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 the city. Yet here he was, only an hour or two later, busily engaged in personally supervising the completion of his own camp. His Highness tells you that he feels it incumbent upon him to live with his Corps, and his camp will be chiefly used by his English guests, who include the Guards polo team. There will be many imposing figures in the procession at the State Entry into Delhi, but no more interesting personality than the Colonel of the Imperial Cadets, in his snow-white uniform.

Next is reached the camp of the Raja of Bansda, which will be used chiefly by his retainers; the Raja himself has taken a house in the adjacent village of Paharganj. Then comes the camp of the Chief of Miraj Senior, with a fine shamiana as its central feature. The Chief of Bhore was allotted a contiguous plot, but has elected to reside in a house in Delhi, near the Kabuli Gate. Finally, there is the spacious place set apart for the accommodation of the Bombay Durbaris. These gentlemen, however, have not taken kindly to the idea that they should live in camp. Plots are marked out for every one of them, but only about eight seemed to be occupied. The ground has been carefully prepared, and intersected by a network of paths. A big well has been sunk and water was reached while we were watching the operations.

The biggest Bombay Camps, however, are on the western side of the Gurgaon Road. H. H. the Maharajah of Kolhapur has here made very elaborate preparations. His camp has a large and not