L'Inde a réexaminé . n sujets locaux et impériaux.Dans la grande maison de ville de L'Eaja, Sir SourindroTajore—la première autorité sur la musique hindoue— D'excellents interprètes jouent sur le thesitar, la vina, le bansuli, le tamhoora et d'autres instruments indigènes, devenant ainsi comparativelyfamiliers avec les rdg, rdginis, ghazals, et les mélodies classiques de l'école indienne, qui possède de bonnes beautés subtiles et grandes, reconnues par tous les bons juges. Un autre plaisir singulier était de towitness une performance de la lumière de l'Asie, jouée par une compagnie indigène à un public de Calcutt

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India revisited . n local and imperial topics.In the spacious city house of the Eaja, Sir SourindroTajore—the first authority upon Hindu music—wefurther heard excellent performers play upon thesitar, the vina, the bansuli, the tamhoora, and otherindigenous instruments, becoming thus comparativelyfamiliar with the rdgs, rdginis, ghazals, and otherclassical melodies of the Indian school, which certainlypossesses great and subtle beauties, acknowledged byall good judges. Another singular pleasure was towitness a performance of the Light of Asia, playedby a native company to an audience of Calcuttacitizens, whose close attention to the long soliloquies, and quick appreciation of all the chief incidents ofthe story, gave a high idea of their intelligence, andproved how metaphysical by nature these Hindupeople are. The stage appliances were deficient to apoint incredible for a London manager; and the miseen scene sometimes almost laughable in simplicity.Nevertheless there was a refinement and imaginative-. I THE CITY OF PALACES AND MADEAS. 251 ness in the acting, as well as an artistic sense entirelyremarkable, and the female performers proved quiteas good as the male. The Botanical Gardens ofCalcutta, with their mahogany trees and splendidpalm groups; the pretty Eden Gardens; the King ofOudes Palace and his weird Snakery in GardenEeach; the Lai Bazaar; the suburban villages em-bowered in shadowy tropical groves, and planted bypools covered with crimson and white lotuses andthe blue nelumbium; the Bengalee men, in appearanceexactly like ancient Eomans, with their toga-Hkegarments and bare black heads, but really the mostunwarlike race in the world; the long lines of steamersand sailing ships, the fort, the monuments, the fashion-able drives, and the mosquitoes, have been too oftendescribed for repetition. Calcutta is a great and busyIndian Liverpool, built on a swamp, and dignifiedwith the style and title of capital by reason of havingbecome the seat of government. We

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