Porter, in old times, was brewed only with brown malts; from the hardness of which, and the fire they contained, Thames water seems better adapted than any other to solute the saccharine substance of those malts.

This basin of Szechuan (literally Four Streams, but which, reading the character idiographically, I should be inclined to render as Gridironed by Streams), […]

Immediately after this, Sir Hugh Rose received an express, reporting that a large body of rebels, reinforced by such of the garrison as had escaped from Rathghur, had concentrated at Barodia, a strong village on the left bank of the river Beena, with a gurry, or small fort, surrounded by dense jungle, situated about twenty-two miles from Rathghur.

Also included is a visit to Busch Gardens’ “The Old Country,” a Europe on this side of the Atlantic, where you’ll experience the cultures of England, Germany, and France . . . Shakespearean towns, music, and merriment, flower stands, breadmongers and foods of all sorts . . . see it by train, skyride, monorail or explore it on foot, finding birds, animal shows, shops and smiles everywhere.