CHAPTER X.

THE MAHARAJAH.

Chowni--Srinagur--Wooden Bathing-houses--Baboo Mohas Chander--Our Future Domicile--‘Me come Up’--Our Shikarrah--Summud Shah, the Shawl-merchant--Ancient Temples--The Manufacture of Cashmere Shawls--Dinner with the Maharajah--A Nautch--The Maharajah’s ‘Hookem’--Lord Mayo’s Fête at Agra--Uninvited Guests--Rising of the Lake--The Poplar Avenue--The Pariah Dog--Cause of the Flood 187