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IS 177.2 Story of an Emigrant.
coachmen and runners generally wear the colors of their
masters in the same manner as other native servants do.
In my case, of course, it was the red, white and blue sashes,
belts and turbans. The runner has his place on a step
behind the carriage, and it is his duty to jump off and run in
front to clear the way whenever it may be necessary.
We start from the Great Eastern hotel, where I first
resided, down a long street called Chowringhee road, which
is two miles long and very broad, and lined on the east side
by English residences built of stone. Every mansion stands
in a large garden full of tropical trees and plants, and
surrounded by a stone wall five feet high. There are wide
double gates for carriage drives, and at these gates the
dur-wan (gate or doorkeeper) sits the whole day long. On the
west side of the street runs a double street-car track, and
beyond this is an immense common parade or pleasure
ground, the Maidan, which extends to the Hoogley, a branch
of the Ganges. On the west side it is bounded by the
Strand, and 011 all other sides by a macadamized road about
one hundred and fifty feet wide and planted with large,
shady trees 011 either side. The east side of this road is
already described. On the north side, from the river to
Chowringhee road, between Eden Garden and the palace, it
is called the Esplanade. Another hundred-foot-wide road
runs south from the palace, and divides the ground into
halves. This is called the Red road because it is
macadamized with crushed red brick. From the Red road opposite
Fort William another great road runs to Chowringhee road.
A great number of foot-paths cross each other in all
directions, and in the evening these are crowded with
people in oriental costumes going to their homes in the
suburbs.
Here and there are statues erected to the honor of
prominent English generals and statesmen, and certain parts of the
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