Chapter 8

From Agra to Jeypore.--An Independent Province.--A Unique Indian City.--Wild Animals.--Elephant Traveling.--Trapping Tigers.--A Royal Palace.--The Harem.--Native Rule.--Wild Monkeys and Peacocks.--Long Journey across Country.--Bombay.--The Rival of Calcutta.--The Parsees.--Towers of Silence.--Feeding the Vultures.--A Remarkable Institution.--Island of Elephanta.--Street Jugglers.--Crossing the Sea of Arabia.--The Southern Cross.--Aden.--Passage up the Red Sea.--Landing at Suez.--Traveling in Egypt 223