ABSTRACT
Reception at Calcutta — The English Civil Service — The Secret of Britain’s Power in India — The American Negro Problem Compared with Race Problems in the East — The Reign of the “Plug” Hat — An Ex-King of Oude— Circumventing the King — Babu Literature — Robert Again Seeks to Rise to His Hereditary Level — Leave Calcutta for Bombay — Cooling the Train—Desolation of the Country — Need of Irrigation — An Indian Statesman’s Views on European Civilisation — The King Creates a New Order of Merit — The Sacred City of Benares — Visit the Temples and the River — – The Monkey Temple and the Imperturbable Goat — Priestly Logic — Reception at Bombay — Parsees — The Towers of Silence — Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy’s Magnificent Residence.
