N o t e s fr o m a Di a r y

Ke pt c hiefly in So u the rn India

1 8 8 1 - 1 8 8 6

Y I H B THE R G T HON .

SIR MO UN S UAR E RAN DUFF T T T . G T

’ O n ne o t ama s r re ue de c u on aime d i j i éc i q c q . ’ ’ L oubli et le silence sont la puniti on qu on infiige a ce ’ qu on a trouvé laid on commun dams la promenade h travers ”— la vi e . RBNAN

— V L V L. I IN TWO O S . O

LONDON

O N MURRAY ALBEMARLE REE J H , ST T

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ALL THE INDIAN FRIENDS

WHO A SSISTED

IN MY P UBLIC DUTIES

OR MA DE MY LEISURE HOURS A GREEABLE

AND

TO ALL THE C O RRESPO NDENTS

WHO KEPT UP MY RELA TIONS WITH THE WORLD I LEFT BEHIND

ON THE 511 1 OCTOBER 1 88 1

I INSCRIBE THESE PA GES

P R E FA C E

IN two volumes which a eared in 1 8 and in pp 97 ,

’ two others which followed them at a ear s , y

interval I ublished lar e ortions of m Di a r , p g p y y kept between the first day of the half-century

now a roachin its close and the th of pp g , s

O c n lef l f tober 1 8 8 1 whe I t E n and or India . , g From these four volumes I excluded nearly everything that related to the more serious interests of m life su ch as the business of the y ,

House o f Comm ons and the olitical o inions I , p p had formed durin man ourne s u ndertaken g y j y , with a view to study persons and circumstances o n the Eur inen I h said all I opean cont t . ad cared to sa about these matters in m lace in y , y p

Parliament on man latforms in several boo ks , y p , , as well as in a great variety of pamphlets and viii NOTES FROM A DIA RY

si ned articles I thou h m elf ifie ac g . g t ys just d cordingly in directing my endeavours chiefly to

amuse the li hter hours of readers whose tastes g , ,

in the em lo ment of those hours were not p y ,

unlike m y own .

The two volumes which I now o ffer to the

indulgence of those who care to follow me into

new scenes cover the eriod which ela sed , p p between my departure from this country and my laying down the Government of Madras in

De em c ber 1 8 86 .

So far as I n I ha e exclu e business ca , v d d ,

olitics and the raver interes ts o f a Governor p , g from these pages also bu t there is this difference

between the life to which I had been accu stomed

in he H ou se f Co mm ns n the life I led in t o o , a d

In ia The H ead o f n In ian Government d . a d

knows nothing of the Recesses which divers ify the P arliamentar y year and prevent its mo notony

The a hardl ever becoming intolerable . d y y dawns for him which is no t largely occupied

with pu blic affairs o f one kind or ano ther . PREFACE ix

That bein so it is hardl ossible abs olu tel g , y p y to exclu de bu siness from these pages bu t I h e m ave do n y very best to effect that object. I

m e m re n an a th o able to do this because i 1 8 8 . d , 4

" 1 8 86 I pu blished in India two Minu tes Angli a

State- a ers in the nature o f Blu ebooks which p p , , taken to ether set fo rth rett full m views g , p y y y u pon the things which most o ccu pied my mind in m ca acit of Governor o f Madras and sent y p y , copies o f them to all my friends in this cou ntry whom I thou ght likely to be interested in Indian i i Adm nistrat on .

For some reas ons I should like to have

reprinted these as part o f this work bu t as they wo uld have nearly or altogether dou bled

its size have been ver drear readin for , y y g

erso ns not interested in Indian af airs and have p f , thus scared away the very readers to whom the

f ol mes o f hich these are a continu ti our v u , w a on,

were s eciall addressed that course was ou t o f p y , l the u estion . I have aced however in an q p , ,

A endix an address which delivered at pp , ‘ I NOTES FROM A DIA RY

Madras as Chancellor o f its U niversit in y, which I said a good deal u pon su bjects lying within the province o f an Academic au thority

rather than of a Governor .

O uts ide m imm edi ate duties m two reatest y , y g pleas u res in the Eas t were the letters o f my

friends in E uro e or elsewhere and the ve eta p , g

tion surroundin me which made alm ost ever g , y

n e me reeable O f the walk ride a d drive xtre ly ag .

first of these leas ur es m rea ders will be able p , y to j udge from the numero us extracts with which the kindness of a great many people has allowed

th ha been o bli ed me to enri h ese a es . I ve c p g g ,

o e er f r ob iou reasons to lea e unused h w v , o v s , v

all or nearl all letters which dealt with olitics , y , p and kept me exceedingly well-informed abou t what was oin o n at leas t u to the eve o f g g , p the great earthq u ake which shattered the party l with which I had so ong acted . O f the pleas ure I derived from the vegetation il of the cou ntr I cannot so eas conve an idea . y, y y Yet to leave it out entirely would give so false PREFACE xi an im ress io n that althou h I shall strike out p , g referen es to it b the hundred I mus t erforce c y , p leave a certain number hich can however , w , , easily be skipped by those who have no interest

Su h of m rea ers as care for ood in plants . c y d g st ries ill I think fin reaso nable number o w , , d a of them thou h not so man as I ma have to , g y y o ffer at some fil ture erio d when I ma be p , y dealing with my life after I ha d returned to

E uro e and found m self once more to borrow p , y ,

a hrase from Dr . P arr i n lena la ce L ondimm i . p , p

I trust the two volum es will leave on the

mind the impression that the life of an Indian

Governor ma be a ver a reeable o ne and it y y g , mu s t be remembered that the official portio n o f

it hardl noticed in these a es the s alidur dies , y p g , , extending from after breakfast till the sun is low

enou h for the evenin ride is often full of g g ,

terest P eo le in co in . p this u ntry thi nk that

Indian business is dull becau se its nomenclature

is uzzlin and its eo ra h u nf m I is a iliar . t p g g g p y ,

nevertheless far from bein dull to those who , g xii NOTES FROM A DIARY

have to transact it in direct contact with the facts .

Some matters no dou bt whi h ome within the , , c c

ken of a Governor are tires ome enou h more g , especially the perso nal q ues tions bu t the lar e uest ons of olic of whi h there is g q i p y, c

ood store and m an items o f mere urrent g , y c

fre uentl er interes tin in eed business are q y v y g d . When a man has for nearly a q uarter of a century led the life o f a Member o f P ar

liament ever criti al when out of o ffi e ever , c c ,

on the defensive when i n o ffi e it is hi hl c , g y agree able to be able to say practically the las t word u pon almost everything he cares to form T an opinion abou t. o look at pu blic affairs from the point of View o f the lo cal British P rovidence for between thirty and forty millio ns

of men after havi n loo ked lon at them from , g g the point o f view o f a member of a huge popular

Assembl teaches one a reat deal about h y, g uman

histor He mu st be s tr n y. a gely cons tituted who

does not become wiser b the dou ble ex erience y p . Octobar

. T H E Ba of s a w as mer ful and w hen 9 y Bi c y ci , I

a me on de k esterda morn n w e w ere so me c c , y y i g, e ht de rees w est o f Greenw h runn n alon the ig g ic , i g g

oast of A l ar e . A so f reeze lew from the shore c g v t b b ,

r n n w th it the odo ur of aromat lan ts b i gi g i ic p . I fan ed ould d st n u sh that of the stus Soo n ci I c i i g i ci .

ed t n en t and the s nall n w e pass S . Vi c ig i g station of

Sa res w h h arr ed m tho u hts to r n e enr g , ic c i y g P i c H y

’ r All da row n n s l nes ke r the Navigato . y B i g i pt un nin g in my head

- No l n obl to th e n or h w es C a e St. in c en d ed b y , y , t t, p V t i w a ay .

