bombay, towering above the sea in a golden glory—the tall towers and minarets standing out in sharp outline against the sky, splendid in colour and glow. far away malabar hill and a white speck—the towers of silence; elephanta, like a transparent gem, reflected in the aqua-marine-coloured water.

a rosy light flooded the whole scene with fiery radiance, and then suddenly, with no twilight, darkness blotted out the shape of things, drowning all in purple haze; and there, where india had vanished, a white mist rose from the ocean that mirrored the stars.