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178,
Story of an Emigrant.
grounds arc also dotted with small groups of palms and
other tropical trees. All these trees and plants are different
from those growing in the North. Most of them have verv
broad and thick leaves, nearly all of them bear beautiful
flowers, and many of them fruits. They are green the whole
year round. In the north-east corner of the grounds is a
garden of about fortv acrcs which is called Eden. It is ex-
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ceedinglv beautiful and contains a great variety of trees and
flowers, an Indian pagoda, lakes, canals and bridges, and
thousands of birds enjoyingan almost undisturbed existence,
and singing and twittering among the trees and ffowers.
Eden Garden is surrounded by a low brick wall with several
GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
gates, the widest of which is the one next to the Strand.
Inside this gate is a high orchestra stand, and below a square
promenade on the fine grass plat. From six to seven o’clock
in the evening a military band plays to the fashionable world
which gathers here to take an evening walk.
A quarter of a mile below the Eden garden is the
historical Fort William, around which Lord Clive and other heroes
struggled to found the British Empire of India. Below the
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