, 1879-04-15

music. 1hn pcAt llle JcyporG banda cHn 40 Tor
inpplly, II makes no difference 10 tic t'essos.
tot whom the hnnpr II tneant. ms lie does not
know one tuuo from anothrt, and believed, no
uollbtt with his English friends nt BDmbuy,
that tic dahcc-nusic was The renl anthem.
AsrEcrs OF INDIAN LIFE.
We note m wc drive through JcYporo that
there nrc gas.!nmps. This "a q tremendous nd
vnt,ce fti civilization. One OF tic first Things va
heard in India was lint In Jcynore lived d great
Prince, a most enlightened Prince. quite En-
streets. Wherever We stopped this sa. told Us, Us.
until VIC hegan to think Of the Mal,nraial, not
asa Prince descended from the gods, but q
ruler who bad gas.tamps. IN his Ettccts. We
, are told ,!s S'so t''at 10 has theatre almost
rlnyer. In tawn, who have have come ali the I
way from bombay. ant! are waiting to
9nen y. The Maharajalt waa sorry
III s' sstss sS nas ss pss s'x r @ sS % .1ys. g'y 's
yiTtaly is not the Gas ftl tito etrccta. or the
tlca'rc, but tie Indian napcct. 1t Is n'l 80 new
al,d strangc TINT tic Gas:lamps eccm 10 hn out
ol nlace. Ticae long streets Of rosc,eolorea
houses, with ttlrrets. md yernIlt1ae, AMI lntticc
W!nauWs, TINT look 80 wnrsl, nnl picturesque,
aud rlowing,-this is what your fancy told you
might DO seen IN India The bazaafs, tn whk.h
dea!ers are erotlelsns, lhc holy men and asccttcs
covered with nsits tile nttlGns with green Antt
scarlet araprry, carrying huEe water pitchers on
tltcir hcuds tl1G heCEars the brow,, naked chti-
dren rolling. IL thu cartll, tl,o calieo-eovercd
sosdtcrs,, ,nnd the. odd costumes, the mnrke Of
belongs tn 4 facred race, tlown to- the wutcr-
bcarcrs anil scnvcnEers,-all this Is new nut.
strange. an attendant lcads ehectali along
tic street, and you ahu1dcr for mou,eut at
large, but you learn thnt the cheetah is
quite harmless animal when taucl mud
good for hunting We come to the edge Of the
to'yn, Which M ,suddenly ends, md ara, IN
fnrzc, which looks MS II 1t would crackle aud
hEcnk under tho burnlng sun, The roads nru
lfneti With cnctus, nnE thu fields arc Divided by
mud fences wlicl, would nut Inst n week In our
deus with mlnarets. !lere tie laues Of lie
llindoo Eenttc'nans houhe Inny take their
recreation, but their life Is sceluslon. The
casnes pass us carrytns heavy burdens. aud the
9es t5ces ars nlve WILL nonkG}s Iis monkey Is
lttc. Monkeys skip over walls nINl sit On the
trees a,'d Fatch us a. NC pnss. do not kaow
what would become Of 1nlla with the monkey
as sacred cd nnt.nul but for the leopard.
~ short time t!c would swarm over the lund.
But the leopard mid othcr viii, boasts Keep him
down. Wild pcacocks swnrm and beautify
tue hard brown lllla with their plunugc.
The pencock fa also a SACRED animal, and
they were as plentiful on our road to Amber as
aoarroas on the road 10 Jerome Park. The bills
nse now md tlirn crowned with castles, the
stronEholds OF old chiefs who took to the cliffs
nii1 lhc fastncss for protection III tic 1nvs When
Night made right i 1nda, the days peiorc tic
EnE!lshrnan ca1e nl,d put bis stromv lluna upou
a.! ltlcec quartclng raccs ntitl commanded pcnCc
We pass lazy pool, IN Witch a'igators nro laz.
i!y swimming, ni.d on the bnnks nre two or three
wild piga drinking the water. They arc uncon-
llaa come tO Jeyporc 70 ndd to the aurcls Of his
lausc-ladcn hausu tAosc OF plg-sticllcr. The
benttnE. sun pours us ruys ovrr you, mud you
shrink from II under tic sllatlc Of your carriage,
nftu how fbtaN III uv,f
who r1n at YOUR carrngc wbcels can fight the
sun. There IS no afr, molten: u,li now, that
we nre ont OF JcypUre nini nway from lie cool
md freshcned streets, al ls parcllou, and arid,
atid dry.
AN ELErMANr RIDE.
