ish Crown. This city of Delhi, with the schools of
the Methodists, the Anglicans, and the English Baptists, is permeated
with religious influences that attract its native populations, and these
influences are continually lessening the prospect of any future
rebellion such as the mutiny of fifty years ago.

VIII

JAIPUR, MT. ABU, AND AHMEDABAD

India, as is well known, is a part of the British Empire, and is under
the sway of the British Government. Yet, for administrative purposes, it
is divided into presidencies, provinces, and native states. The
presidencies and provinces are wholly administered by British officials.
The native states are administered by rajas and other Indian rulers,
with the presence in each capital of a resident officer who represents
the British Government and who is accessible for consultation in case of
necessity. The relations between the rajas and the residents are
friendly, and only the gravest matters are referred to the
representative of the Crown. All other affairs are cared for by the
native ruler, who is attended by a distinguished suite and who maintains
quite a royal court. This species of self-government is the reward,
granted by the British Government after the mutiny of 1857, to the
rulers of the native states, who remained faithful to British interests
and assisted in the suppression of the great rebellion. The government
of these native rulers is in general worthy of praise. Many of them are
progressive men; they have traveled abroad; they have been affected by
Western thought; they have introduced modern reforms and systems of
education, to the great benefit of their subjects. In this present hour
of crisis, the majority of them have been loyal to the British
Government, and have contributed men and means for the cause of the
Allies. It was interesting in our journey across India to traverse
several of these native states; and it was difficult to observe any
difference between these sections and the portions of the empire
officered solely by the British. We saw no British soldiers, but only
native troops. There was less of English language and custom prevalent.
The Hindu, Mohammedan, and Jain seemed to have things very much to
themselves. They, after all, are the real India, the hereditary India,
while at the same time they are feeling the influence of modern railways
and modern commerce.

Jaipur, which is the capital of a native state, was especially
interesting. It