CHAPTER VI.. Arrival in India.--Tuticorin.--Madura.--Bungalows.--Reptiles

Arrival in India.--Tuticorin.--Madura.--Bungalows.--Reptiles and Insects.--Wonderful Pagoda.--Sacred Elephants.--Trichinopoly and its Temples.--Bishop Heber.--Native Silversmiths.--Tanjore.--The Rajah's Palace.--Pagoda and an Immense Stone Idol.--Southern India.--City of Madras.--Want of a Harbor.--In and about the Capital.--Voyage through the Bay of Bengal.--The Hoogly River.--Political Capital of India.--A Crazy King.--The Himalayas.--Sunset and Sunrise at Darjeeling 150