, 1879-04-15
Gen. Grant Among The Descend.
ants Of Eastern Gods.
The Ancient City of Amber~-ViBit to
the Maharajah Of Jeypore.
Tho General on MI Elcphant-.-A Roynl
Oriental Reception and a Holy
d. , Sacrifice.

wcrc told VIC Should 70 to Jcyu0rc. Tho pro-
Rratnmc VI The General had not included this
tour, but when We came 10 Allatabat Sir
George Coupcr nude such MI impression llpou
the General by his description Of Jcyporo that It
waa clsns Tint unless wa saw Jcyncro wo had
seen nothing III 1ntlin. Accordingly our pro-
RrnmmG wns revised; n day was tnkcn from
Agra, day from Delhi, day from Cawnporc,
md so IT became possblu for US to come. 80
We took to reading about Ills 1lighncss, and
learned several facts. Tho Prince is
thus inscribed In tic chronicles: His High
ness siramadi Rajahat 1ltndustan: Ral Ka-
jcndcr; Sir MaharaJah Dhlraj aowac, Sit pam
Singh Dalndur, Knight Gra,l ComnlandcF OF
the Most Exalted Or.lcr Of tho s,nr Of India.
He enjoys personal salute Of twcnty-one guns,
the highest salute given 10 any Indian Prince,
-Eivcn only to those who havc been submissive
md loyal TO England, or who hagu rendered. the
Grown distinguished service. lie is common
ly called Mnharajah Ram Singh. When be
wrote his na,uo on Ills photograph lie signed
simply Rum Singh. lie is n years Of uge. Ills
territory le 1890 square milos, supporting
population Of nearly 100000 anu Welding Il
revenue Of about S2i, ,000, 900 annunlly. In tho
literature OF India there arc two pocms,-lhe
>"1lad"a and "odysscy' " OF 1Iiudostau,- known
~ tho "Afannbharntn" and the "laamnyaila.''
METEOROLOGICAL ANCESTRY.
These poems tell OF the exploits Of Princes OF
lunar race and Princes OF solar race. THO
great Prince Of the solar racc was Ra,na. Rama
was son Of the King Of Dude mud m incarnation
OF tho Deity. A King who lived near him hal
a beautiful daughter. Ho promised to bestow
this daughter upon tue P1inco who could bend
the bow with which the god shiva had destroyed
tho other go1s. Rama broke the bow md won
the beautiful Princess. Ran,n, WIS to llayc
nsccndcd the throne. His father hatl among his
coed, md sl1o induced tho father to Danish
Kama and give preference to her own son. This
is worth noting rs atnong the disadvantages OF
RlnE 81 e eeyio" a i,a ~s'as'sa slstsr S Vic w'o
foil in love with Katna, aud asked
him to desert the beautiful Princess
for whom 1.o had bent the bow Of the gods.
Rama disdalned TIC overture unA punished ,l,s
Indy by cutting OF hcr cars Md nose. Out Of
revenge q rcint(ve OF the mutE1atcd mud tlcspscl
Coyion Princess was induced 10 curry away the
beautiful wife Of Rama. The tntscrcant who
reformed this office, lno,ster with ten hcnas
md carried oil tho Princess In his chariot
through the n!r TO Ccylon. Hama rn,scu al,
asn,y untl marched ,lppn Ceylon. Battles wers
purity established BY the ordeal Of 'Are. TbIs
ordeal was Witnessed By $50 0OO 100 Of J,ots, u,l
the beautiful Frinecse coln'ng out unscath.d tho
poem ended 10 the lsappsncss .lld triumph Of
RnInn4
THE BLUE BLOOD OF 1I1NnosTAS.
It Is we'll to know something about yo,1r
friends before you visit then, In.i VIC rooted
tas Information about itaula out of our t,istu.
rlcH, because from Rama The tlanoru lab Of Iu:-
nore cailns dcssent, lie traces bis own line
back TO 0c7, to Dholn Ra!, n,,sl Dllola Isai ,sus
thisty.fotH:li IN descent from Ramu. We heur
good deal about good bluoh u,Id long descent
md Nor'nas anccstors, tut 'lcrc Is i Prince
Whose llnc goes back ncarly Il thousan! years,
n,u then rises Into tiiu t!cnyens nll.l claims tt.
universe amonE its prhEcnItors. Something
must be allowed for lnlIfnn imagination nul tilr
necessities o. verse. But tie poetn which tells
OF tho adventures OF lt,lrnn md lis Priprrss II
supposed to tell the story OF tho INVASION Of
Southern lndIa BY thu Aryans-one Of tic
sor1set sSsnts s,o IL 1n1,an history a.
tairly rink nmoug ths most ancscnt famites Il,
TIC world. Amoneahla ancestors was Jai Sj,gh
H., fEEnco remarkable for his learning, es-
Singh II: founded tlia City Of Jcyporo Thu
present Malarajuh has always breI a warm
fr!cnd Of the English. md whom sIlc rrlnco OF
Walcs came to SEC him 9c expended $i00, 600 In
entertaining his Royal l1tglncss. We left Agrn
about noon, the day brin@ wnrfn nntl oppressive.
Our r!dc was through low, unntetcst!lg co:t,l-
try, broken by rat'ccs OF h!lla. The railway IL
narrow gauge, and, as lcarnetl from one Of the
managers who accompanied lis, Inns proved q
success, a1id strengthens the nIE9menls IN invpr
Of thn narrow. .ga,lge system. It was night hc-
y1f,Fh Ntnfl T. h..
+hn a,e,,an nAtHs" .n ,1S5rosG. ~ arriving A.
Ky Io si.i'. sIn" tue mAatnah "aH !'seaGit win
M Mmr 'ii,s,iaS, a,s;Sa., A,H tnS Ehs'!sb lfcsIucnf,
Cni tt,en,.,u5' t,s,1u.5' m'o ,, "eEea ~ piaco ot
4Sn 1f3,Mu 1f33,,"rnto A0 ~, ~ auae.a' uesccnaed,
aud euI ,tnr ~ .t'! Eno Mo,e Me Fiohdii
n ahnoE t menTs IL tu ,vn ds ot lna!a aaVaneg s.ld
Tbs a u n s,,,f l rner 70 !s a9nos'
with serious, a!n,osI % nant) ra cxnrr.sn patso y;
ionEc MGo 9us III 'nie1ogent, AZ Keen iuye. llo
siow i,',Mss;,, .au ~ ". LIS movements wero
ns ,, sn'patspc. ~ movements oi ol.! age
stn5z;m n5 s@f o ~ t manhsrlsM nowGYeF, Tor on
so,n3 rts,,,, liz - to wv v.uIa see lilat thefc IL
s"m e,yilnn. ~ ~ ~ ~ otop 1s@ra me era
annntana II III ehste-the warrior caste OF
aiish na,,n,,,, H. H. ianness aoea not hpc'k En-
sus1 saa .''o%sm ~ anuerstats IT, anI onr suli
~ WE aronEn NJ ileIpte!cE Alter tha exchange
~ uoor' 1 alu v" s',on!snts conversation
acconnnnic,, ~ rn,,a, om M r"o EGssM resiaoy
s tesuensY Mn s u soo aseancs from tl,e station
a,H t1aran o, a's' ''ans'o'' surrounded by park
Alla ssroeh'
THE ANCIENT FAtAcH OF AMDEn.
II was arranged that WI should y,,tt A,nt,r