. Wanderings east of Suez in Ceylon, India, China and Japan. Mahara-jah entertains daily the handful of strangerswithin his gates—it is Indias remaining relic ofthe hospitality of long ago. A distinction inor-dinately prized by native princes is the numberof guns prescribed by the Indian government astheir salutes. The Gaekwar of Baroda and twoother feudatory rulers are entitled to twenty-oneguns, while the hereditary right of the Maharajahof Jeypore is only seventeen. But the presentMaharajah, as a reward for his enlightened ad-ministration, is made happy by having four ad-ditional guns—and n
. Wanderings east of Suez in Ceylon, India, China and Japan. Mahara-jah entertains daily the handful of strangerswithin his gates—it is Indias remaining relic ofthe hospitality of long ago. A distinction inor-dinately prized by native princes is the numberof guns prescribed by the Indian government astheir salutes. The Gaekwar of Baroda and twoother feudatory rulers are entitled to twenty-oneguns, while the hereditary right of the Maharajahof Jeypore is only seventeen. But the presentMaharajah, as a reward for his enlightened ad-ministration, is made happy by having four ad-ditional guns—and no king or emperor can havehigher acclaim from the cannons mouth. One cannot tarry a day in Jej^pore withouthearing redundant testimony that His HighnessSir Sewai Madho Singh is a fine man, devoted tohis people and unswervingly loyal to his visitors are often lords and ladies of England,who find his hospitality as interesting as it isboundless. To the tips of his fingers he is a Hindudevotee with all that the term can mean. When he 156 ^ m. The Vicarious Maharajah of Jeypore attended the coronation of Edward VII, in London,the preparations for his sea-voyage were unprece-dented in orthodoxy. An ocean liner was spe-cially chartered for him and his suite; in all onehundred and twenty-five people formed the special kitchens were fitted up on the ship, in-cluding one to prepare food exclusively for HisHighness. There was, as well, a special temple,paved with marble, for the family idol, beforewhich the Maharajah prostrated himself manytimes daily. Drinking water from the sacredGanges, and every article of food—enough to sus-tain the entire party for six months—were carriedfrom India. So rigidly was the orthodoxy ob-served that even the sand for cleaning cookingutensils was placed on board at Bombay; andwashermen, carpenters, blacksmiths, and othersaccompanied the party, that there be no necessityfor purchasing anything in England, or havingwork done b
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