ELEPHANT

Europ~tn in nearly every part.
Entering :it t.1~ grand
ccnt-ml door, the hiill IMC~ direct to thc recept,ion-
rwnl, and this opens into thc parlour.
Upon the right
of thcsc rooms is the dining-mom, nnd upon the Icft
t hc lib-,
stairwc, and billiard-rtwm-Billiards ? Yes,
wrily, and the Kir~g of Cambocliia plays a 'good snfc
gamc.' In the rear of this building arc the apartments
of tlie harem, ntld lot at all ill-looking were many of
t-he saffron-powdered damsels tl~c stranger cllaricctl to
The ceiling arid w&
of the parlour wen: fmoed
ill as fine stj~lt: as Inany in Grosvcnor Sq~iarc or Fifth
,&I-enue; upon the floor I2y a velvct carpet; the
\vinclo~\- frames held pancv of stained gLw ; u~mn a
large bulb--witidow were tl~e Kir~g's arms ar~d name--
Or~g Somrietch Nororlorn l'h~x~~:iro~vdo~n-ancl bclorv
the -svot.cl ' Ca~np~~vllia ' (Kanlpbuxa, or Ctu~lbc~lia).
'l'hc wnlla wcrc hur~g with elc31nt ~nirrors a1~1 prrinti~lgs ;
upon tin! ~nnrldc-top culltre tfll~le wfts a set of goIcl
cl~cwing (l)r.tc!I ) arlrl s~llokirlg ap1)aratus ; ~II~II side
t:~ldt.s were costl?
clocks, b;uro~nclers, Cllincse rind
Japaa~%e cr~rrcrl ivury goc~ls, bronztts and va*s; and
fi-0111 tllc ceiling dcpenclcd a bc~utifill dlnnricrlicr. Thcrc
is, 11owc.r-c~, no gasomctcr pct \vorliitlg in l'an~nlpin, but
sul-vlj? il- i\=ould 11ot- be a vt:ry lor~g step in rldva11ce of
tlic: i~umcrous 1noJcn1 i~lq)orlalioriu of Llle p:il:wc.