India and its Native Princes. Travels in Central India and in the Presidencies of Bombay and Bengal

The Town and the Suburbs.—Tatia Sahib.—Harribakti.—The Great Sowari of the Star of the South.— The Royal Standard-bearer.—The King's Elephant.—The Palace.—A Collection of Shoes.—His Highness the Guicowar of Baroda.—Our First Interview.—History of the Guicowar Family.—The Motibaugh.—Life at a Hindoo Court.—Bhao Sahib the Senapati.—A wonderful Collection of Diamonds. [...] PAGE Panther and Wild Boar. 178 The Lake of Burdi Talao 180 A Rajpoot Tomb on the Dam of the Burdi Talao 181 The Sengar Chaori in the Fort of Chittore. 191 The Palace of Rana Khoumbhou in the Fort of Chittore. 192 The Zenana in the Palace of Rana Khoumbhou. 193 Temple of Vrij Chittore. 194 The Tower of Victory in the Fort of Chittore 195 Bunera. 201 The Bazaar of Khoja Syud Ajmer [...] To the south of the Fort extends the long and narrow promontory of Colaba the extreme point of the island separating the port from the Back Bay a species of false THE GRANT-BUILDINGS AND COTTON-GREEN AT BOMBAY. [...] In order to complete the round of the objects of interest in the Black Town it only remains to visit the district of Girgaum the Breda Street of Bombay ; and the Cities of the Dead which are in the neighbourhood. [...] From the grove surrounding the Tower of Silence the most extensive and beautiful view of any to be found in the island may be obtained : on one side the craggy peaks of Malabar Hill ; on the other a forest of palms descending with pleasing undulations to the bay ; and in the distance the Indian town and the Fort standing out from the blue horizon of the Gulf of Oman.