Grasshopper Ravages in Minnesota--The Presidential Election--Chosen
Presidential Elector--Minnesota _Stats Tidning_--_Svenska Tribunen_ in
Chicago--Farm in Northwestern Minnesota--Journalistic Work.

CHAPTER XIV.

I am Appointed Consul-General to India--Assassination of
Garfield--Departure for India--My Stay in Chicago and Washington--Paris
and Versailles--Rome--Naples--Pompeii--From Naples to
Alexandria--Interesting Acquaintances on the Voyage--The First
Impressions in Egypt.

CHAPTER XV.

Alexandria and its Monuments--The Egyptian "Fellahs"--The Mohammedans
and Their Religion--The Voyage Through the Suez Canal--The Red Sea--The
Indian Ocean--The Arrival at Calcutta.

CHAPTER XVI.

India--Its People, Religion, Etc.--The Fertility of the Country--The
Climate--The Dwellings--Punkah--Costumes--Calcutta--Dalhousie
Square--Life in the Streets.

CHAPTER XVII.

The Promenades of the Fashionable World--Maidan--The Viceroy--British
Dominions in India.

CHAPTER XVIII.

An Indian Fete--The Prince of Burdwan--Indian Luxury--The Riches and
Romantic Life of an Indian Prince--Poverty and Riches.

CHAPTER XIX.

Allahabad--Sacred Places--Kumbh Mela--Pilgrimages--Bathing in the
Ganges--Fakirs and Penitents--Sacred Rites--Superstitions.

CHAPTER XX.

Benares, the Holy City of the Hindoos--Its Temples and Worshipers--The
Sacred Monkeys.

CHAPTER XXI.

Nimtoolaghat--Cremation in India--Parsee Funeral Rites.

CHAPTER XXII.

Heathenism and Christianity--The Religion of the Hindoos--Caste--The
Brahmins--Their Tyranny--Superstition--The Influence of
Christianity--Keshub-Chunder-Sen, the Indian Reformer--His faith
and Influence.

CHAPTER XXIII.

Steamboating On the Ganges--Life on the River--The Greatest Business
Firm in the World--Sceneries--Temples--Serampoor--Boat Races--An
Excursion to the Himalayas--Darjieling and Himalaya Railroad--Tea
Plantations--Darjieling--Llamas--View from the Mountains.

CHAPTER XXIV.

Cholera and other Diseases--The Causes of Cholera--How the Soldiers are
Protected Against it--Sudden Deaths--Fevers--The Teraj--Contempt for
Death--The Cholera Hospital--The Sisters of Mercy--The Princes
Tagore--Hindoo Family Customs--Hindoo Gallantry--A Hindoo Fete.

CHAPTER XXV.

Agriculture, Manufacture and Architecture--Wheat Growing--The Farm
Laborer--His Condition, Implements, etc. The Taj-Mahal--Jugglers--Snake
Charmers--From My Journal.

CHAPTER XXVI.

The Women of India--The Widows--T