The tunnel, when completed, will be thirty-four feet broad, and twenty-five feet in height.
A curious incident happened at one of the railway-stations between Quetta and Karachi.

At the buffet of the one in question, I found Gerome conversing volubly in Russian with a total stranger, a native.
On inquiry I found he was a very old friend, a Russian subject and native of Samarcand.

"He has just come through from Cabul," said my companion.

"He often does this journey"-- ostensibly for purposes of trade.
The 20th of April saw us in Bombay.

An Italian steamer, the _Venezia_, was leaving for the Black Sea direct, and in her I secured a passage for Gerome, who was not impressed with our Eastern possessions.