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Show VISIT TO ANCIENT AND HISTORIC PLACES IN INDIA Correspondent Sends Eulogistic Description of Trip to Jaipur- Ride on Stste Elephant One of the Best of the Experiences Beautiful Old-Time Palaces (HimtIbI Corrpni.onlM.) Ttinrn aro lowrin nsilve fn I ml I a. tfwnn arrhtfiTtutal. ami town rum-firtHt)lr, rum-firtHt)lr, hut tlicro Ih onf lnn only whir. i rmnti.iH- thu (lire, snt ll la JntlMir, lime to I In- nri lm t Hy of Drill. . nt;' inont vivid in ritnt plrturra of a ' ll) ( Ihv KiiMt bimI it h litliaUltanta jmU' hofuro t)u rculMy of Jaipur and, iir, onn driven thioiiKli t tt hroad and li.-aiitlfnlly cN'an MtrcclB. onu ran plrk ii t nt i-vcry ciinn-r or limiMt diHir, a rlmrailcr front I lit "Arnlilan NIkUIn." Wo reached (In i-omforinlilt' and pUv tun -mim hotid Kalncr-1 Hind at naif lnt thn In th niornhiR. atti r n drlvn tif ten ii)lmiti Ui rou Kh Iho tluikiicrtn, (in i found It lo lie a low Htiirro hoiiHn tmllt around thro til din of an oprn rourt, whlrli nn f of potted plnnfn, nil (In lowrr riKiit. winilowli'tm and iipiuilitK on tho rourt, or Itn wUikh, tint lth thrco uppAr rot mm, which wo ldt and wntly mavlnn hln trunk. Of tiiii me ht wan tnadf to kntH In irdor that wi mlKht mount him. and. ot courts, hi' rrunti'd as he did ao, and w niount'il ii ladder und r II in hod ovir Into ttiH howilali. rliiiKlnic on for dear llfo rh lit nluwly and iMirHl'-roiinly nmi1. Tho town of AnilH-r. dailnit from tho Hffurid ri-ntur)', ft ill ihhIIi-r In Itn rharnilriK Kori:i In the hllln. with thn luki at If fi .'t. and H In protirtrd liy thn anrlrnl wnll whh h RlnllfH the sur-roundliiK sur-roundliiK hllli. Mm watch towcta In ruin, hut ItH old fort on 1 tin lilghont hill of all. In pcrlf t iiriiitrvutloii, many tlmra nuiorrd, I darr Hay. Wn wound our hIow way up tha hlllf hlo. throiiKh iht luniitlfnl arch of the pulaci wall and on up Into a laiKo ruurt. wIhtv um!r an rtionnoua pepul tree the monster knelt, the ladder waa produced and we rlnmhered down It. After preHenlhiK tho el. -pliant wtlh a .-. , m . . inn. . Moequa af Dlnpanah. Iielhl. at once approprlateil, out'iilnit on the nmf. beautltully Iiitko anil brlitht anil carpeteil wltli a very pretty, reil anil bluo Attra carpet. Uniler tbe arches of the court stood a white swathed figure holding; a very large dnil v-ry ftebly llitbted lantern, who, after mich parleylnK and InterpretliiK was persuaded to show us to' tbo palatial upper rooma, hla Idea evidently being Unit thn hotel most b fllled Imin tbe Iron ml up, and In twenty minutes or (eia wo wero reKisltiR on' our own teilTfier mntlreeaes under our own hm-ta and blankets and rtixa, and on tlni road to tho laud of dreams. We got up bo late tho ncxt-mornliiK tbat rhuia hazrl early tea, with fruit and touat was neglected and were quite, renily for a 9 o'clock brcakfnat of fried flt-h. chops and boiled potatoes, coffee anil marmulude or. fruit. Wo found that a notice bad already eoine for us from the Mlulaier of Stale, that Iho Maharajah, having been Informed In-formed of our arrlvnl, placed at our fHnpcaul a alulo elephant, which would nieet ua at eleven o'clock tbat aame lay at tho foot nf tbe hills on which lay tho old roynl town of Amlicr. We made all possible haste and started forth In the dreadfully uncomfortnble hotel rnrrlnge, which was swung very high off the ground, with leather-covered cushions which sloped down toward to-ward tbo front, and aklrtlng Iho town, toward which our eyua turned engerly; took a drive nenrly an hour to tbo Amber bills, Thn rond. waa good, aa we have found all llio roads in India, but dusty, even though It wna tho winter season, for tho moat part under un-der nllm, pepul or bunyun treea, or a very Rrncoful species of acacia tree, all of which si-vmeil to bo filled with largo monkeys having long, silver gray hair. Wo were greatly Interested In their antics, for they seemed of a very lively temperament, and wore greatly amused ut the leugth of their jumps, eapcclnlly when otio hugo creature leaped entirely acroaa tho road, from one tree to unother, Juat In front of the carriage. Homo of them were few huBcutta and some pH-es of sugar, which ho received with evident pleasure, pleas-ure, we were taken up a uoblo flight of marble stnlrs pant the place where wo were told a goat Is sacrificed each mot-tug lo the terrible Kail, llio wlfu of the god Hive the Itcatniyor: In place of human sacrifice of former days, through tho amall and dainty rooma of the ladlca-of the harem, and even to their marble bath; out on to a Hut roof from which we had a lovely love-ly view over tho valley across the lake and even beyond the "encircling hills," and finally Into a small court, where, by fountain surrounded by palms, lemons and many different ferns, we sat down lo rest, and, If I must confesa It, eat our lunch. It Is a lovely palat-q, with Ita acrcens of pierced marble, Ita doers of aandnl wood Inlaid with Ivory arches and columns of carved alabaster and latticed lat-ticed galleries, and It Ilea silent In the brilliant. sunshine except for tho putter now and again of a barefooted natlvo coming to exhibit some sort of a deformity and get bakabeeah. Une forgives It the few rooms Inlaid In the dclcMtnhlo mirror mosaic, and trlee The Cashmere Gate. 1.-Ihl, as tnmo liat Ihe bI alanllng at our backa bad to utter cur pi. nmg shrieks before llley fell compelled lo get out of our way.. As we drew near the font of the hills wo beheld with great ilellghl, our ut.ite elephant, a huge creature covered all over with a starlet cloth and having on hla back an open howdnh coered wllh red, which appeared to ua like a low rod box- The enormous creature was swinging reatleealv from aide, to not to think ot the slain kid. but Coca softly forth with Ihe rustle of the palm leaves and tho bubbling of the fountain In olio's eara, and the maze of dellcato columns and lacy marble screens filling one's eight. ' on the li-.ur.'l of a tree ll la extremely dllbi illt to dlatli.giil. h !.!.', n III,- un i liuul and the bark. |