ABSTRACT
Now I am in the heart of Rajputana, in the capital of the Jaipur state, 15,579 square miles in size, about 10,000 less than Gwalior or Greece. Once more native troops, institutions, police, and independence surround me; and the outward appearance of Jaipur city spells prosperity, cleanliness and progress. In truth, in no city so far visited in India have I seen such streets. Added to the cleanliness of Gwalior there are the attractions and novelty of great breadth, “noble” proportions and a new spirit pervading all. ere is something quite unique in the whole atmosphere; something that seems to breathe of the West rather than the East: something that appears to be struggling towards the dawn of e ciency rather than to be dreaming in the twilight of stagnation and lethargy.
