

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XLI
 
A Jain Temple—Mr. Roychand's Bungalow—A Decorated Six-Gun Prince—Human Fireworks—European Dress, Past and Present—Complexions—Advantages with the Zulu—Festivities at the Bungalow—Nautch Dancers—Entrance of the Prince—Address to the Prince
 

Mark Twain - Following the Equator - Chapter XL

Mark Twain
Following the Equator - Chapter XL
The Government House at Malabar Point—Mansion of Kumar Shri Samatsin Hji Bahadur—The Indian Princess—A Difficult Game—Wardrobe and Jewels—Ceremonials—Decorations when Leaving—The Towers of Silence—A Funeral