The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1895-01-04
ID Jaihuf, and all Che inhabitants OF
the citv follo,vad ENha,t bara aud thare

70 Jairufi ana all the Inhabitants Of
thecity followed. Except here and there
house in Amber occupied by her
mn. tho city h as silent population
as pomp6ii ot Hcrcnlnneum, but thos,
cities wero emptied By Volcanic disaster,
while this city Of Amber was vacated
because Prince Joy Singh was told by ,
Hihdoo priest that no city should DO in
habited moro than 1000 years, and sc
the ruler no years ago moved out him
self, and all his people moved with him.
You visit Amber OH the back of al
elephant, Permission obtained for your
visit the day before at Jaipur, an Gle
plant Is In waiting for you about 81,
miles out to take You hp the sleeps tc
Amber You pass through the awfhlly
quiet streets, all tho feet that trod them
in the days Of their activity having
gone Oh The Icing journey and tho voices
of business and fayety that rounded
amid these abodcs having ling ago ut
tered ,hbir last syllable You pass Wy 9
lake covering 500 acres. where the ra
jahs rccd to sail in tloif plohsnro boats,
but GlligatCrs now havo full possession,
hp,s yhti Como to tho abandoned palace,
which is an tutifhr'ment. No more pic
turosquo place was over chosen for the
residence Of monarch. Tho fortress
nbovo looks down upon this palace, and
the palace looks down upon lake. This
honarehial abode may have had attrac'
tions wien it was tho homo Of royalty
which have vanished, but antiquity and
the silence of hicny Years and opportu'
nifty 70 tread where once you wonld not
have been permitted to tread may be IN
addition quite equal To The subtraction
An Abandoned CitJ.
will not 90 far into dcscriptioa Of
brazeu doorway after brazen doorway,
and carved room after carved room, an6
lead you unt,er embollished ceiling aft,
er e1bbe!lished teiling, md through halls
precious stoned into wider halls procicls
stoned. Why tire out yoar imagination
with the particulars when you may sunl
mp all by saying that Oh the slopes OF
that hill Of India aro paviliors deeply
dyed, tasseled and brched; the fro OF
colored gardens cooled by tho snow OF
yhito nrchit, sture; bathrooms that re,
fresh before your feet touch their mar.
BILE; birds hi hrabesque so natural to
life that while you tahnot hear thoil
voices You imagine you SEQ tic futtel
Of their wings as you are passing; Stone,
wGre translucent; walls pictured with
hunting Scene, md triumphal process,
sion and jousting party; rooms that
wera called ''alcove Of light" an6
"court of horof, md "hall Of victory
marble, white and black, like mixturt
Of morning and night; alabaster and lac.
fdef work and mother of pearl. Al
that architectGfs aud sculpture and
painting aud horticulture ear Go wher
they put their genius together was done
here in ages past, and much of then
work still stands to absorb and entrance
archeologist and sightseer.
But what solemn and stupendous
thing Is an abandoned city! While
r7any Of the peoples of earth have no
roof for their head, here is a whole city
Of roofs rejected. The sand Of the desert
was sufficient excuse for the disappear.
ance of Hcliopolis, and the waters OF
the Mediterranean SEQ for tho epgulf.
ment Of Tyre, and the lava Of Mount
Vesuvius for the obliteration of Hercu.
faneum, but for the sake Of nothing but
d superstitious whim the city Of Amber
is abandoned forever. Oh, wondrous In
dial The city of Aisber is only enc OF
tho marvels which compel the uplifted
hand Of surprise from the day you cnte1
India Until you leave it, Its fora is sc
fambcyant, its fanaa SO monstrous and
savage, itsruins SO suggestive, its IDOL
airy SO horrible, its degradatiouE sick.
eping, its mineralogy SO brillianr, Its
spleitdors SO uplifting, its architecture
SO old, SO grand, SO educational, SO null.
tipotent, that India will not be fully
comprehended until science has made
its last experiment, and exploration has
ended its last journey, and tho library
Of the worlds literature has closed its
last door, and Christianity has made its
last achievement, and the clock of time
has struck its last hour.