Sunse ran on e lor ous lood -red reek n n o C ad z t g i b , i g i t i

Ba y,

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’ Blu sh o er th e urn n w a er full in fron rafal a r i b i g t , t T g

In the d mmes nor h - eas di s ance daw ned G raltar i t t t t , ib

rand and re g g y .

T he did not how e er fit the fa ts of the da y , v , c y on w hich w e traversed the 1 80 miles betw een Cape

n ent an d raltar St. Vi c Gib .

The sun w ent dow n randl in the Atlant but g y ic, we w ere fa r awa from ad z and T rafal ar show ed y C i , g onl as a m st l ne t ll n ht fell and w e assed y i y i , i ig , p

etw een its l ht and that of a e S et tel a t the b ig C p p ,

- f oro north w est corner o M cco .

O ur assa e of the Stra ts o uld no t how e er ha e p g i c , v , v

een more oet al for the moo nl ht w as su er the b p ic , ig p b,

ht of T ar fa shone from the left the Afr red lig i , ican

darkl on the r ht and the L on fort Hills rose y ig , i ress

ed all the rander e a use its solemn t w s eem g , b c i y as

r l n tow n at i heightened by the spa k i g ts base . I w as glad to have this picture as a penda nt to another da y o f m l fe noted earl er in th s ar when y i , i i Di y I

ut fro m Thera a w th oor al h E arle i sailed o pi i p R p , n

i a ue t ll we m et the lon wa e of the la k h s C iq , i g v B c

Sea .

A nd now am on e more on the ed terranean I c M i . THE MEDITERRANEAN

T here co mes back to m e the en thusias m o f my

German fellow -tra eller w hen w e rst saw etween v , fi , b

A non and arse lles in e em er 1 8 0 that vig M i D c b 5 , ” Weltberiihmtes eer and te-read the l nes in M , I i Childe Harold

The m dland ocean reaks on him and me i b , And from the Alban Mount w e now behold

O ur fr end of ou h ha ocean w h ch w h en w e i y t , t t , i ’ Beheld it last by Calpe s roc k un fold

hose w a es w e follow ed on ll th e dark Eux ne rolled T v , ti i ” on the lue S le ades Up b ymp g .

O n the l oth w e had fine v ews of the S erra , i i

Nevada ; but a very unpleasant sw ell came on i n the

e en n an d w e ke too far fro m the A l er an oas t v i g, pt g i c ,

1 1 u h e ts on the th to d st n s an fam l ar o . O n , i i g i y i i bj c

the 1 2th the w eathe r w as a reea le . Soo n after da , g b y

rea k w e asse d Ga l ta and ran for m an hours alon b p i , , y , g

the a rren an d sand shores o f T un s ass n the b y i , p i g

an o ks o n the north and serta on the so uth C i R c Bi . T hen came Cape Farina an d the Bay of Carthage 1

w th the sles of ana and Zembra next a e Bon i I Pi , C p ,

1 At t is oint t ere was ca ture a itt e reen finch ic had h p h p d l l g , wh h ome on oar uite e auste He w as rou t to ife and c b d q xh d . b gh my w

ristene Hanni a Our vesse was the Ram . ch d b l. l NOTES FROM A DIARY

and at s unse Pantellaria w h h re m n ded m e o f a , t, , ic i

on ersat on w th enan alread noted i n these a es c v i i R , y p g .

esterda the 1 th w as s ent at alta w here we Y y, 3 , p M , w ere most kindly received by Sir Arthur Borton the

o ernor and his fa l G v mi y . T he architectural and artistic merits of the historic

hur h o f t . ohn are not reat oth n in it c c S J g . N i g in teres ted me so mu ch as tw o relics preserved in the — armo ur the ull of aschal . fo und n the rder y, B P II i g O ,

an d the harter of harles . ass n n alta to i C C V ig i g M t .

e er he sa d w as an th n so w ell lost as N v , i , y i g ” hodes R .

w alked o er m u h o f the to w n ett n a eneral I v c , g i g g not on o f the har o urs an d the r defen es a om an ed i b i c , cc p i b olonel r hton w ho w as o u r fellow - assen er y C C ic , p g

ra esen d. th him an d the Go ernor whos e from G v Wi v ,

l ar Se reta r he is ea t o er a n u m er o f Mi it y c y , I b v b

s onne ted w h the ol t s of the sland s u bj ect c c it p i ic i , which ha d o ccupied a good deal of my attention at the

ffi e . A dr e to the ardens of St Colon ial O c iv g .

n o fu ll of the trees and shru s o f the am a ne Anto i , b C p g

leu rs and fa mous for the r loo d oran es a e des F , i b g , g v

ot on o f the sland h deou s w th stone me som e n i i , i i

’ and stone en los u res . St . aul s Ba w h h w e barns c P y, ic LEAVE MALTA

m ust ha e as sed as w e a me in was too far o ff to be v p , c ,

n en en d dl r co v i tly vis ite . Har y any ain had fallen for

m on th s and e er th n w as ar hed. , v y i g p c

We sle t on oard and a o u reakfast t me th s p b , b t b i i

morn n 1 th to er ran o u t of har ou r. s ood i g, 4 Oc b , b I t

lon at the s ern tr n to make ou t the o utl nes of g t , yi g i

the ro u —G ozo o m no Cominotto a lt — and g p , C i , , M a so goo d-bye to E urope

1 W r h d r Sa d th s forenoon af er a . e ea e o t t 7 c P i , i ,

erfe l alm o a e fro m alta O n o ur las p ct y c v y g , M . t

n h but one in the ed terranean u ter rose so ig t M i , J pi brightly that he w as repo rted to the o fficer of the

’ h l ht ah d He as t when he ha d wat h as a s s ea . c ip ig c ,

r sen a w ell-marked l ne o f l ht a ross the lass i , i ig c g y

A s w e w ere strolling thro ugh the odio us little

o n Mr all s o u r nsul who w th e Be t w . o o , W i C , , i J yc y

the ar o ur-mas ter a me o ff to re e e me ment oned H b , c c iv , i

that som e German rls who w ere la n in the far gi , p yi g

from re u ta le afés a me fro m a rou o f lla es p b c , c g p vi g

etw een ra u e an d T oe litz tra elled u n der the b P g p , v

har e of a ma ron and w ere most res e ta le w ell c g t , p c b ,

le co ndu cte d peop .

