The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-09

! Cautionirg ne 20 hold on, the driver then
gave the elephant q thrust with his prod
and the great boast climbed to ais feet and
started OF II d swinging WALK mp the noun
tain. The motion was swGylnS enc aid
we Tent along * . round pace se2t@7. US
| hiCa ltp IA The air as though We were OF
| tAe roof OF a village house: The servants
who trottcG G!Cuy or the road below cGmed
very fa: GOWa, aud the motion at first was
q half sea sicd one. After a half mile got
used TO it, however, and began TO enjoy the
strange ride.
From the top OF the elephant eoald see
the walls OF the old city O. Amber; climt-
ing the hillsidcs and away W the mountains
stood the deserted ruins of g fort covering
many acres and apparently il as good cor
dltlon now as when It vas o,ilt years ago.
Below this was the mighty palace Of Amber,
overlooking q beautiful lake and SURPRISING
| IN beauty any OF the ruins Of the Rhine or
the Danube. Al along the roads were the
wild country scenes of native India Here
the monkeys Jumped from tree to tree and
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hoped across the road Just in front OF the
elephant 50 that the beast swerved, almost
throwing me from my seat. In some OF the
fields and woods saw wild peacockS spread
ing their gorgeous tails ont IN the Ia. 5 OF
the sun, and along the slcpes cs the no.
tains below the great palace I s6| Syiii
hogs. The rQaa TaS III it,, T; wash he,iss Of
cac!E!s ss.T5.vo feet nigh in some places, and
at the lake, at the foot of the hill on which ,
the palace is built, I saw half dozen great.
black crocOdiles sleeping in the sun.
The travel along the road was as Gu Ftus
as the wild animals OF the country, and we
passed camel after camel, ridden Nv men,
boys and women. ! shall not Soon FORGET
the shabby trick which one I,el driver
served US. The flies were very. had. They
swarmed about the elephant 6y thousands
anc persisted IN attaching ID 2 eyes and face
when my hands were both occupied one in
holding on and the other m trying to keep
on the rays OF the sun with an umbrella.
This camel driver vas as badly afflicted
with flies as was, out upon nearing the
eiephant he whipr ed up his camel and then
pulling ms long Waite turban from his head
ne swept both. sides OF his camel as he
passed US.
TIC PLIES LEFT HIS CAMEL
and care to the elephant, and his laugh
rung cut on the air as he trotted ahead.
A1te% Il ride OF several miles up the hills we
reached the great palace Of Amber, which
IS one OF tie Eost magnificent ruins OF
Ints,;, and witch Is now occupied at tines
b. the raial Of Jeypore. 1t was at one
time the center c. q great city, but now d
village Of HiEdoo fakirs is all that is left.
/ attended the sacrifice Of & goat within il
and then re1aoUE~EG the elephant ro-e
back to Jeypore.
This attarnoo:. visited the museum Of
Jeypoce. The raiah has one Of the finest
museums il India and the building con-
tanning il is far liner than that of the
museum at Boston, and Cf the Central Park
museum of New YORK. Tho artists are
still az work upon il aud It's t3ne exhibit is
being imprCYpG daily.
THB DIFFERENT AR SCHOOLS or TIE WORLD
are represented IL the frescoes or the walls,
and the raJah erl5e3.vors n it TO educate his
people. II has already had more than two
million visitors since its establishment
few years ago. and il exchanges with the
great museums Of Europe. [ asked the
curator why he did not exchange with
America, and he replied that he had no:
thought OF doing SO. The collection here
is however, very fuo as al exhibit OF
Indian work. and Think Prof. G. Brown
Goode, the head o. our national museum,
might find some valuable things at Jeypore.
TIE museum is especially wonderful as
being that of native raiah, and when
think OF this mans art schools, his public
library. his coed streets and his apparently
well managed government, ] wonder
Trhethc2 500 C-'er st.'tes "A India would
not be as Wtll OF lI-.C. L,...YC ruiC.s a
under tie English.
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