Excerpt from Through India With the PrinceThe sun had just sunk in the Arabian Sea as, having passed through the rows of elegant villas, I reached the mournful summit of the hill. The silence was deafening. Suddenly a flight of black carrion-crows arose out of the trees and hovered for a while over one of the towers, cawing hoarsely. Then it was all silence again, and on the top of a palm, silhouetted against the burning gold of the sky, I discerned a pair of vultures. They stood still, as though carved out of the dark rocks, waiting for their supper, or already torpid with excess of human meat.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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