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detent on in the anal. O n the 1 th w e sle t i c 7 , p amongst the flamingoes o f Lake Menzaleh ; on the

1 8th in ake T msah a nd las t n h in the , L i ; ig t,

orthern tter ake . a ta n o erts the en n N Bi L C p i R b , P i s ular an d r en al A ent told me to -da that he had O i t g , y r dden som e fteen ears a o a ross the er la e i , fi y g , c v y p c , in the or hern t er ake w here th s 000-ton N t Bi t L , i 5

sh w as at the moment l n . A l ke on onda ip yi g i M y,

T uesday and es erda w e had the E t an after , y t y, gyp i

low to erfe t on as we u sed to ha e it in 1 8 g p c i , v 73,

e u pon the Nil .

A son of ean er ale the s or an of the D M iv , Hi t i

oman E m re who is tra ell n in the Verona w h h R pi , v i g , ic , is here in har o ur ca me to see me th s afternoon . b , i He mentioned that his fa ther had once held a Hailey

u r a o ntment. He a e it u and it was trans b y pp i g v p, ferred to ohn aw ren e so hat he is a le to oast J L c , t b b , w th so me us ce that he sav ed India I i j ti ,

8 T he Red Sea was hotter and ro u her h n 2 . g t a it w as when traversed in o em er 1 8 and had I it N v b 74 , 1 lost es des for me the harm of no el . T he R ome b i c v ty , how e er did in 6 ho urs w hat the Ma lw a took 1 2 v , 9 3

’ to do and b one o lo k on the 2 th w e were at , y c c , 5 ,

1 See Notes ( a n India n earns Lon on 1 8 6 f y ! d , 7 .

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did in the Ma lw a and had not lost s ht of it efore , ig , b

w e w ere off the range marked in the map as the Seger

Mou ntains . - 2 . T he north east monsoon is low n but not 9 b i g,

too stron l . leant o e r th e ow s and thou ht of g y I v b , g the w ords of Sir William Jones

h en I w as at sea las Au us ha i s i n Au us W t g t (t t , g t

on m o a e to h s coun r Ind a w h ch h ad y v y g t i t y ( i ) , i I lon and arden l des red to s fo u nd one e en n g t y i vi it, I v i g, on n s ec n th e obser a on s of the da tha I ndi a la i p ti g v ti y, t y

efore u s Farria on o ur lef w h ls a reeze from Ara bi a b , t, i t b

blew n earl on ou r s ern . A s ua on so leas n in self y t it ti p i g it , and to m e so new co uld no t fa l to aw aken a ra n of , i t i reflections in a mi nd w hich had early been ac c ustomed to c on em la e w h del h th e e en ful h s or es and a ree t p t , it ig t, v t i t i g

le fi tions f h s Eas ern orld a e m i ab c o t i t W . It g v e ne x pressible pleasu re to find myself i n the midst of so noble an am h h ea re almos en c rc led b the as re ons o f p it t , t i y v t gi

As a w h ch h as e er een es eemed the nu rse of sc enc es i , i v b t i , the n en ress of del h ful and u seful ar s the sc en e of i v t ig t t ,

lor ous ac ons fer le i n the rodu c ons o f h uman en us g i ti , ti p ti g i , and infinitely diversified i n the forms of religion and

o ernmen i n the law s mann ers c us oms and lan ua es g v t, , , t , g g , ” as w ell as i n th e fea ures and co m lex on s of men t p i .

1 r . unter old me tha h 30. M . W H t t e ha d once

1 No Sir n w W. W. Hu ter, BOMBAY

tra elled to nd a in a essa er es steamer w th a v I i M g i , i

nu m er o f o un ren h r es ts who full o f the b y g F c p i , ,

h stor o f Xa er w ere o n o ut to l e a nd die in i y vi , g i g iv

the East n oard the same sh was the S an sh . O b ip p i

A r h sho of an la a n e les ast o f the Blou ram c bi p M i , cc i ic g

t e who s ent his t me ma nl in his de k- a n yp , p i i y c c bi

read n lz hen he d ot on f e o un i g Ba ac . W t ev i s o th y g

’ men w ere a l ttle too lou d the A r h sho s ha la n i , c bi p c p i ,

w ho was w orth of him and des r ed them to Mr. y , c ib “ ” un er as eas ants d ed in ink used to sa H t p ipp , y,

Sof l softl m rothers do not nterru t Mon t y, y, y b , i p

’ seigne u r s meditations He fu rther called my attention to the extremely unj us t odi u m w hich has attached itself to the name of

u erna th a most res e ta le d n t who can J gg , p c b ivi i y, ” ro u a ood hara er of three hu ndre ears p d ce g c ct d y . A nother of his s u bjects w as Goa in its firs t or

m l tar i ts se ond or e les as t al an d its th rd o r i i y, c cc i ic , i

o mmer al sta e c ci g .

1 We lande th s m rn n in om a — he 3 . d i o i g B b y at t

A ollo under where sa d fa rew ell as su osed p B ( I i , I pp 1 for e er to n d a in 1 8 —w h at e r es salut n v , I i 75 ) it b t i i g,

sh s mann n ards and all the usual eremon es . ip i g y , c i

1 No es o an India n oun Lon on 1 8 6 See t . f y g d , 7 1 0 NOTES FROM A DIARY 1 8 8 1

A t Parell where am now w r t n we are , I i i g, mos t hos ta l enterta ned b Sir ames Fer usson pi b y i y J g , w th w hom sa t lon in the ouse of o mmons i I g H C , and who was sent out by the late Go vernment j ust

fore it f ll in A r l 1 8 be e p i 80. — Here w e have divided i nto tw o detachments the lar er one o n forw ard to adras m w fe and g g i g M , y i I, w th tor a and so me of o ur sta ff rema n n at i Vic i , i i g

Parell.

Nov ember

re-saw at om a w th the o ernor some of 5 . I B b y i G v

the th n s saw in 1 8 and s ted for the rst i g I 74, vi i , fi

t m e his lla at ala ar o nt . i , vi M b P i

O n the I st there was a lar e d nner at Farell , g i , — follow ed by an evening party the gardens charm

in l llum nated and on the and w e w en t in so m e g y i i , ,

fou r or five ho rs to G unes h h nd near the attle u , K i , b

eld of rkee where there was a not less r ll ant fi Ki , b i i

f T he S rdars o f the e a n th red in estival. i D cc ga e some

for e to mee the son of the h stor an of the ahrattas c t i i M .

O n the rd s ted the otan al ardens at 3 , I vi i b ic g W Da oorie w th Mr. odrow w hom had seen in p i , I

1 8 and in the afternoon w e dro e ro und the nat e 75 , v iv 1 8 8 1 R A ICHORE 1 1

to wn d n n w th Sir ohn oss who ommands the , i i g i J R , c

oona s on A the s a o n w e were met b the P Divi i . t t ti y

ra lwa a rr a es w h h elon to me as Go ernor of i y c i g , ic b g v

ad s M ra .

