Snipped from http://gerald-massey.org.uk/hood/c_comic_annual_3.htm '' East India company is the worst of all company. A Lady fresh from Calcutta once endeavoured to curry Johnson's favour by talking of nothing but howdahs, doolies, and bungalows, till the Doctor took, as usual, to tiffin. "Madam," said he, in a tone that would have scared a tiger out of a jungle, "India's very well for a rubber or for a bandana, or for a cake of ink; but what with its Bhurtpore, Pahlumpore, Barrackpore, Hyderapore, Singapore, and Nagpore, its Hyderabad, Astrabad, Bundlebad, Sindbad, and Guzzaratbadbad, it's a poor and bad country altogether." >From the pen of THOMAS HOOD, Humorist and Poet (May 23, 1799 - May 3, 1845) http://gerald-massey.org.uk/hood/index.htm --- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar