Identifier: indianpicturespr00malc Title: Indian pictures and problems Year: 1907 (1900s) Authors: Malcolm, Ian, Sir, 1868-1944 Subjects: India -- Description and travel Burma -- Description and travel Publisher: London : E. Grant Richard Contributing Library: University of California Libraries Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Text Appearing Before Image: station tothe new guest-house which Scindia has just com-pleted for his friends, and the same system ofcommunication networks a large portion of histerritory. There is also a first-rate club justoutside the palace grounds, a thoroughly modernhospital, a military academy, and I know not howmany other signs of marching with the times.But close at hand is the elephant-stable, whereforty or fifty fine elephants are kept for daily workor processional use; there is a vast quadrangle forthe horses of every breed, chargers, polo-ponies,hunters, hacks, and the rest; there is a hugesanded arena, surrounded with high walls, whereinthe Maharajah is for the present keeping somelions from Somaliland with a view to turningthem out hereafter into the jungles of Gwalior,to add to the sporting attractions of a sportingState. The city of Gwalior is modern; finestreets, whitewash, and good drainage are its maincharacteristics. Yet how fascinating is a walk down the Bankers street towards evening, when 18

Text Appearing After Image: H.H. THE MAHARAJAH OF GWALIOR THE AKT OF TRAVEL the broad boulevard is bathed in the settingsunhght, which kindles all the red and yellowdraperies of the men and women into the sem-blance of a stream of liquid fire that ebbs andflows, and by its alchemy turns the masses ofsilver ornaments, heaped along the pavement, intodiamonds that glisten on the banks of this riverof light. There is also a wondrous treasure-housewhich can occasionally be visited, and which con-tains all the priceless jewels of the Scindia family—emeralds, pearls, diamonds, and rubies of enor-mous size and fabulous worth—barbaric splendourswhich once adorned the robes of maharajahs, butfor which the present ruler has little taste. Hecares more for scientific and sporting pursuits, withthe uppermost ambition to have his arm strongenough, when called upon, to strike for the King-Emperor ; and although he can drive a locomotiveand a motor-car like a professional, or shoot biggame with the best shots in the world, h

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