THE CENTRAL PROVINCES AND OUDH 259 
assured that he has the respect and the good-will 
of those over whom he has ruled in the early days 
of his career. 
On April 4, 1905, the great Kangra earthquake 
occurred, which is credited with the death of some 
20,000 human beings. On arrival at Simla, I found 
that, not unnaturally, great nervousness prevailed, 
and this was intensified by the frequent recurrence 
of earth tremors. Our house, Kennedy Lodge, one 
of the oldest in the station, and now pulled down to 
make room for public offices, had received rather 
severe damage, necessitating the rebuilding of party 
walls and chimney-stacks, and seemed withal very 
responsive to surface movements. At Boxar, where 
I had experienced it, the earthquake had no such 
intensity ; the shock was merely sufficient to loosen 
the plaster from the walls of the old mill, but it 
was remarked that both birds and animals expressed 
great terror at the unusual occurrence; the former 
flew, widely circling in the air, and the elephants, 
always most sensitive to any insecurity under their 
ponderous weight, could with difficulty be re- 
strained from flight ; we had, however, at the time 
no idea that such widespread devastation had oc- 
curred elsewhere. Many, no doubt, were the sleep- 
less nights passed at Simla during that season, but 
this did not outwardly affect either the normal 
gaiety of the settlement or its normal labours. 
The question of forest education was, as I have 
before indicated, one now demanding considerable 
attention. Assuming it to be admitted that the 
object of State forestry in India is to further the 
welfare of the inhabitants, and also the industrial 
