372 THE LITTLE EAJAH. 



out of civility to the Rajah, who had sent 

 them, and were for the same reason obliged 

 to exchange them for an elephant, seven 

 miles further on. Wilson and I did penance 

 upon this occasion, for Colls was in his 

 doolie, and had gone on ahead. We had not, 

 however, changed for the last time. 



On arriving at the hill above Chumba, we 

 found the little Rajah, with his people 

 around him, waiting in state to receive me. 

 A more gentlemanly little fellow, I never 

 met; he is just fourteen; and received us in 

 a very pleasing style. We had to transfer 

 ourselves from our elephant to his, and rode 

 with him in his howdah into Chumba. He 

 allotted to us a very pretty garden, where 

 we found our tents already pitched, and he 

 presented us with sweetmeats, fruit, and 

 sheep. The little Rajah shortly took his 

 leave. He spoke much on sj^orting topics, 

 and, for his age, is a great sportsman ; he 

 told us he had already killed three leopards 

 and six bears. We gave him a telescope, 

 and a handsome Rogers's sporting knife. 



