CHAPTER XI.

RESIDENCE AT PRĀG.

1829.

March to Benares—Misfortunes _en suite_—The Hummām of the Rajah—Flowers of Wax and Ubruk—Return to Prāg—Storm _en route_—Gram—A Central Government—Thieves, Domestic—Snake in the Stable—Death in a Pālkee—Power of the Sun to change the Sex—Lord William Bentinck—Half-Batta—The Jaws of the Crocodile—The Clipper—Discontent of the Army—Recovery of the Stolen Rupees—The Gosāin—Ram Din—The Ancient Temple 98