. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce . 1 ^ THE INDIAN EMPIRE ILLUSTRATED. borderings of scarlet cloth. There, also, are the tents of the superior horse-dealers,Arab or Persian merchants, who have brought animals of the purest breed, for whichthey demand enormous prices. Men are there, too, with bears, leopards, tigers, deer ofall kinds, monkeys, Persian greyhounds, beautiful cats
. The Indian empire: history, topography, geology, climate, population, chief cities and provinces; tributary and protected states; military power and resources; religion, education, crime; land tenures; staple products; government, finance, and commerce . 1 ^ THE INDIAN EMPIRE ILLUSTRATED. borderings of scarlet cloth. There, also, are the tents of the superior horse-dealers,Arab or Persian merchants, who have brought animals of the purest breed, for whichthey demand enormous prices. Men are there, too, with bears, leopards, tigers, deer ofall kinds, monkeys, Persian greyhounds, beautiful cats, and rare birds for sale. In short,there are collected at this fair, samples of the most rare, beautiful, and costly of theproductions of the East, natural and artificial; while Europe also contributes largely tothe stock of valuable merchandise brought to this great mart for distribution amongthe swarming races of Hindoostan. The crowding and confusion of buyers and sellers; the native groups in everyimaginable variety of costume—some shining in cloth of gold, and surrounded byfollowers richly arrayed; others less expensively, bat picturesquely, dressed, and manyhalf-naked or wildly clad—all mingled together, among priests, soldiers, and reli
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