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 FETE AT AGRA--UNINVITED GUESTS--RISING OF THE LAKE--THE POPLAR AVENUE--THE PARIAH DOG--CAUSE OF THE FLOOD.