At its foot lies the town which bears its name, the houses coquettishly peeping out from among the verdure.
In Benares, as we have seen, there exist many privileged places, which are considered by the Hindoos as the most sacred in the world. If one began to count, the number scattered over the peninsula would amount to hundreds. Chunar possesses one of these miraculous spots. Here you are shown a marble slab, to which some god or other comes regularly to take his daily siesta. It is true that he is invisible, so we did not stop see him.
About two o’clock next day we forded the little river Tonsa, at that time only containing a foot of water, and by the evening were encamped at the end of one of the suburbs of Allahabad.
On the next day Banks again wished to accompany me during the few h
