Identifier: princeofwalestou01russ (find matches)
Title: The Prince of Wales' tour: a diary in India; with some account of the visits of His Royal Highness to the courts of Greece, Egypt, Spain and Portugal
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Russell, William Howard, Sir, 1820-1907 Hall, Sydney Prior, 1842-1922, illus
Subjects: Edward VII, King of Great Britain, 1841-1910
Publisher: New York, R. Worthington
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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fe wouldafford, and the taste of blood of tiger slain at Jeypoor had whet-ted the appetite for more. A^ith what delight w^ere uniforms,cocked hats, and laced coats carefully stowed away, and sentdown country to be ready when the party emerged from theTerai! The Duke of Sutherland and Mr. Grey are homeward bound,and Sir B. Frere and Canon Duckworth are going on a tour inthe far North-West, whilst the Prince is away on his sporting ex-cursion. Captain Glyn and Commander Durrant proceeded toCalcutta to take the Serapis and Osborne round to Bombay forthe Princes homeward journey. Before his Royal Highness lefthe paid one more visit to the Taj, which was favored by a lovelymoonlight—not too direct and strong, but glinting at an anglewhich gave effect to the contour, and obviated the blankness of effect produced by its full glare. The Prince bade his kindhosts farewell, and at midnight the special train started for Mor-adabad, the farthest point towards the Terai to which the railextends.
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IN THE TERM—BEATING FOR TIGER. CHAPTER XII. THE KUMAOUN—TERM—NEPAL. The Royal shooting Camp—Sir H. Ramsay—Nynee Tal—An unlucky Dose—Pleasing Incongruities—Terai Scenery—Camp Personnel—A Day ofRest—The King of Beasts—Tigers and Tigerlets— DeProfundis —The last Day with Ramsay—Enter Nepal—Sir Jung Bahadoor—NepaleseCivilities—An Elephantine Procession — Fighting-elephants—A goodBeginning—An abstruse Joke—Taking to Roost—The terrible Proboscis—Jung Pershaud is coming!—Bigli Pershaud enters—Cui Lumenademptum —Ballet-drill—The Reign of Terror—Departure from Nepal. February 8.—Dreaming possibly of the Taj, or of the pleas-ant camp and the hospitalities of Sir John and Lady Stracheyat Agra, stretched at length on the comfortable cushions of ourrailway carriages, and snugly wrapped in resais, we were bornethrough the night, taking no note of time, away to Rohilcund.An hour or so after daybreak the report of guns and a crash of music!

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