LUXUKY OF JAHANGIR'S COURT

65 contained an infinity of gold plate and jewels, includ- ing five hundred drinking-cups, some of which were made of " one piece of Ballace Ruby." The servants, gardeners, grooms, and others, attending upon the court, he estimated at thirty-six thousand. There were also twelve thousand elephants, three hundred of which were reserved exclusively for the emperor's use. The A COMBAT WITH IRON CLAWS. daily expenses of the court were fifty thousand rupees, besides thirty thousand for the harem; or, altogether, 9,000, which comes to three and a quarter millions a year. Hawkins describes the emperor as far from popular with his subjects, " who stand greatly in fear of him," and ascribes this partly to his preference for Moham-