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IS 187.2 Story of an Emigrant.
the palace garden, at the race courses, or in the summer
houses.
The festivities and merriments were arranged so that
ever\’guest had perfect liberty and sufficient time to follow
his own taste. The following may serve as an illustration :
On Wesdnesday,
December 7th, at
half-past seven o’clock, a
high school was
inspected, and the
governor of Bengal
distributed prizes among the
scholars; at ten
break-fas t in the large dining
hall; at twelve the
instalment of the young
prince; at two
luncheon ; at three the
opening of the races;
at half-past seven
illumination and
pyrotechnics ; at eight
grand dinner; at ten a
ball in the palace for the
Europeans; andnautch
dancing and music by
native women in a
pavilion in the gardeia.
One day a canal was opened and dedicated. It was twenty
miles long, and built for the purpose of supplying several
cities and country districts with an abundance of water.
All the streets and roads in and around Burdwan were in a
splendid condition, wide and macadamized with crushed
brick. From the railroad station to the palace and two
nautch dancer.
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