CHAPTER XIV. 



Shooting with the Maharaja — A curious shot — Boondi palace — The 

 Raja's own room — The Raja's camp — At Deoli — The ayah is robbed 

 — A mongoose story — Spearing crocodiles — By " shigram " to 

 Nusserabad — Chittore, the " invincible city " — The Tower of Victory 

 — Oodeypore — Colonel Miles — The Residency — The Oodeypore princes 

 — Descendants of the Sun — The present Maharaja — In the old palace 

 — The armoury — The new palace — A lovely scene. 



February llth. — Alan went off with Colonel Wyllie to a 

 jungle some twelve miles distant, where they are going to 

 shoot with the Maharaja. They had very bad luck, and 

 never even saw a sambhur, the herd again breaking back 

 through the line of beaters. A large hyena came out close 

 to Alan, who killed it with one shot, and the Maharaja shot 

 a wild boar. It is impossible to ride in these thick jungles, 

 so boars are shot whenever they are wanted for food. 

 Eajpoots, unlike Mahommedans, have no scruples against 

 eating pork, or indeed any meat, except beef. 



February 12th. — We started soon after daybreak to 

 return to Kotah. Paliata again came with us to arrange the 

 shooting. The first jungle we beat was composed of big 

 trees, in some places growing very closely together, but with 

 little or no undergrowth. The usual charpoy had been tied 



