[Sidenote: 44. City Gate, Bikaner.] [Sidenote: 45. Jain Temple, Bhandashar, Bikaner.] [Sidenote: 46. Bikaner from the Jain Temple.] [Sidenote: 47. Street in Bikaner.] [Sidenote: 48. Grain Sellers, Bikaner.] [Sidenote: 49. Bikaner Fort.] Now we visit Bikaner, in an oasis of the northwestern desert. This is the city gate, with a level railway crossing in front. Notice the camel waiting for the passing of the train, and the water-carriers. Here of course water is a valuable commodity. The district of which Bikaner is the centre suffers frequently from famine owing to drought. Then we have a Jain temple crowning a rocky mound, and from the terrace of this temple we obtain a view over the city, with its flat roofs and desert spaces. There follows a view in one of the narrow streets, showing the carved front of a house belonging to one of the richer Jains of the city. Finally we have a typical group of grain sellers in front of the Customs House, and a view of the Fort. [Sidenote: 50. H.H. The Raja of Nabha and his ministers.] [Sidenote: 51. H.H. The Raja of Nabha.] [Sidenote: 52. The Palace of the Crown Prince of Nabha.] [Sidenote: 53. Sirdar Fateh Singh.] [Sidenote: 54. Sikhs at Nabha.] [Sidenote: 55. An Akali at Nabha.] [Sidenote: 56. The Chief Justice of Nabha.] [Sidenote: 57. Sirdar Bisham Singh.] On our way northeastward we will next visit the city of Nabha, though it is the centre of a Sikh and not of a Rajput State. Here is the Raja of Nabha surrounded by his Council of Ministers, and here his portrait. Then we have in the distance the palace of the Crown Prince of Nabha, seen from the roof of Elgin House, the home of the British Resident. Next there follow a series of portraits. The first is of a young princeling. The second is of a group of Sikhs; in front is a priest, and to the right, in black, an Akali, or warrior-monk. There follows another slide showing one of these Akalis in ancient fighting costume. Then we have, by way of contrast, the very up to date Chief Justice of Nabha, but notice in the background sentry duty economically performed by a pasteboard soldier! Here is a typical Sikh face, that of the Vakil to the Political Agent at the British Residency.