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274 ANECDOTE OF A BEGGAR.
other distinction conferred by the King, is ac-
companied by the dress of honour, and often by
elephants, horses, or the particular kind of Na-
tive palkie which are alone used by princes and
the nobility. The elephant is always given ready
furnished with the several necessary appendages,
as silver howdah, embroidered jhewls (drape-
ries), &c; and the horse richly caparisoned for
riding.
The naalkie and palkie are vehicles conferred
on Native gentlemen with their titles, which
cannot be used by any persons than those who
have received the grant from their Sovereign;
and there is quite as much ambition to be thus
distinguished in a Native Court, as may be
traced amongst the aspirants for " the orders"
in the several European states.
Though the naalkie and palkie are restricted
to the use of privileged persons, all are allowed
the services of the elephant. I knew a professed
beggar, who made his diurnal tour through the
city of Lucknow on one. A beggar, however, in
Native estimation, is not the despicable creature
he is in European opinion; a degree of venera-
other distinction conferred by the King, is ac-
companied by the dress of honour, and often by
elephants, horses, or the particular kind of Na-
tive palkie which are alone used by princes and
the nobility. The elephant is always given ready
furnished with the several necessary appendages,
as silver howdah, embroidered jhewls (drape-
ries), &c; and the horse richly caparisoned for
riding.
The naalkie and palkie are vehicles conferred
on Native gentlemen with their titles, which
cannot be used by any persons than those who
have received the grant from their Sovereign;
and there is quite as much ambition to be thus
distinguished in a Native Court, as may be
traced amongst the aspirants for " the orders"
in the several European states.
Though the naalkie and palkie are restricted
to the use of privileged persons, all are allowed
the services of the elephant. I knew a professed
beggar, who made his diurnal tour through the
city of Lucknow on one. A beggar, however, in
Native estimation, is not the despicable creature
he is in European opinion; a degree of venera-