We rea kfasted esterda th o em er at b y y, 4 N v b ,

Shaha ad when e to Raichore w e w ere a o m an ed b , c cc p i

’ b a son o f Sir T em le s wh is ol t ca l Ass stan y R . p , o P i i i t

to the es den at dera ad and told me a oo d deal R i t Hy b , g

’ a o ut the tan led olit s of the zam s dom n ons b g p ic Ni i i .

A t Ra ichore on the adras front e r w e w ere met , M i ,

a or enne er ert l ar Se reta r to Mr. by M j K y H b , Mi it y c y

Hu dleston w ho has een A t n Go ernor s n e , b c i g v i c

’ Adam s death o lonel Sha w Stew art an d o hers , C , t . A t Adoni w e w ere engarlan ded w ith jasmine by a

de uta n fro m ha ow n ro m o ndakul native p tio t t t . F G o to T a tr w e w ere a o m a n ed r untl dpa i cc p i by M . H y

Gordon the olle tor o f ellar . , C c B y When I aw o ke this morning w e had passed

Arkona It had ra ned hea l hro u h the m . i vi y t g n h and the o un r looked del htfull reen ig t, c t y ig y g , as w e ran alo n amo n st r e - fields set w th the g g ic , i

l w ld date and the alm ra to Perambore w here i p y , ,

1 — T he pa lm which very proba bly suggested the common fan Barma n 1 2 NOTES FROM A DIARY 1 8 8 1 th re was a short halt for d s n That o era e res i g. p tion o er we a a n mo ed forw ard to the entral Sta on v , g i v C ti at adras in wh h most of the lea d n o fii cials w th M , ic i g , i

he r fam l es were assem led to meet us . T hen e t i i i , b c we drove to the Secreta riat an d as cended to the

o un l ham er where resented the o al C ci C b , I p R y

Warrant and too k my seat as Go vernor under the ” usual salute from the ram arts of ort Sa n eor e p F i t G g . T he colleagues w ith who m I thus beca me associated w ere the onoura le Hudleston and the H no r H b W. o u

le . arm hael ab D F. C ic .

efore lea n the oun l ham er not ed B vi g C ci C b , I ifi my having taken charge of the Govern ment of the

res den to the Se retar o f State the Go ernor o f P i cy c y , v the ren h Set lements in nd a the ahara ah of F c t I i , M j

T ra an o re the a ah of o h n and the a ah of v c , R j C c i , R j

udu cotta l kew se fo rmall a o n ed the mem ers P . I i i y pp i t b

1 er nal s ff of my p so ta .

1 a tain rose Awdr R o a En ineers E ecutive En ineer C p Amb y, y l g , x g , r a r s Pu ic or s e a rt ent Priva te ecretar and G a e M a S . d , d bl W k D p m , y “ ' ” Ma or eric Geor e S encer The Esse Re i en t Mi itar j Alm g p , x g m . l y “ Secretar Lieutenant eci ar es a ven is The Hi lan Li t y. C l Ch l C d h, gh d gh - - a Lieu enan r ur Henr L ou is Ba o Infantr i e de . t t t t y, A d C mp A h y g , ’ ” Prince ert s Li t Infantr So erse ts ire Re i ent i e-de Alb gh y ( m h g m ) , A d L i E vans - or n he Ma ras Sta ff a ieutenant i a . E G o of t C mp. W ll m d , d - - - M or s E tra i e de a . S ur eon Ma or o n Mac en zie D. C p , x A d C mp g j J h k , . , 1 8 8 1 MADRAS 1 3

We then drove to Governmen t Ho use and too k

o s s o p s es i n .

It w ould be out o f the q uestion to include in thi s

ar an a o unt o f m o fli cial w o rk here T here Di y y cc y . w ll be am le mater als o f a d fferent k nd a a la le i p i , i i , v i b

for an on e w ho ares to nterest h mself a ou t it y c i i b . I s hall accordi ngly record on ly the same sort of thin gs wh h re orded in EurO e nsert n here and there ic I c p , i i g ,

erha s a s eech or an o fli cial a e r bu t er s a ri n l p p , p p p , v y p g y .

6 . ro e alon the ea h w th a ta n a end sh D v g b c i C p i C v i , in the olden e en n and ass n thro u h reat g v i g, , p i g g g

lantat ons of ocoa nu t rea hed the athedral p i c , c C , where w e a ended ser e tt vic .

. Exam ned the har our a om an ed b all the 7 i b , cc p i y

ffi als h n rn d h h w o rk o ci c ie fly co ce e w it t e s .

rand s sen do wn arran ement etween the B i , t by g b

ero and m self a out o ur orest a ffa rs ame to Vic y y b F i , c talk th m o er e v . 1 rs ame a ross etri h rand s whom here I fi t c c Di c B i , I met under r umstan es so d fferent when we w ere , ci c c i ,

Hi ro her l n on the h ne in 1 86 . s t ohn ivi g R i 5 b , J

r Me ica e art ent Sur eon . Sir ar Bahadoor O osm an K an A my d l D p m , g d h , - - - Su a ar Ma or Secon e of the Bo Guar Native i e de a . b d j , d d , dy d, A d C mp 1 Sir ietric Bran is D h d , 1 S g as . 4. NOTE FROM A DIARY

rand s who m at that t me kne w e er was B i , , i , I b tt ,

r a te Se retar to the ueen of russ a now the P iv c y Q P i ,

Em ress A u usta and d ed earl His father w as the p g , i y.

w ell-kno wn ro fessor at onn an d the sa me who P B , ,

o n e s eak n to me of use sa d er w tt l He c p i g P y, i v y i i y, ” 1 is Ehrenka tholik. l He d a levee peo ple .

rst o un l 9 . Mv fi C ci .

1 In the afternoon m w fe held a re e on 0 . y i c pti

s eo le ome p p .

1 A lone is ra n . own to the er w th 2 . cyc gi g D pi i

the aster Attendant w here the sea was run n n M , i g

fr h f l h h O ur oor har o ur is err l ig t ul y ig . p b t ib y

dama ed the T tan ran es swe t awa and some g , i c p y, l l ives os t .

1 e e ed the lead n uhammadans and made 9 . R c iv i g M , in re l to the r address m rst s ee h in adras p y i , y fi p c M .

rom the morn n of th o em er when F i g 7 N v b , I

e an m wo rk t ll tw o da s after hr s tmas w e b g y , i y C i , rema ned in adras ex e t on 22nd o em e r i M , c p N v b , when w e dro e to Gu n d the ountr house of v i y, c y

the o ernor to e a all and sle t there. G v , giv b , p

da o mmen ed a out s ix and ended soon My y c c b ,

I t is ia r for 1 86 S ee h D y 5 .

