320 RIFLE AXD SPEAR WITH THE RAJPOOTS. 



To-nieht we were entertained at a farewell dinner 

 given by the Maharaja, and all the Europeans in Oodey- 

 pore, about twenty people, were invited to meet us. 



Fehruarij 24th. — This morning we started on our way 

 back to the railway, drawn by the artillery post-horses, 

 It was a very unpleasant drive, for shortly after leaving 

 Oodeypore the rain came down in torrents. The carriage 

 was a kind of barouche with a dickey behind, and had 

 only the usual hood to protect one. To supplement this, 

 a large sheet of waterproof was produced, and stretched 

 over the carriage, first covering the men on the box seat, 

 and then passing over the hood and servants in the 

 diekey, so that we were all in a sort of tent. 



We dined at the dak bungalow at Chittore, and then 

 went to bed in our sleeping carriage, which is to be picked 

 up by the mail train at 2 a.m. It is very curious that 

 all Indian trains seem to arrive or depart in the middle 

 of the night. Just as I was falling asleep, a sound of 

 native music aroused me. But the nasal singing and tom- 

 tom accompaniment had a strange likeness to English 

 popular airs. Alan stepped out on the platform, and to 

 his surprise found that the tom-tom supplied the place 

 of "General" Booth's lug drum, and the singers were 

 native Salvationists. They were on tour through the 

 country accompanied — or led — by an English girl. 



No doubt in the slums of English cities the good done 



