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A Woman’s Journey Round the World

CHAPTER XIII
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In these circumstances, nothing remained for me but to make use of my letter of introduction to Dr.Angus.
My arrival placed the good old gentleman in no little embarrassment: his house was also already filled with travellers.

His sister, Mrs.
Spencer, however, with great kindness, at once offered me half of her own sleeping apartment.
Allahabad has 25,000 inhabitants.

It lies partly upon the Jumna (Deschumna), partly on the Ganges.

It is not one of the largest and handsomest, although it is one of the sacred towns, and is visited by many pilgrims.

The Europeans reside in handsome garden-houses outside the town.
Among the objects of interest, the fortress with the palace is the most remarkable.


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