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IS 231.2 Story of an Emigrant.
thousand men. On the west side of the river, directly
opposite, lies the old city of Serampoor, which formerly
belonged to Denmark, but was taken by the English in the
beginning of this century, and now has only a few
inscriptions and documents which remind us of the Danish period.
In the river, midway between these cities, a gigantic
government barge was anchored. On this occasion it was
covered with canvas, and served as a dining room where a
tiffin, or lunch, for four hundred persons was served. Our
steamers anchored, and Ave sat down at the sumptu-
banyan tree.
ous tables. A band of forty pieces from a Sepoy regiment
garrisoned at Barrackpoor struck up an English march, the
champagne bottles popped, and all was life and joy. After
lunch we witnessed six different boat races, all
between Englishmen, and, the prizes having been awarded,
the whole company walked on foot about a mile through a
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