1 6 NOT ES FROM A DIARY 1 8 8 1

tro ical lants which had p p , [u s ed fbr me o u t o f the

- - 2 . had to da a letter fro m the Ex G ui kw a r 3 I y ,

w ho is a oliti cal ri sone r here in whi h the follo w p p , c “ ing paesage ooc urred ° If a mary harassed by thc

hea t of the sun oes un der a man o tree tho u h it , g g , g

is immova ble it ives him shade to sit under and b , g , y blo win g a gentle breeze and by gi vi ng him its fru its

to eat bri n s relief to his min d. , g

“ l h le as for o urs elf o u are a kal tree and W i , y , y p , ,

therefore am c on den t that ou w ill ran t m , I fi y g y

eti ti on and i e me the leas ure of a is t. p , g v p v i

M w fe an d went th s afternoon to th 25 . y i I i e

on ent of the resenta tion w here w e w ere re cei ed C v P , v

- b the ar General Dr. ol an and the S sters all y Vic , C g , i ,

o f w ho m are Irish .

Sir reder k o erts w ho has een a ointed 2 7 . F ic R b , b pp

ommander - in - hief o f the adras Arm lande d C C M y,

th s afternoon and am e to sta w th us alon w th i , c y i , g i

and his fam l In their u La dy Ro berts i y . s ite are

lonel Pret ma n an d a ta n ham erlain a ne hew Co y C p i C b , p

’ lle s of Sir Nevi .

th Sir . o erts to the fort efore rea k 29 . Wi F R b b b

t olo ica tree the i ver of all ood ifts and fulfiller of is es . A my h g l , g g g w h 1 8 8 1 T HE HELIOG RA PH 1 7

k fast ns e t n atter es arra s and so fo rth. , i p c i g b i , b c , I ne er efore w as in a owder ma az ne mater all v b p g i , i y not m orall s eak n and the re au t o ns w h h y p i g, p c i ic sold ers take in en er n o ne w ere new to me —the i t i g , remo al of s urs the la n as de of sw ords the l s v p , yi g i , i t

sl ers and so for h. ipp , t

Amon st others w e met a or e ser olonel g , M j K y . C

Pret m an sa d to me T he last t me met that y i , i I

an har It he h o fficer w as at C da . was w o saw tw enty six m les o ff the as h of o ur el o ra h as we were i fl H i g p ,

‘ h n fr m a ul Wh ma rc i ng dow o C b . o are you ? he

W l an d s nalled. e re ed asked the new s . In ig p i ,

a quarter of an hou r w e had all the information we ” r red a o u the la e and the arr son equ i b t p c g i . W 0 . e a e a all in the an ue n all 3 g v B B q ti g H ,

w h h when l hted is reall a er ma n e nt ic , ig , y v y g ific

ham r and m os t fes tive c be .

Dca mber

6 . s ent an ho ur at the ser ator see n for I p Ob v y, i g,

the rs t me the n s of Saturn . saw too fi t i , Ri g I , ,

e tune w h h e en hro u h a owerfu l eles o e N p , ic , v t g p t c p ,

looked er small. It is how e er one hundred and v y , v ,

six t mes er han our earth i bigg t .

VO L . I 1 8 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 1

. Dr. ol an bro u ht Monsei neu r Lao u enan 7 C g g g ,

the ar A os to li o f Pondi her to bra kfas t. In Vic p c c y, the course of onversa ti on as ked hi m w here he had c , I

stu d ed and his answ er led to so me talk abou t enan . i , R

’ ”

C étai t mon ondisci le he remarked. Did ou c p , y ” “ o with him as ked to Saint colas du har g , I , Ni C “ ” “ donn et No he sa d was w th him w hen , i , I i

Dupanloup ma de his tour to loo k for pro mising

‘ ’ su ets and l ke him was as ked to o to Par s bu t j , i g i ;

I had not then determined to adopt the eccles ias tieal

- l fe and decl ned . te met enan how e er a ain i , i I R , v , g at Sai nt Sul e and was w th him there till he pic , i ” ed hi ews chan g s vi . It was o nly by the las t mail tha t I rec eived from

Renan the se venth an d las t volum e of his Or igi rm

He s nt m da Chr istia nisme. e e ea ch as it a me o ut c , and I suppose I was the only Engli shman who saw

f f the rs olume the proo s o fi t v . I do not know that I have any w here no ted a

. curious story w hich was told w hen it was creat

andal It was sa d that the ler ing su ch a sc . i c gy of

enoa des rous of de re at n the w rath o f hea en G , i p c i g v

l a t on ha d de e a n a ount of its u re d triduo. o cc p b ic i , c

T he easants flo ked in from all the countr roun d p c y , S A 1 1 8 8 1 . REN N 9

fo r sa d he is not the triduo di S . R ena n , i t y, it

T he mistake w as not altoge ther u nna t ural there

reall w as a S. Renan w ho is the same ersona e y , p g

’ ures i n the name of Sir alter S ott s no el who fig W c v , ’ W ll S t. R ona n : e .

Bu t to re urn to m u est we talked a l tle more t y g , it , and it turned out not only that he had been the tutor o f

’ ademo selle Gra er ll er s se ond w fe bu t that M i vi , O ivi c i , he ha d seen her w hen he was in E urope to a ttend the

a an o u n l the er da after the fall of the V tic C ci , v y y

ll er n str w hen she sa d Ah onse neur O ivi Mi i y, i , , M ig , if w e had only ta ken yo ur advice las t year ! his ad e ha n een tha ll er ha n had the reat vic vi g b t O ivi , vi g g su ess of the l s te sho uld sl fo r a m e out o f cc P ébi ci , ip ti the Go ern men — a d e ood no do u t but l ke v t, vic g , b , , i

man o her e es o f oo d ad e m l t f oss e o ollow . y t pi c g vic , i p ib

’ T hese ur o us l n ks w th one s as turn n u in c i i i p t, i g p

h s on ersat on at the end of the w orld n eres ted t i c v i , i t m er mu h e v y c .

8 . Mr. Steavenson the onorar Se retar of h , H y c y t e

A r - or ul ural So et told me th s morn n that g i H tic t ci y, , i i g, a n ayah m ight be heard addressin g her charge as “ ” “ ” “ ” M a a M reen arro M Teeoma sta rts y R j , y g p t, y , us n o f o rse th T m l me so reat i g, c u , e a i na ; g has been a o NOT ES FRO M A DIARY 1 8 8 1

the im ression which that tree of the new wo d n p d , ow

common all over India hz made on the o u lar mind , p p .

20 . wife c om lai nin of the vario us n My , p g oises of

an In dian mornin and referrin to the Xanthola ema l g, g , “ d T hen there is that bird , ; I am sure the so ul o f

Alexa nder the Co ers mith has n ssed into hi m and I pp l , am mu ch afraid the Lord will u t re wa rd him accordin g ” to his works !

We gave at night the us ual State Ball in hono ur o f

Madras in Ma on the hills — in December on the , y

We ke t u the ood ustom o f havin a 2 5 . p p g c g

hris tmas tree but o ur hris tmas tree instead of C , C ,

ei n the in e o f the orth was the Ma rr a a exotica b g p N , y sent in fro m Gu indy .

n the E n lish mail w e trans 2 . After des at h 7 p c i g g ,

ferred o ursel es to G u nd thus closin the rst v i y, g fi

ur a adras scene of o life t M .

