CHAPTER VII.. From Calcutta to Benares.--Miles of Poppy Fields.--Ruined

From Calcutta to Benares.--Miles of Poppy Fields.--Ruined Temples.--The Mecca of Hindostan.--Banks of the Sacred Ganges.--Idolatry at its Height.--Monkey Temple.--The Famous River Front of the Holy City.--Fanaticism.--Cremating the Dead.--A Pestilential City.--Visit to a Native Palace.--From Benares to Cawnpore.--A Beautiful Statue.--English Rule in India.--Delhi.--The Mogul Dynasty.--Lahore.--Umritsar.--Agra.-- The Taj Mahal.--Royal Palace and Fort.--The Famous Pearl Mosque 187