There are one hundred and one elephants selected for the use of His Majesty. Their allowance of food is the same in quantity as that of the other elephants, but differs in quality. Most of them also get 5 s. of sugar, 4 s. of g'hí, and half a man of rice mixed with chillies, cloves, &c.; and some have one and a half man* of milk in addition to their grain. In the sugar-cane season, each elephant gets daily, for two months, 300 sugarcanes, more or less. His Majesty takes the place of the Maháwat.
Each elephant requires three bhoís in the rutting season, and two, when cool. Their monthly wages vary from 120 to 400 d., and are fixed by His Majesty himself. For each elephant there are four Met'hs. In the Halqahs, female elephants are but rarely told off to accompany big male ones; but for each kháçah elephant there are three, and sometimes even more, appointed. First class big female elephants have two and one-half met'hs; second class do., two; third class do., one and one-half; for the other classes, the same as in the Halqahs.
As each Halqah is in charge of one of the Grandees, so is every kháçah elephant put in charge of one of them. Likewise, for every ten kháçah elephants, a professional man is appointed, who is called Daháídár. They draw twelve, ten, and eight rupees per mensem. Besides, an active and honest superintendent is appointed for every ten elephants. He is called Naqíb (watcher), and has to submit a daily report, when elephants eat little, or get a shortened allowance, or in cases of sickness, or when anything unusual happens. He marks a horse, and holds the rank of an Ahadí. His Majesty also weekly dispatches some of the servants near him, in the proportion of one for every ten elephants, who inspect them and send in a report.