FOLLOWING

THE EQUATOR




Part 6.




A JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD

BY

MARK TWAIN




SAMUEL L. CLEMENS

HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT





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CONTENTS  OF  VOLUME 6

CHAPTER LI.

Benares a Religious Temple—A Guide for Pilgrims to Save Time in SecuringSalvation


CHAPTER LII.

A Curious Way to Secure Salvation—The Banks of the Ganges—ArchitectureRepresents Piety—A Trip on the River—Bathers and theirCostumes—Drinking the Water—A Scientific Test of the Nasty Purifier—Hindoo Faithin the Ganges—A Cremation—Remembrances of the Suttee—All Life SacredExcept Human Life—The Goddess Bhowanee, and the Sacrificers—SacredMonkeys—Ugly Idols Everywhere—Two White Minarets—A Great View with aMonkey in it—A Picture on the Water


CHAPTER LIII.

Still in Benares—Another Living God—Why Things are Wonderful—Sri 108Utterly Perfect—How He Came so—Our Visit to Sri—A Friendly DeityExchanging Autographs and Books—Sri's Pupil—An InterestingMan—Reverence and Irreverence—Dancing in a Sepulchre


CHAPTER LIV.

Rail to Calcutta—Population—The "City of Palaces"—A FlutedCandle-stick—Ochterlony—Newspaper Correspondence—Average Knowledge ofCountries—A Wrong Idea of Chicago—Calcutta and the BlackHole—Description of the Horrors—Those Who Lived—The Botanical Gardens—TheAfternoon Turnout—Grand Review—Military Tournament—Excursion on theHoogly—The Museum—What Winter Means Calcutta


CHAPTER LV.

On the Road Again—

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