1 A shar earth ua ke. ke the on e we ex eri 3 . p q Li p enced at Castella mare in 1 875 it follow ed violent and

- long co ntinued ra ins.

s co loured li r ic is ver common makes an This gorgeou ly d, wh h y , - o ers t at his o rk ncessant din like a c pp mi h w . 7a m¢a ry

’ SHORT LY before 5 o clock on the afternoon of the

th started from u nd for a short ex urs on acco m 4 , I G i y c i ,

anie t A s p d by Captain Awdry and Capta in Bago .

’ w e assed Mr rr s sho he showed us a er lar e p . O p, v y g

rou h d amond wh h was la el found in the ellar g i , ic t y B y 1 str t and w h h he is sen d n to E n land. Di ic , ic i g g

T hese T ours of ns e on as the are alled ha e a I p cti , y c , v

u l hara ter ollea ues a ord n l and the p b ic c c . My c g , cc i g y,

leading personages of Madras came to the station to see

me o ff and our art was re n for ed as we ro eeded , p y i c , p c ,

b m an o ffi als y y ci .

Af er m return to Gu nd on the 2 l st re orded t y i y, , I c a lon m n ute not n here n the h ef matters of g i , ici g t i c i pu blic interest that presen ted themselves during a

1 Since cut successfu and o in a oo osition amon st ia on s lly, h ld g g d p g d m d un er the na e of the Gor-do-norr d m . 2 2 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 2 j o urney w hich carried us a cross the Nilgiris an d do w n the O u chterlony Valley into the gold district of the

W naa d w hen e as s n e ala an d V theri w e y , c , p i g by D v y , des ended the T ambracheri Ghau t and rossed alabar c , c M

to al ut. ro m al ut w e d er ed to the C ic F C ic , iv g

la m ur T ea k lantat ons and then returned to Ni b p i ,

adras a o M m Beyp re. Faithful to my plan of saying little o f my public life in th s ar do not nsert e th er the m n u te or an i Di y, I i i i y o f the speeches (ten I think) which I delivered on

tour .

su o n ho we er a few ar ulars wh h did not I bj i , v , p tic ic

find a natural la e i n an fi ial d u e p c o c oc m nt.

The sta rlight on the night o f the 9 th at Neduvatam

en han n ardl less rema rka le the e was c ti g. H y b was vi w

r the reat f r s from edu In the earl ove g o es t N vatam . y morn n o f the 1 1 th these w ere o ered b a s ratu m i g , c v y t of lo u ds so me hundred fee dee the u er s u rfa e o f c , t p, pp c

h h loo ke d l ke a as t eld of hu mm o k i e w ic i v fi c y c .

A d nam e salute w h h was red o u t of am oos y it , ic fi b b , in m honou r at e ala was a new ex er en e an d so y , D v , p i c , w as a r de at Peno rah u on a on w h h had made i , , p p y ic the mar h fro m a u l to andahar to sa no h n o f c C b C , y t i g the man os een wh h ate at B urliar o r the un le g t ic I , j g

S M D A 1 8 8 2 2 4. NOTE FRO A I RY

here w as no remarka le a earance —ne her sw elli n t b pp , it g, nor us ule nor n amma on The a n ra dl s read p t , i fl ti . p i pi y p

alon the arm as far as the arm . w as hen se zed g , pit I t i w ith frequen t sneezing and w ith a c0pious ru nni ng at th e

nose as i f had cau h a olen cold i n the head . A o u , I g t vi t b t noon I e xperienc ed a pai nful c ontrac tion of the bac k o f

the aw s w h ch made me fear an a ac k of e anus . j , i tt t t I

hen w en to bed ho n ha re os e w ould alle a e m t t , pi g t t p vi t y

' sufleri n but did not a a e on the con rar con nued g, it b t t y, it ti

nearl the w hole of the follow n n h but los the y i g ig t, I t

on rac t on of the aw s h e n The c t i j about seven i n t e ev ni g.

nex morn n the a n e an to lea e me and fell aslee . t i g p i b g v , I p

' I continued to sufler for tw o days and the pai n returned

in full forc e when u t m hand n o w a r did n ot I p y i t te . I ” finall lose for n ne da s A s m lar c rc ums ance y it i y . i i i t

occ urred w h rec sel the same s m oms to a w orkman , it p i y y pt ,

i n the C alc u a G arden . h s man desc r ed the sensa on tt T i ib ti ,

w hen w a er w as a l ed to the s un ar to be as i f t pp i t g p t, ’ n oil w as oured o er him boili g p v .

In c u n oundar l nes ex lor n fores s o an s n tti g b y i , p i g t , b t i i g,

etc . ha e een er of en s un b h s lan oth on , I v b v y t t g y t i p t b

' he hands and face but ne er fo und the eflects so olen t , v vi t

descr ed b Leschenaul he are how e er bad as ib y t ; t y , v ,

u h the a n e n fel more or less for se eral da s eno g , p i b i g t v y ,

e n n ens fi d b f w a er and alw ays b i g i t i e y the appli cation o t .

W s the s n of en r n s on fe er and the lan ith native ti g t b i g v , p t i s know n to coffee-planters as the Fever Nettle and the Devil ” Mac osa N In e lon i s called . ettle. C y it 1 8 8 2 THE WA LLIA R TIG ER 2 5

O f animals I saw few ; but amongst them was a charming company o f black monkeys at the top of the

T a mbracheri Ghaut .

1 I was much amused w ith a sto ry which was told me a t Walliar and w h h sen t home to Arthur ussell , ic I R , fo r the r kf u T he au hor of the B ea ast Cl b . t ities Ma dras Ra ilway received one day the following tele

ra m from that remote stat on w h ch is s m three g i , i o e h u ndred miles from the capital T iger ju mping

' a ou t u on the latform . Sta fl mu h alarmed b p p c . ” Please arrange l Nothing could exceed the friendliness of o ur numero us hosts in h W naa d an d else her rea t t e y w e . G lun heons w ere onl too n umerous for one who l ke c y , i

m self w as o l ed to be a mere s e tator. y , b ig p c Returned to Guin dy I fell back into the same life w hich I ha d been lea ding s ince I too k charge of the

Go ernmen ex e t tha ha n rett well o t v t, c p t vi g p y g “ ” hro u h m nst tut ons had the hours etween t g y i i i , I b su nr se and reakfast more to m self Mr oll n s i b y . . H i g w orth the Go ernment o use A o he a r an ex ellent , v H p t c y, c

o an s was as for the week or tw o efore started b t i t, , b I , mu h th me in he earl mor n s c w i t y ni g .

1 Since often r ea e in various for s ep t d m . 2 6 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 2

T he dras a e urse is lose to the ates 24 . Ma R c co c g o f Gu nd and it is the ustom for the G o ernor to i y, c v

- e a r ze . T he ra e for m ne too k la e to da giv p i c i p c y,

w a h d al t and was on by orse ca lle P mers on .

We had a all a t n ht and the ardens w ere b ig , g l hted u a ta n Aw dr sa d to me w hen was ig p. C p i y i I at Parell on the e en n o f the 1 st o em er las t , v i g N v b , “ W ” e can do etter at u nd . A nd it is true b G i y , the la e is ad ra l tted for fetes p c mi b y fi .

