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of the Mohamm edans. He claims to
have the bluest blood of anv OF the
native rulers and submits to the Brit
lsh only because he is forced to 90 so.
If | remember correctly he would not
attend the great durbar held at Delhi
some years ago, at which Lord CurZOn
was present, and to which most Of the
native rulers, including the nizam,
came
The Nawab of BahaWapur is another
rich prince He has a state only about
as big as South Carolina, but his
crown is a mass Of diamonds set in
silver, with a row of pear-Shaped
pearls about the base The scabbard
and hiIt Of his state sword are set
with Jewels worth 100000, and he
has q necklace of uncut eneraldS With
d chain of rubies and pearls. Some
of his rubieS are an inch and a halt
in diameter. That naboh owns loo
watches and carries two or three at
one time. He always has a pocketful
of gold coins made in India and on
ceremonial occasions he now and then
gives one to a friend, He was edu-
Gated under an English tutor appoint
ed by the British. His present income
is said to be about 100000 year
The Mahara jah Of Jeypore.
] don't know what the Maharajah
of Jeypore is worth, but he certainly
has money to burn. His journey to
England is reported to have cost about
a million dollars, and he is said to
have given away something like a half
million dollars in charities during that
trip. He chartered a special steamer
for the occasion, and this was fitted
up with six different kitchens, accord
ing to the castles of his followers. he
took with him his own drinking water
from the Ganges, and had a little
temple on the ship in which he Wor-
shipped Rama, his own divine ances
tor. He carried with him, priests,
servants of ali kinds several wives and
a chorus of Nautch girls, and when
he reached London he filled TO the
brim the palace, which the govern
ment had allotted to him.
| wish | could show you the state
in which his highness lives in Jeypore.
His palaces cover acres and his gar
dens are watered by silvery fountains
I have gone through court after court
fOored with marble and carpeted with
Persian rugs of great price. In one
palace / saw a billiard room the floor
of which was covered with the skins
Of tigers and leopards by the raJah.
They lay in great piles on the floor
and some of the divans were uphol-
stored with them The beasts We're
all killed by his highness, who IS ia
NOUS as a tiger hunter and as eN
cellent shot
| saw also the outside of the harem,
where his highness keeps his numer-
Gus ladies, and then took look at
the stables. The Maharajah has sew
eral hundred fine horses. The stables
run around space of six acres or
more, being heavily rooted to keep
off the sun. There is an arcade OF
stalls each filled with fine stock. His
majesty has stations from Arabia,
America and Europe, as well as some
from different parts Of India. Each
horse wore a halter, the strap Of
which was tied to a ring over his
head, and each had also ropes about
his angles so fastened to posts that
he could not kick nor rear up.
The Elephants Of the I.ajah.
All Of these native rulers have their
elephants, upon which they ride about
in state upon ceremonial occasions.
The Maharrajah of Jeypore has
dozen or more. Some are of enOr-
NOUS size, and not few are SO dan