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Chapter 10

           ThegeneralrouteoftheGreatIndianPeninsulaRailwayisasfollows:LeavingBombay,itpassesthroughSalcette,crossingtothecontinentoppositeTannah,goesoverthechainoftheWesternGhauts,runsthencenorth-eastasfarasBurhampoor,skirtsthenearlyindependentterritoryofBundelcund,ascendstoAllahabad,turnsthenceeastwardly,meetingtheGangesatBenares,thendepartsfromtheriveralittle,and,descendingsouth-eastwardbyBurdivanandtheFrenchtownofChandernagor,hasitsterminusatCalcutta. 

           ThepassengersoftheMongoliawentashoreathalf-pastfourp.m.;atexactlyeightthetrainwouldstartforCalcutta. 

           Mr.Fogg,afterbiddinggood-byetohiswhistpartners,leftthesteamer,gavehisservantseveralerrandstodo,urgedituponhimtobeatthestationpromptlyateight,and,withhisregularstep,whichbeattothesecond,likeanastronomicalclock,directedhisstepstothepassportoffice. AsforthewondersofBombayitsfamouscityhall,itssplendidlibrary,itsfortsanddocks,itsbazaars,mosques,synagogues,itsArmenianchurches,andthenoblepagodaonMalabarHill,withitstwopolygonaltowershecarednotastrawtoseethem. HewouldnotdeigntoexamineeventhemasterpiecesofElephanta,orthemysterioushypogea,concealedsouth-eastfromthedocks,orthosefineremainsofBuddhistarchitecture,theKanheriangrottoesoftheislandofSalcette. 

           Havingtransactedhisbusinessatthepassportoffice,PhileasFoggrepairedquietlytotherailwaystation,whereheordereddinner.Amongthedishesserveduptohim,thelandlordespeciallyrecommendedacertaingibletof"nativerabbit,"onwhichhepridedhimself. 

           Mr.Foggaccordinglytastedthedish,but,despiteitsspicedsauce,founditfarfrompalatable. Herangforthelandlord,and,onhisappearance,said, fixinghiscleareyesuponhim,"Isthisrabbit,sir?" 

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