14 PICTURES AND PEN-PICTURES

moderne" all go to make this end of Delhi quite a
charming area. Some administrative offices are still
housed in this <( Middle Delhi" that is marked at one
end by the Eidge through whose wooded slopes run
riding paths. A road descends to the gateway of the
University; here, before New Delhi had risen in red
stone, the Viceroys of India resided; today, the youth
of the Province strolls about the gardens or pursues its
studies in the halls where once was the routine and
splendour usually attendant on royal estate. An at"
mosphere of youthful hopes pervades the scene.

On the brow of the Ridge rises an Asokan pillar;

spread out below is the magnificent prospect of living
Delhi and of the ruined cities that flowered and withered
on the banks of the Jumria.