To 70 to Am1cr We mist ride elephants. For
after few mies tho hills come null the roads
Hre broken nNsl carriages are of no value. We
might t.n on tdrschask or On cntaris hut the
AlallaralaE llas srnt Its Ills clenl,nnls, atll here
they arc wntt.l'E tor Us under Il grave Of mango
salute. Tie lrinciDaf alentsant wtaru n scarlet
cloth Ms specai honor to the General. Tie
elephant tncans authority it, 1ndia, ,alnl when you
wlhl. to DO your guest ,iss highest llouor YOU
mount him OIL un clc3haut, Tile Mal1araJall
nlao sent sctlan c&nrs Tor tllosr of lis WIN pre-
ferrcd MI easier and switter conveyance. Mrs.
trnMt cts1su slle sedan chair, nMt was switched
OF nf = rnp!'i i'aeu up tho ascending roal by
chatrs is cnrricd Is short, measured quickstcp.
20 that there is no unca>lness to the rider,
,r'e Y, rest al us mounted the elephants.
ElcplAut riding Is curious and moi
under perfect control, aud very often,
especially III the care af such man us the ruler
81 Jcypore, Inns Uren forgeuernslotts In thu sanlo
family. Tue elephant IL uudur the care OF
driver called mahout. The ,nahout sits on
elephant, md guides hin with stick ar shaEp
Iron prong, with which he strikes the annai oil
tue top uf the head. Between thu elephant a,nl
ahoas ao sfs ves ars S, 1eHhs "i The
inatl, and caeh animal has tts own 'trcpcr. The
huge creature beroIno In tinu u tlocc Us kit
ten a'ml VIII obey any order 0f The mahout. Tho
slcaaant PEACHES great age The one ass1gard
70 me tlatl bern sIxty years IN the royal stables.
II Ia not long siHeo there died at Calcutta tie
elephant which carried Warren Haslinps when
Il ana"ter-tien"Fal q ludm,-a century agu.
There +, ase t two 'neshods @ of riding olepanis Ons
ING other on square quilted seat, your 1ret
llatIsinE over the s!cs, something Ike an Irish
1nlntlliE eur. The first Dlnn Is good for hunt.
nv, bns for catiffoft The sertud Is the better,
81 signal from tho IMal,ous, slowly knrelcd.
ieu steo.ladtcr wnB utlt nEait,st Ilis side, and
We mounted itlto our seats. Two OF The uarty
, were nssfgnrl , to an elsphant, and NO sat Ii,
lotngnJ. fashion, back to bark. There was
room c!,o,sgh OH tic Fnicious sent to liz down
ni,l taso II 1lap. Whom tin elephant rsrs,
which ho does l~o legs ut ttn,u, deliberately
you must hold to the ruti Ut your sent. OuGe
'n l,is teet ilo swings along ut II SLOW, wobOlt1w
paru. Fln motion is iii easy one, like tint Of
ttoat III light sca In ti1ue, Il you 70 long fs-
tau.es, It i.stones very tircso,nc. Apparently
yuu nre Us FREQ ns In carriage or II rui,wuy car,
You cAa sit IN any position or creep about from
usta sIdc to- tho other. But tn. ,l.o,!on brinss
every part 0f tho botiv i,lto action, iut,tlin. uiI
swinging, It, and | cuul1t veil seu how q ,tayts
long io,irtiey would mnke tilu body very weary
aud tired.
THE lloNK or An 1NpIAH KIN0.
We LETT tho plain, ind ascentled tic tot, dusty
NIL III Aslhrf. As VT asccntlctl Tic plal openrI
before lB, nnh dIAtnl,ce deadpnng thr brown
ard spacos only showed us tile groves mud walled
Eardcua, and tho grrennrss of tho vu!oy rnmo
upon ,ls caH'u With 'ioyuusness md WELCOME,
" \ u'e.ry Of honc. fas there Is tn green IN
India, uni yon long for III cnbw or II ruling
t!clti nf cloycr-Iong with tito se,lsu ot thirst.
Ihero was tl,e yalleY, ni,u beyond HE towcrs el
JJtypore, which SEEMED to hliltumcs and tretnblo
III thu suiI. We uasscd over ruined paths,
erltubllng into Fragments. Wo p,lsscI sn,nll
temples. some Of Them r,l!i,cd, some with Offer.
illsa Of graln, or flowers, or fruit, sotls with
i,rIessa Nntl people ut wursp. On tho walls ut
EA11lc OF Tic teIUHlpa WI H}Y thA in..kS s,f tho