Rail to Calcutta—Population—The “City of Palaces”—A Fluted
Candle-stick—Ochterlony—Newspaper Correspondence—Average Knowledge of
Countries—A Wrong Idea of Chicago—Calcutta and the Black Hole
—Description of the Horrors—Those Who Lived—The Botanical Gardens—The
Afternoon Turnout—Grand Review—Military Tournament—Excursion on the
Hoogly—The Museum—What Winter Means in Calcutta