CHAPTER XXIII.

THE GREAT FAIR AT ALLAHABAD.

1833, _January_.

Booths at the Fair—Diamonds, Pearls, Shawls, Sable, Coral—The Triveni—Suicide—Religious Mendicants—The Sacred Ginī—Consecration of an Idol—Household Gods—Rosaries—Pilgrims, Carriers of Holy Water—Snakes—Arrival of Lady William Bentinck—Visit to the Fair—Description of the Frontispiece—Chamelee, the Brahmanical Bull 253