The Prince of Wales is " doing " India at
break-neck speed,. and will know as much about it as a New-Yorker knows of Europe after a two months' run. He stayed a week in 'Calcutta, it is true, transacting every day some ceremonial, but he has already gone North, and was allowed to stay only one day in Benares, which can no more be seen, far less comprehended, in a day than Rome in a week. Even this day was spent at the castle of the Rajah of Benares—a subject, it should be remembered, not a reigning Prince—leaving only a few hours for the city itself. Thence the Prince proceeded to Lucknow, which he will leave- almost as rapidly. It may be neceseary for ceremonial purposes to keep up this speed, but if it is, the Prince will know nothing of India, and may run considerable risk of illness from exhaus- tion. Nobody can do a continent at that speed in a new climate, and, under the conditions of standing, receiving, and talking im- posed on the Prince, without danger of nervous prostration.
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