Around the world with General Grant: a narrative of the visit of General , ex-president of the United States, to various countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879To which are added certain conversations with General Grant on questions connected with American politics and history . urway, slowly ascending,winding around the hillon whose crest was thepalace of Amber. , with her couriers,had gone ahead, and, asour procession of ele-phants turned up the lastslope and passed underthe arch, we saw the ladyof our expedition highup at a lattice windowwaving her handke
Around the world with General Grant: a narrative of the visit of General , ex-president of the United States, to various countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa, in 1877, 1878, 1879To which are added certain conversations with General Grant on questions connected with American politics and history . urway, slowly ascending,winding around the hillon whose crest was thepalace of Amber. , with her couriers,had gone ahead, and, asour procession of ele-phants turned up the lastslope and passed underthe arch, we saw the ladyof our expedition highup at a lattice windowwaving her handkerchief. The courtyard was open and spa-cious, and entering, our elephants knelt and we came reached the palace while worship was in progress at thetemple. Dr. Handley told us that we were in time to takepart in the services and to see the priest offer up a kid. Everyday in the year in this temple a kid is offered up as a propitia-tion for the sins of the Maharajah. The temple was little morethan a room in the palace—a private chapel. At one end wasa platform raised a few inches from the ground and coveredover. On this platform were the images of the gods, of thespecial god—I think it is Shiva—whom his Highness this point I will not speak with certainty, for in a mythology. TIIK PALACE OF AMBER. THE PALACE OF AMBER. 27 embracing several hundred millions oi gods one is apt to be-come bewildered. Whatever the god, the worship was in fullprogress, and there was the kid ready for sacrifice. We en-tered the inclosure and stood with our hats off. There were ahalf dozen worshipers crouching on the ground. One of theattendants held the kid while the priest sat crouching over it,reading from the sacred books, and in a half humming, halfwhining chant blessing the sacrifice, and as he said each prayerputting some grain or spice or oil on its head. The poor ani-mal licked the crumbs as they fell about it, quite unconsciousof its holy fate. Another attendant took a
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