THE YELLOW SALOON.
From a Photo. by Gunn & Stuart, Richmond.
LADY DUFFERIN'S BOUDOIR.
From a Photo. by Gunn & Stuart, Richmond.
Then, again, reminders crop up of Burmah, some not very pleasant ones too, when the bedrooms were kept lively with swarms of lizards, and even scorpions occasionally putting in an unwelcome appearance. Or of Simla, where a small Government House was perched at such a dizzy height as made falling over a precipice a great probability if venturing too far over the threshold: a place where carriages could not get along, where everybody had to go out in "jinrikshas," a species of Bath chair, which was half pulled and half pushed by four and sometimes six men: processions of them going along in single file, the merry occupants shouting remarks to the van or rear as they proceeded. Just you imagine going to church on Sunday morning in this fashion, or mounted on rough ponies, horses, or anything on legs that could be obtained. Fancy what a nondescript congregation it must be; occupants of jinrikshas, ladies in riding gear with boots and spurs complete, and black servants in every colour of the rainbow.
STATE BEDROOM.
From a Photo. by Gunn & Stuart, Richmond.
One might go on for any length of time with these reminiscences, but there are a few more rooms yet unexplored.