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Around the world in eighty daysOct 1872Two thousand pounds in Calcutta
An elephant given away, a magistrate's court, a pair of shoes produced in evidence, and the Rangoon at noon. Expensive, but punctual.
City5 min read
- INAround the world in eighty daysOct 1872
The pagoda at Pillaji
A procession in the forest, a young woman who had not consented to any of it, and a night spent deciding how to be of use.
Culture & history7 min read
- INAround the world in eighty daysOct 1872
The railway that wasn't finished
Fifty miles of railway that existed only in the newspapers, and what it cost to cross them on an elephant named Kiouni.
Nature7 min read - INAround the world in eighty daysOct 1872
Bombay, and Passepartout's shoes
Four hours in Bombay: a passport office, an indifferent dinner, and a servant who came back to the station without his shoes.
City3 min read