1 RECEPTION OF THE PRINCE. 475
2 Minister at his court, and by his Excellency
3 the Commander-in-Chief of the grand army
4 in person. The procession was now much in-
5 creased in numbers, but no confusion occurred,
6 everything went on as at first. As we entered
7 the seat of empire the crowd increased more
8 and more; the balconies and terraces of the
9 houses were filled with women wrapped in
10 bargas or long veils to see their Prince. A
11 man on the part of the Shah preceded him
12 and cleared the way, which was necessary, as
13 the streets were very narrow, and we advanced
14 very slowly. The bustle was great; the spec-
15 tators stood admiring the procession ; they ob-
16 served that his Majesty himself even did not
17 make his entry in such majestic style. At
18 length we entered the Bala Hissar and the
19 palace, where his Royal Highness was received
20 by the King his father, who welcomed him on
21 his arrival, and seated him by his side among
22 the other princes. After a while the Mission
23 retired to the camp, which was pitched to the
24 north-east of the city, close to the walls of the
25 fort in a meadow with a small gardefi in the