1 T he Mahara ah of T ra an ore the a lest 3 . j v c , b as w ell as the most m o rtant of So uth nd an r n es i p I i P i c ,

n n came to see me this after oo .

Febr ua ry

’ 1 returned the a hara ah s s t. He was lod ed . I M j vi i g in a house o os te the a thedral and the h mes pp i C , c i “ played Jerusalem the Golden all the tim e I w as

h re As he w as dressed fro m head to foo in lo h o f t e . t c t

old the h mn had a erta n lud rous a ro r a eness . g , y c i ic pp p i t

- - 2 . axter arr es w th a son dau hter in la w and B iv , i , g , da u hter We had asked so me of the r n al g . p i cip

E uropeans o f Madras to meet them and the Maharaj ah

t d nner an na es o ned the ar in the a i . M y tiv j i p ty eveni ng. 1 8 W 2 8 2 . BA X . E TER 7

. told me hat a ro os of m a rona e o f 3 t , p p y p t g the ra es he had sa d to his w fe who is a t to take c , i i , p th n s l terall ell w ho would ha e el eved hat i g i y, W , v b i t ” Gran t D u ff w o uld have become a ra cing man ! “ ” “ ” Who n deed she re l ed and at his a e too ! , i , p i , g

h lle s rts at the 4 . Wit Baxter to see the Arti ry po

o nt h d a ra le . ax er M u . T e riving was very dmi b B t “ sa d If an one a ear a o had ro hes ed that ou i , y y g p p i y an d w o u ld be here o e her on th e ruar I t g t , 4 F b y

1 88 2 shou ld w e not ha e een sur r sed , v b p i — . The ax ers left us T he r s the rst we 5 B t . i vi it fi ha e had from an o f our En l s h fr ends— has e n v y g i i b e ,

o f o u rse a rea e en . c , g t v t

res ded to-da for the rst t me in the p i y, fi i ,

e slat e as d st n u shed from the Exe ut e L gi iv , i i g i c iv ,

oun l an d we assed inter a lia the Sal ll w h h C ci , p , , t Bi , ic has formed a su bj ect of discussion here and at the

f r n o hs India Office o ma y m n t .

1 . Mr . urdon larke of So u h ens n on 3 P C , t K i gt , sent ou t to bu nd an m an ufa u res and n ro du ed y I i ct , i t c

’ b the o rd res dent lea es Gu nd af er a week s y L P i , v i y t

s t He has tra lled h in e s a a ll i vi i . ve m uc P r i s we as n

h s o untr and is a m ne of nforma on a o ut t i c y, i i ti b

A s a Ar s . ha e le rn a r a deal fro hi i tic t I v a t g e t m m . 2 8 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 2

1 . u n a ha rlu r me nis e r o f so re 4 R g C , P i Mi t My , came to s e m tho u h he a h e e . I g t t dvice e told me he had en to his o u n mas ter ve r ud ious Be giv y g y j ic , ” ca ut ous he sa d how ou anno un e rematurel i , i , y c p y

o u ew s about u bl affai a t till o u se y r vi p ic rs . W i y e

w hat turn th n s ta ke . If the o w ron it is alwa s i g y g g, y ” so easy to hang one o f m !

Ma rd :

2 . ha e been s end n mos o f m morn n s o f I v p i g t y i g , la e in the ardens mark n the r n al trees and t , g , i g p i cip

shru s w h metal la els . T he tem erature t ll ets b it b p , i it g

’ towards 8 o lo k is s ll del h ful. c c , ti ig t

T o en u mera te even the most conspicuo us pla nts o f the ardens w o uld be o ut o f the uest on but g q i ; , amon st those wh h e me most leas ure at resent g ic giv p , p in ow er are Bea u m a ria erdonia na a e a emontia fl , ff , ff q viola cea Thrmber ia ra nd ora Thunber ia Ha r ri rii , g g ifl , g ,

Combretum dem orum Guetta rda s eci osa T o name ifl , p .

hese how e er is almos t a re e t o n u on o thers t , v , fl c i p

w h h are e uall del htful. T he rand Bea umontia ic q y ig g ,

howe er well deser es the foremos la e . a ears v , v t p c It pp on the rea kfas a le e er morn n and has done so b t t b v y i g,

for weeks . 1 8 8 2 COIMBA TORE A ND SA LEM 2 9

O the rd left G u nd w th a ta n Awdr n 3 I i y i C p i y,

a o r S en er and a ta n a end sh for o m atore M j p c , C p i C v i C i b , fro m wh h ran u to see m w fe and make ar o us ic I p y i , v i

’ arran ements at ota am und s n S m s ark w th g O c , vi iti g i P i

Dr ran d s and Mr. am eso n on m w a a k to . B i J i y y b c

he la ns n the e en n of the 1 th rea hed t p i . O v i g 3 I c

Salem retu rn n to adras on the morn n of the , i g M i g

1 6th .

I recorded a short minute on the public aspects of

o u r afte o a k t u nd In the ourse my t r I g t b c o G i y . c

o f it del ered hree s ee hes —o ne at o m atore I iv t p c , C i b ,

one at erur and one at Salem . P ,

New s o f the birth of another da u ghter reached me

as was res d n in o un l at ort Sa n Geor e a I p i i g C ci F i t g ,

h af er ha d re u rned to ad few o urs t I t M ras .

1 ns e ed the o lunteers and del ered a s ee h 8 . I p ct V iv p c

fro m the a k of Antar m w h te Ara . b c , y i b

res ded in on o at on as han ellor o f he 23 . P i C v c i C c t

Un ers and adm ted the and da es to he r iv ity, it c i t t i

rees deg .

1 A oo d man enomous snakes w ere k lled at 3 . g y v i

G u n d h s s r n mos of hem wh le w e er i y t i p i g, t t i w e

remo n an old a loe hed e wh h was un o mfor a l vi g g , ic c t b y

e th ho use T l s n ar e . he i t given to me contai ned tw o 30 NOTES FROM A DIAR Y 1 8 8 2

’ o bras five ussell s vi ers Da boia ele a m one ra c , R p ( g ), K it

- Mauri e01a and no less than ei ht cara w alas H rra le , g ( yp mM)

. see b the boo ks that s n e o u r 3 I y , i c arr al a t adras w e ha e ha d 6 uests at d nner iv M , v 74 g i , no t n lud n eo le sta i n in the ho use no r our ow n i c i g p p y g ,

art nor eo le w ho dined w th m e w h le was on p y, p p i i I

to ur .

’ . left adras esterda at o lock a s ec al 4 I M y y, 4 c , by p i tra n ta kin w th m e m collm ues and ar ous i , g i y g v i o fi c ials in add t on to those of m sta ff w ho ha d , i i y ,

T ra been w ith me at G uindy. velling thro ugh the n ight w e reached Mett upalai yam a bout six and O otaca

mun d s oon after eleven.

T he Euro ean a l r n s a le er from Arth 7 . p M i b i g tt u r

ussell in w h h s ea kin o f the u m o raze he R , ic , p g J b c , “ sa s The r tish u l has ha d a fit of mo ral y , B i p b ic

as s elephan ti i .

