over us quite uncontrollable.

Bombay is made up of fine public buildings, sumptuous bungalows, and low
hovels, not absolutely combined, each class being found in clusters
about its special locality, but all going to make up the aggregate
figure of the population. That the numbers should reach the round total
of a million of people was a surprise. In the European cities we see the
palace and the hovel, wealth and poverty, everywhere jostling each
other. In Florence, Rome, or Naples a half-starved cobbler's stall may
nestle beneath a palace, or a vendor of roast chestnuts may have
established himself there. In Bombay a sense of propriety and fitness
has assorted and adjusted these matters. Still poverty and riches are
never far apart in the world, even as joy and grief are inevitable
neighbors. There cannot be strong light without shade near at hand.
Excellent order and neatness are maintained, and well-disciplined
policemen are seen at every corner. The municipality is partly elective
and partly nominative, the majority of the officials being of native
birth, and so far as a casual visitor may judge, affairs are managed
economically and judiciously. In the neighborhood of Elphinstone Circle
and the Esplanade, the city will compare favorably with any modern
European capital, both in the size and style of the public and private
buildings, as well as in the broad, liberal squares and thoroughfares,
ornamented with statuary and fountains.

A drive in the environs of Bombay, around the base of Malabar Hill and
along the picturesque shore of the Arabian Sea, is an experience never
to be forgotten by one who has enjoyed its pleasure. It will be sure to
recall to the traveler the almost unrivaled environs of Genoa, with
those winding, rock-cut roads overlooking the Mediterranean Sea. Here
the roads are admirable, cool, and half-embowered in foliage, amid which
the crimson sagittaria, flaunting its fiery leaves and ponderous
blossoms everywhere, meets the eye. About the fine villas, which are set
back a short distance from the road, delightful gardens were to be seen
of choice flowers, tastefully arranged, comprising an abundance of
tropical plants, tall palms lining the drive-way up to the houses where
the merchant princes dwell. The broad public roads were lined with
oleanders, magnolias, laburnums, jasmines, orange and lemon-trees; and
there were honeysuckles, white, scarlet, yellow; and tiger-lilies of
marvelous size, each