Show Is s 21 am and Zea ea S I S pea to o ah of re Interesting Visit of White Man to One of the Punjab Hill Hil States Rajah Declined Whiskey But Hinted at Other Delicacies E. E S B Ily By Vim VUI Calava Republican Special l Serice Service London ondon Aug 11 20 You O.-You You may have been to Simla anti anil all if J so you OU will wm that all al the lie surrounding coun- coun ry y ry Is split spilt up among small smal rajahs whose se whose territories constitute what hat arc officially termed the time Punjab hill bill hl states lates The They are aro queer little a narrow green vallo valloy and anda a fringe of or lof lofty mountains Their rulers are c equally queer They all al lay claim to the thc royal blood of India that o or of the race and antI look down from fromn th the mighty grandeur of or their thrones on omi the lie homespun clad rUg rugged ed hill bill hl folk role over ovel which they hey rule It I was wa In ht on or these thesE states stales that lint I r met the subject of oC this lila letter Turning a sharp sharI corner cornel on the hill hi road I suddenly came upon his capital wedged In between n two hills his A vor very dirty place It I was wa hut but the lie thC Rajah al although although although al- al though he lie mad hall a. a palace there there there-a a woo wooden wood wood- en 1 affair conspicuous with wih gilt lt and glass lived glass lived two marches further on and anil I admired his sense In so doing I left heft the capital and proceeded proceed proceed- ed to where the tho tl monarch ruled a place called Sarahan Samhan Before I left ler I received a most niost affectionate letter leter from froni the tho Rajah He lie le addressed mo me as his very dear anti and esteemed friend and amid expressed a very ery delirium of or Joy at tho the prospect of seeing Feeing me nie I reached Sarahan Sarhan dead tired tired tired-it tred-It tred It was wasa a very elT hard march up and down and andI I felt fel glad that thal I J was not nol an official in lit this Ham pur Rajah business Dolly ll I Int lints ints The Time next morning after aCer a free freo In Interchange In- In of letters leters at al Intervals of 20 minutes commencing at C G 6 a special courier came caine to announce the thc Immediate Imme Imme- diate ate arrival of or his highness The In Inevitable In evitable hubbub of conversation converston heralded her her- his arrival and I r hurried out omit on onto onto onto to the veranda to greet th the he Rajah I saw a a. mob of frieze dressed hill hi men wearing Dolly Varden Vaden hats hals four COUI of whom were carrying a litter hitter on which theIr heir sovereign lay The litter lter would have havo lavo disgraced raced a a. LiberIan republic volunteer ambulance corps Ills Ils high high- les got out and carefully 1 kicked off oCt his ils shoes displaying a pair of ro ula- ula lon lon tori arm array army socks a touching tribute to the he king emperors forces He lie was a n tn tiny iny man not nol more than four feet ten temm inches and antI wore a cheap chap tn tinsel el cap and a red velveteen robe that thal needed a wash badly He lie came tod- tod tiling up to me mc addressed ed me In fn perfect per- per I English and seemed delighted to see ec me mc I regarded him curiously He fe was mas an aim old oh man In Iii his hla younger days lays h he lie was what the thc Arabs politely ailed caled The Time Father of the tine Bottle and antI had lad a reputation for oppression I produced some whiskey and antI pressed Ilon It Il iton on n him when to my astonishment he refused True the lie hour was a. a ruo m m. and tho lie month of June June hut but 1 In view of or his past foibles his refusal astonished me I then discovered that tha tho lie passion of or his old oltI age was vas wa Jam eaten preferably with wih a a spoon from fron roam the time pot Sweet biscuits were also a ajoy ajoy joy to him i and tea as provided by th the anti and riot not as sold old by the local loca shopkeeper per Careless s With lh lUMc Hie The Time old man was deaf and anel con er conver- conver sutton a 0 difficulty He lie le gave me a anasty anasty nasty shock H HP He was examining a rifle rife and antI I happened to t be lie looking awa away for a 0 minute When hen I again agin turned t thim to him I saw that lint he Ime had hal produced a cartridge e from his pocket and had hatI put putI I It Into the weapon and anti was wa holding I It I point blank at time the door doom where a gapIn gapIng gapIng gap gap- In Ing crowd was gazing at us Rajah o ono or orinc no inc 10 Rajah that thul was too much for me mo and I 1 snatched time tho rifle from him II lie le picked It I up a few minutes later anti and tried the time same une timing thins again Then I 1 did my best to get rid o of him Th The tea n and jam jam wore WIC packed awn away an anid aHl his highness seeing nothing forth com comIng In lag Ing rather sullenly went off That Tha was tho he last I saw sw of or Singh Rajah of oC who still sUI rules his state stalo and screws the lie taxes Thin Tho first fist Englishman who ever visited vis vis- lied and saw W the lie Lama Lam was was Lambs Lamb's vcr very eccentric and amid ver very learned I friend Thomas Thoma Manning lOll at his fathers father's rectory rector at Broome near time the Suffolk bord border r of or Norfolk h lie he studied hard hani at nt Cambridge e became somewhat with am and after anC some seine years ears at al the tho university began bean to be lie fascinated with wih time the mys mys- ter cry of oC China Chinn At t length ho lie resolved at nil all al costs to enter the lie celestial celestal em em- and gave himself himsel up t to the acq acquirement of the Chinese lan Ian guage From iSO to 1810 Manning as mias as at Canton qualifying himself fo for forlie lie tho great enterprise ho had In view but In Juno Jimmie of the tine latter later year ho lie proceeded pro pro- to Calcutta where In a a fancy fane Tartar dress dres he lie was much lionize and amii after a few months started wit with one Chinese servant upon his venturesome venturesome venture venture- some expedition On December 1 17 1 1811 Sl lie he ascended to Patola Palola to salute the Grand Lama and make his offer offer- h Ing hg g. g in iii the lofty towering palace which forms Corms a majestic mountain o of building O Of the time Lama Lania he lie wrote He lie was about seven years ears old hall hai the simple and unaffected manners o oa of ofa a n wel well educated princely child Ill Ills I face was I J thou thought ht poetically and antI af at- feelingly I beautiful He lie was of a a. ga gay gay anti and cheerful disposition his beautiful mouth perpetually unbending Into a grac graceful rul smile smie which Illuminated th time the whole countenance Manning MaimIng disgusted dis- dis gusted gustei with wih the treatment he received receive from British officials returned to England England Eng Eng- land lived the life o of a a reel recluse use am antI amid lied died at Bath on May 2 1840 aged CS His Ills Chinese library Is preserved by the tho Royal Asiatic society I |