India impressioni, con alcune note di Ceylon durante un tour invernale, 1906-7 [microformati] . di Wurtzlers, dove abbiamo presentlyfound noi stessi in camere confortevoli, bungalow-simili, che si aprono su una veranda. L'hotel hadformerly stato un palazzo, ed era piuttosto un handsomebuilding a suo modo con un round-arcadedfront arcuato, lunga e bassa, con un piacevole oftrees enclosure e giardino fiorito. Vi è stato un po' rift entro il liuto, come sempre, che piuttosto rovinati i primi momenti di ourarrival a Lucknow, mia moglie unfortunatelygot avente un po' di grinta nel suo occhio dal enginewhile in treno. Il

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India impressions, with some notes of Ceylon during a winter tour, 1906-7 [microform] . of Wurtzlers, where we presentlyfound ourselves in comfortable rooms, bungalow-like, opening on to a verandah. The hotel hadformerly been a palace, and was rather a handsomebuilding in its way, with a round-arched arcadedfront, long and low, with a pleasant enclosure oftrees and flower garden. There was a little rift within the lute, how-ever, which rather marred the first moments of ourarrival at Lucknow, my wife having unfortunatelygot a little bit of grit in her eye from the enginewhile in the train. There was nothing for it butto drive to the hospital the first thing after break-fast. Luckily we caught the chief surgeon (Col.Anderson) just as he was attending to some nativecases in waiting. He at once took us to the operating room, 7 which sounded rather fearsome, and was indeed a severe place with a polished is5 186 INDIA IMPRESSIONS marble floor, a case of surgical instruments and anoperating table being the only furniture visible.The poor eye-patient had to extend herself on the. IN HOSPITAL, LUCKNOW. THE OPERATING TABLE (PATIENTHAD A BIT OF GRIT IN HER EYE AFTER A TRAIN JOURNEY) — SIXTEEN RUPEES WERE EXTRACTED ! table, while the Colonel very deftly found and quicklyremoved a tiny black speck which had caused allthe trouble—working up right under the upper lidof the eye. He put some cocaine into the eye firstof all, and afterwards applied a little lint and lotion.The relief must have been worth anything—it mighthave been described as a lesser Relief of Lucknow ! LUCKNOW 187 The next example of human skill or sleight ofhand we witnessed was in the juggling, not thesurgical, profession. It was a native conjurer who, under the arcade of the hotel, showed us the famousmano^o tree trick. As additional attractions, or a

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