Following the Equator, Part 6

FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR, Part 6
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FOLLOWING THE EQUATOR
Part 6.
A JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD BY MARK TWAIN
SAMUEL L. CLEMENS HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT
CONTENTS OF VOLUME 6
CHAPTER LI.
Benares a Religious Temple—A Guide for Pilgrims to Save Time in Securing Salvation
CHAPTER LII.
A Curious Way to Secure Salvation —The Banks of the Ganges —Architecture Represents Piety—A Trip on the River—Bathers and their Costumes—Drinking the Water—A
Scientific Test of the Nasty Purifier —Hindoo Faith in the Ganges—A Cremation—Remembrances of the Suttee—All Life Sacred Except Human Life—The Goddess Bhowanee, and the Sacrificers —Sacred Monkeys—Ugly Idols Everywhere—Two White Minarets—A Great View with a Monkey in it—A Picture on the Water
CHAPTER LIII.
Still in Benares—Another Living God—Why Things are Wonderful —Sri 108 Utterly Perfect—How He Came so—Our Visit to Sri—A Friendly Deity ...