Rifle and spear with the Rajpoots: being the narrative of a winter's travel and sport in northern India . ndy, and another of whisky. Ithink he expected both to be finished, for Alans modestpeg evidently hurt his feelings. The palace in the town is a gaudy, tawdry place, hardlyworth a visit. But the public gardens and museum aremost interesting. The building is good, and the gardenslovely. Inside the museum are arranged the products andmanufactures of Jeypore, and many art objects from othernative states. They are admirably classified, and give acapital idea of Indian art. The museum, and a sc
Rifle and spear with the Rajpoots: being the narrative of a winter's travel and sport in northern India . ndy, and another of whisky. Ithink he expected both to be finished, for Alans modestpeg evidently hurt his feelings. The palace in the town is a gaudy, tawdry place, hardlyworth a visit. But the public gardens and museum aremost interesting. The building is good, and the gardenslovely. Inside the museum are arranged the products andmanufactures of Jeypore, and many art objects from othernative states. They are admirably classified, and give acapital idea of Indian art. The museum, and a school ofart in connection with it, are under the superintendence ofDr. Hendry, the great authority on Indian art, to whosetaste and knowledge the brass and pottery industries here 266 RIFLE AXD SPEAR WITH THE RAJPOOTS. owe everything. By selecting the best models of Indianantiquity, the designs are kept from deteriorating, or, likethe Japanese modern school, becoming a distorted reflectionof western civilisation. At the same time, Dr. Hendry hassuggested several new openings for the manufacturers. The. A STATE ELEPHANT. charming brass tea-tables I have already mentioned are dueto his idea of utilising an old Indian brass pattern. The next day we started for the old palaces at is a short drive beyond the city. The last part, up aslight hill, is done on an elephant. Why, we could not at <;LOBE-TROTTERS 267 first conceive, for the carriage might well have driven thewhole way. Amber is well worth seeing from the outside,and offers the usual pretty and quaint coup dceil of masonrytanks, broad flights of steps, and marble buildings. Insideit is like most other ancient Indian palaces. At this time of year Jeypore is crowded with tourists—Americans, colonists on their way home, and othervarieties of our brother globe-trotters. It is on the route ofCooks tours, and Amber is one of the happy hunting-grounds of the personally conducted. The tourist agentshave an arrangement w
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