The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-02-27
A LETTER FROM INDIA.
mrs f. A. Fisher to her sister, Mrs. Sara
c. Sherman of this city.


when I last wrote l will try to tell
YOU of some of the wonderful things |
have seen here. We went from Bonn
bay to Ahmadabad, where we spent
the night and day. The travel here is
mostly by night, and we travelled all
night the next night and reached Abou
station in the morning. We found All
madabad intensely interesting. Mt.
Ah0u is four thousand feet high, and
we went in tongue with two horses
up the winding road of seventeen miles,
We had to change horses three times on
the way, as it is all the way up hill.
The last three quarters of a mile we
went up in a rickshaw, carried by
coolies After lunch we ordered the
rlcRshaWs and went to the ancient
temple which gave this holy mountain
its name, as it has been for centuries a
place of pilgrimage There are five
temples and two of them are cele-
brated as having the most beautiful
carvings in India and are the most beau
titul buildings there, with the exception
OF tie Tai The work is as fine as
carved Ivory.
Next morning we left with regret the
holy mountain and at four o'clock
TOOK the train for Jeypoor We found
Jeypoor a dne city, with broad streets,
and the outside of tie houses are either
carved or frescoed. We went first to
the museum and then to the palace of
the Mahrajah. The gardens are very
large and beautiful and the rooms to
which We We're admitted We're also
lovely There is a lake at the back of
the palace where there are many ali
gators We Went to the park and saw
several large man-eating tigers. one
Of them is known to have eaten fifteen
peoue \ few years ago he drew il
the arm Of one of tine keepers. and bit
--ou nearly to the shoulder. The same
mau still takes care of him.
O1e Of our best trips was to the de
ser-t city of Amber We went six
miles y carriage. and there at the foot
of tile Aiu mounted an elephant and
a>,-ude3 fol about two miles The ele-
plau- waited while We visited the pal
ac- It j. Il WeiId looking place; and
as tile huge elephant plods slowly
through tile streets YOU Sometimes see
an ash-stltWn creature looking silently
OUT Of a window or over the edge Of a
roof. They are holy men. The old
palace was begun in 1900 It is a grand
old pile. with a great courtyard APP
preached by three massive gateways
1t is TOO oVely to describe. Every part
IS OF carved marble and alaGaster. with
ceiling OF the spangled work for which
Jrypoor is famous The women's rooms
world. There are bathing rooms of
cream .colored marble and screens of
pierced marble and alabaster. No one
knows Why it was deserted, but it was
Vhim OF some king. who built another
palace. it is supposed, and the whole
city followed him. The palace is kept
w. as the present Mahrajah often goes
ttere with his harem, and as he has
two hundred women they need large
place. 1t the side Of the main entrance
is temple dedicated to Dew. and here
every morning in the year d goat is
sacrificed. It replaces the human being
that used to be sacrificed every NOM
ing. before the British came here It
is a gloomy place, These sacrifices are
made to the goddess; the awful blood
Loving k0li, one of the forms of
Dew. She sits here. all black and red
upon d platform inside the darkest
part of the temple, with eyes of mother
OF pearl, and necklace of skulls. They
cut off the head of the goat and lay it
before the goddess then they beat the
Queerest sounding drums and ring bells
and amidst the din say their prayers.
The priest said the goddess would be
very angry if the goat were not decapi-
tateu at single blow.
Tie Jeypoor enamels are very beauti-
full and there is pottery where lovely
things are made IT also abounds in
precious stones.
we arrived in Delhi Christmas night
and went to hotel where we had a fine
Christmas dinner The hotel was kept
by an Irishman. OF course everyone is
interested in Delhi on account of the
important part it took in the mutiny
1t IS very interesting to visit the places
where those dreadful things happened.
The walls are left just as they were
whtA the English entered it on that
memorable goth Of September, 1851. The
imperial palace OF the Moguls, known
Is tile port was built by Shah Jehan,
162~-lG5~. He WAS the one who built
The beautiful Taj al Agra. In its
glory it was said to be the most splendid
palace in the world The Lahore, OF.
as III is now called, the Victoria gate, is
the main entrance. This palace is where
the celebrated peacock throne was,
which was covered with precious stones
and cost so many Millions. In many of