2. "To Let," Croker ~ Gallery Exhibit

"One day the children discovered, to their great joy, that the old chowkidar belonging to the bungalo possessed an African gret parrot - a rare bird indeed in India" (Croker, "To Let", Annotated Version https://editions.covecollective.org/edition/haunting-imperial-nonsense-what-cannot-be-captured-victorian-ghost-story)

This bird, which my group and I have collectively named Edgar Allen Crow (even though he is not a crow), holds a very important role…

"With a large, cool bungalow, plenty of punkahs..." (Croker, "To Let", Annotated Version https://editions.covecollective.org/edition/haunting-imperial-nonsense-what-cannot-be-captured-victorian-ghost-story)

Punkahs are fans that require physical labor to work. In this image it can be seen that the punkahs close to the ceiling are being moved by the man, in the middle, sitting on the floor.

French Magazine 1895 Issue, Public Domain,  …

"We sent the servants on ahead, whilst we rested at the Dak bungalo near the railway station, and then followed them at our leisure." (Croker, "To Let", Annotated Version https://editions.covecollective.org/edition/haunting-imperial-nonsense-what-cannot-be-captured-victorian-ghost-story)

A Dak bungalow can be described as an official house in British India that's maintained by the British colonial government where it can also be used as a resting or…

"...the moderate slopes, covered with scrub, loose shale, and jungle, and deceitful little trickling watercourses." (Croker, "To Let", Annotated Version https://editions.covecollective.org/edition/haunting-imperial-nonsense-what-cannot-be-captured-victorian-ghost-story)

Shale is formed when clay absorbs water and becomes compacted into a solid thin rock.

USGS, "This image is in the public domain in the United States because it only…