. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . story of Indiafor two centuries. Just here, at the bat-tered gates of this southern Haidarabad,begins the whole history of European em-pire in India. The great Nizam-ul-Mulkdied. A war of succession broke out. TheFrench interfered. The flames of warspread everywhere. The English, whonever see fighting without a wish to par-ticipate, took part here.* The end waswhat we see to-day—the English queenthe Empress of India. The Nizam is prince of the country. Thepopulation subject to him amounts to aboutten millions. He has a personal incomeo
. Indika. The country and the people of India and Ceylon . story of Indiafor two centuries. Just here, at the bat-tered gates of this southern Haidarabad,begins the whole history of European em-pire in India. The great Nizam-ul-Mulkdied. A war of succession broke out. TheFrench interfered. The flames of warspread everywhere. The English, whonever see fighting without a wish to par-ticipate, took part here.* The end waswhat we see to-day—the English queenthe Empress of India. The Nizam is prince of the country. Thepopulation subject to him amounts to aboutten millions. He has a personal incomeof fifteen million dollars. The prime-minister in office at the timeof my visit was Sir Salar Jang, the sonof that extraordinary Sir Salar Jang whowas premier at the time of the mutiny, and proved himself tobe a firm friend of England. The son gives promise of follow-ing closely in his fathers footsteps. The Rev. Dr. A. TV. Rudi-sill thus describes his personal appearance: He is very tall,with grace in his every step. He has fine, silky, jet-black hair,. OFFICER OF THE NIZAM SGUARDS, HAIDARABAD. *Seeley, Expansion of England, p. 203. TUK NIZAMS EAIDARABAD.—A NATIVE CITY 179 delicate skin, sharp features, a pear-shaped bead, with the laiend of the pear up. Long before reaching Eaidarabad I noticed thai the countrywas dotted in every direction by huge masses of dark were mere boulders, while others were sharp and conical,closely resembling the parti-colored sandstone oones along theYellowstone Falls. Some of those in the vicinity of Eaidarabadrise abruptly amid the cultivated land, their sharp needles point-
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