nese building, of
the same ruddy brown, with gilded domes, and gay with dresses, tissues and
robes of fine woven stuff made in their primitive looms, which would seem
to be incapable of turning out such textures. The addition of blocks of
graphite, some curiously carved into the shape of elephants, and the more
prosaic agricultural productions, such as cotton, cinnamon, matting and
baskets, tone down the color and exhibit the fact that the English
possession has the mercantile side. Antlers of the Ceylon deer, tusks of
elephants and boars, contrast with the richness and the sobriety of the
other contents of the overflowing pavilion.

Another Indian kiosque, and we are at the end of the row. This is filled
by the Indian committee, which also exposes its collection in twenty-nine
glass cases arranged about the hall in the vicinity of the pavilions.

[Illustration: THE CHINESE SECTION.]

The prince of Wales's collection of presents, received in his character of
heir-apparent of the empress of India, fills thirty-two glass cases,
besides six of textiles and robes. Any tolerably full account of them
would require a separate article. The interest of them culminates in the
arms. For variety, extent, gorgeousness and ethnological and artistic
value such a collection of Indian arms has never before been brought
together, not even in India; and it fairly defies description. No man was
so poor but that he could present the prince with a bow and arrow or spear
or sword or battle-axe, and in fact every one who was brought before the
prince gave him a weapon of some sort. The collection thus represents the
armorer's art in every province of India, from the rude spears of the
Nicobar Islanders to the costly damascened, chased and jewelled daggers,
swords, shields and matchlocks of Kashmir, Lahore, Gujerat, Cutch,
Hyderabad, Singapore and Ceylon. The highest interest centres upon two
swords, which are by no means the richest in their finish and settings.
One is the great sword of the famous Polygar Katabomma Naik, who defeated
the English early in the present century. It has a plain iron hilt, and
the etched blade has three holes near the point. The other is a waved
blade of splendid polish, its hilt heavily damascened with gold and its
guard closely set with diamonds and rubies. It is the sword of Savaji, the
founder of the Mahratta dominion in India. It has been sacredly guarded at
Kolhapur by two men with drawn swords for a period