PRINCE IN INDIA.

Taranaki Daily News, 29 November 1921, Page 5

PRINCE IN INDIA.

VISIT TO NATIVE STATE. PAGEANTRY OF THE EAST. A LOYAL WELCOME. By Telegraph.—-Press Awn —Copyright. Delhi, Nov. 26. The Prince of Wales reached Udaipur after a seventeen hours journey across Maharastra amidst wonderful scenery.„ The venerable-looking Maharana was so ill that she had fainted several times in the past few days, and was unable to receive the Prince, who was received by the Maharana’s eldest son, Prince Chupal Singh, and the leading Sirdars. The Maharana later was sufficiently recovered to meet the Prince in the Reception Hall. The whole ceremonial was most brilliant. Richly-dressed guards lined the route from the station to the city, and heavily jewelled elephants, bearing golden howdahs, were placed at the disposal of the Prince and his staff. On reaching the city gate they were met by a gorgeous medley of the State police and cavalry, with numerous bands of tomtom, players. Salutes were fired, and great crowds in the streets en route to the palace welcomed the Prince, who subsequently visited places of interest, including Shah Jehan’s throne room. The Prince also motored to Khasodi to see the daily feeding of wild pigs from the top of a shooting box built of white stone like a miniature palace. The natives uttered wild cries, which brought several hundred black pigs of the fierce wild boar type scurrying down the slopes of a deep ravine. They then fought fiercely for the food thrown them. Two pigs shut in a cage were liberated in the compound with a panther, and a savage fight followed. In Udaipur the Prince had his first insight into purely Indian life amid settings untouched by modern hands. The Rajputs have given him a cordial welcome, true to their fine traditions of loyalty and hospitality, none the less sincere for being characteristically undemonstrative.