. Imperial India; an artist's journals. YAGE OUT—ADEN—BOMBAY TO DELHI . .8 CHAPTER III. DELHI ....... 20 CHAPTER IV. AGRA—FUTTEHPORE SIKREE . .. -SO CHAPTER V. GWALIOR AND DHOLEPORE . . 63 CHAPTER VI. BHURTPORE AND JEYPORE . . • 81 CHAPTER VII. AJMERE—ROAD TO JODHPORE . . I04 CHAPTER VIII. JODHPORE . . . .1X6 CHAPTER IX. JODHPORE TO OODEYPORE . . .143 CHAPTER X. OODEYPORE . . . .150 CHAPTER XI. CHITORE—AGRA—MUTTRA, AND ULWAR . .173 • • VI1 viii CONTENTS. CHAPTER XII. PAGE LAHORE ..... .189 CHAPTER XIII. RAWAL PINDEE—MURREE. .... 200 CHAPTER XIV. KASHMIR—SREENUGGER . . .212 CHAPTER XV. KASHMIR—
. Imperial India; an artist's journals. YAGE OUT—ADEN—BOMBAY TO DELHI . .8 CHAPTER III. DELHI ....... 20 CHAPTER IV. AGRA—FUTTEHPORE SIKREE . .. -SO CHAPTER V. GWALIOR AND DHOLEPORE . . 63 CHAPTER VI. BHURTPORE AND JEYPORE . . • 81 CHAPTER VII. AJMERE—ROAD TO JODHPORE . . I04 CHAPTER VIII. JODHPORE . . . .1X6 CHAPTER IX. JODHPORE TO OODEYPORE . . .143 CHAPTER X. OODEYPORE . . . .150 CHAPTER XI. CHITORE—AGRA—MUTTRA, AND ULWAR . .173 • • VI1 viii CONTENTS. CHAPTER XII. PAGE LAHORE ..... .189 CHAPTER XIII. RAWAL PINDEE—MURREE. .... 200 CHAPTER XIV. KASHMIR—SREENUGGER . . .212 CHAPTER XV. KASHMIR—ACCHABUL—THE LIDDAR VALLEY . 229 CHAPTER XVI. ACROSS THE PIR PUNJAL . .... 239 CHAPTER XVII. SIMLA ....... 249 CHAPTER XVIII. HOLY BENARES ...... 267 CHAPTER XIX. DHAR—INDORE—SATNA ..... 277 CHAPTER XX. BOMBAY—BANGALORE—MYSORE—MADRAS . 29I CHAPTER XXI. HYDERABAD ...... 307 CHAPTER XXII. NOWSAREE—BOMBAY . . -319 CHAPTER XXIII. IMPRESSIONS ...... 336 APPENDIX 353. IMPERIAL INDIA, CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. TOWARDS the end of the month of October, 1876, I re«ceived, somewhat unexpectedly, a commission to paint apicture for the Indian Government, as a present to her Majestythe Queen on the occasion of the assumption of the title of Em-press of India. The subject was to be the Imperial Assemblageof Delhi. I had to make my arrangements at once, for I was obligedto leave England early in November, so that I might be sure ofreaching Delhi before Christmas. Such a commission would naturally fill the mind of an artistwith anxiety, not so much from the magnitude of the picture tobe produced as from the vast amount of necessary memorandawhich would have to be collected from a country artisticallyunknown. The time required for this preliminary labour wasmost uncertain, and the climate and its evil effects on the con-stitution of a person not inured to it were much to be dreaded. To many artists the latter consideration would have causedmuch apprehension,
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