8 de Antar w h a or S en er to the to of . Ri it M j p c p

odabetta 8 60 fee a o e the le el o f the sea and D , 7 t b v v , w w T e view is ano ram c and er no le alk do n. h p i v y b .

NOTES FROM A DIA RY

rs odfre lerk told m e M a t di nner tha t M . G y C y when she w as in ondon las t ear so me on e said in L y , her resence It is stra n e that Bra dh u h altho u h p , g g , g he s eaks w ell sho uld never be able to ma na e the p , g

letter Sir . Hallida w ho was si ti n b F y, t g y, re marked T he reason is o bvio us w e kno w that ,

T w as w hi s ered i n ea ven p H , ” w l ’ T as muttered in He l .

” Bradla u h w ill have no thin to sa to ei ther and g g y .

1 Sir . o berts shows us before o un il the 2 . F R C c new un iforms w hich he is abo u t to pro pose to us fo r the Madras Army . 1 ail arrives M s ster w r T he E uropean M . y i ites fro m eima r i in a ver nteres n a o un t o f W , g v g y i ti g cc

erformance o f aus t at the theatre there o n the the p F ,

’ r o oé the s death h fiftieth ann iversa y f G . S e sends m e

a oem o f his wr tten in the Al um o f a fr e n d also p , i b i ,

l efore the end and till no w u n u l shed short y b , p b i

’ ' n e hab ich mic h estraubt La g g ,

’ Endlich geb ich nach Wen n der alte Mensch zersti ubt

d r neue wach Wi rd e .

' M ri n e ist Grant Du fl a a n Obr . x 8 : A 8 MRS . CR VEN 3 3

Und so lang du das nic ht hast

D eses S r u nd erde i ti b W , Bist du n ur ei n mfid er G ast

Auf der du n klen Erde .

r S anle elson ends an a m us n r ddle M s . t y N s i g i

“ A w ord of ele en le ers The first si x G ladstone v tt .

lo es the res he ha es . The w hole sa d slow l he wo uld v , t t i y

l ke do The w hole sa d u c kl is w here he o u h to i to . i q i y g t ” — - - bC EFO R A TO RY . . R M

su pplies the an tido te to this in a letter to

m w fe . She ment ons ha ad Sl o e om n y i i t t L y ig , b c i g

m a t ent w h a o mmon fr end sa d to him the o ther i p i it c i , i

da eall th n k o u see no d fferen e e w een y, R y, I i , y i c b t ” ” Gladstone and the o e . Oh es w as his re l P p , y , p y, “ ’ a grea t difference ; I don t thin k tha t the Pope is

nfall le i ib .

Mrs . ra en w r es fro m ar s w th referen e to a C v it P i , i c

lette r w h h had sent her fro m Gu nd in memor ic I i y, y o f 9 th February

How strange it is that yo u should remember so faith

full ha da w hose memor is ke u b m s elf alone y t t y, y pt p y y in the c oun try w here so many might rem ember th e time

hese da es refer to . E er h n tha w as en erous t t v yt i g t g ,

lo n e en c heerful seems to d sa ear from the ren c h vi g, v , i pp F

VO L . I D 1 8 3, mo r es FRO M A DIA RY 8 2.

di s os ti on and a t times I fee l wre ch edl alone—n ot as p i , , , t y all old w ome n mus t fro m the grad ua l disappearan c e o f all

' their c on em o ra ries bu t in a ui e difiere nt an d n ew t p , q t w a Mada m tho u older than . e Sw e tchin e h sh e was y , g I am w hen sh e d ed was to the las s urro unded b o u n er , i , t y y g fri ends w th w ho m she co u ld e n i re l s m ath se the , i t y y p i ,

f h h rs Bu t co lour o w hose t o ugh ts w as quite the sam e as e . that is us when the rea c ha n e has take n lac e and so j t g t g p , ” u nd ers a nd no bod and nobod unders a nds me . I t y , y t

have een ta kin exercise hi e r d n u I b g c fly by i i g p, and walk n dow n the h lls ehind the house diver i g i b , g in fro m tim e to t me to sea r h the s holas for g, i , c

lants and am ra du all ett n to kn ow som eth n p , g y g i g i g

il r r o f the N gi i flo a .

r l w h arr ed to-da le ft 2 8 . T he Eu o ean a h p M i , ic iv y,

ondon on Good r da in the m ddle o f the Eas ter L F i y, i

s It ro u h a ord n l but l ttle from m Reces . b g t cc i g y i y

fr ends there . enan how e e r sent from ar s his i R , v , P i

tra nslati on o f E les as tes the refa e to w h h is full cc i , p c ic

o f su est e remarks as for nstan e the follow n gg iv , , i c , i g

1 Ce ue Cohélet en e ffet es t en es sent ellement et q , , bi i

’ ar ex ellen e es t le u f m oderne . De lu i a enr p c c , c J i H i

’ ’ ’ ” e ne il n a u une orte a en tr o u r r. H i , y q p v i 1 8 8 2 A THEODOLITE 3 5

May

8 was u st s tart n to rea kfas w th ash r-u d . I j i g b t i B i

owla the rother-i n-law of the zam w ho is D , b Ni , sta n a t o ta amun d w he n a tele ram was rou ht yi g O c , g b g

me It on a ned the terr le new s of the m urder to . c t i ib o f reder k a end sh and o f o u rse altered all m F ic C v i , , c , y

m nts arrange e .

1 1 A t ended the ell n ton ra es and lun hed . t W i g c c

w th m sta ff w ho ha e a ret ea m near the i y , v p ty p

ou rse ld w eather w h thu nder ra n ha l and c . Wi , it , i , i ,

w ha no t cu t short the ro eed n s and w e dro e t , p c i g , v

a k i n a delu e a om an ed b the lar es t flashes b c g , cc p i y g

f htn n e er eheld T he four o lig i g I v b . horses never

r n hed shied no fli c .

1 T he En l sh a l omes . 2 . g i M i c

u o k m en t ons that a bo sen t from u L bb c i y, R gby

to a s hool w here more attent on was a d to s en e c i p i ci c , “ “ was as ked hat is a theodol te A hater of , W i ” od was the re l G , p y

ad ea w r tes tha t a ren h rl s eak n o f L y R y i F c gi , p i g ’ “ her hus and s u et wa of en o n a oke sa d 11 b q i y j yi g j , i , ” aux lats so ut éc .

- - I 8 . au d Shah the late ommander in e f o f D , C Chi 3 6 NOTES FROM A DIA RY r 8 8 1 the Af han Arm one o f the handsomest and m os g y, t

an men e er saw d ned w th us . In the gig tic I v , i i e e n n so meone show ed him a ture o f e a in v i g, pic M cc ,

r e t u m f i He as ked here a e n n e r o the Gra h c. c b p , W is the aa a ? A nd on its e n o n ed o ut to C b , b i g p i t

him l fted to his forehead and k ssed it . , i it i

’ We d d k r da ter 25 . i not eep the Queen s bi th y yes

’ da as it was the ann ersar of oo r A da m s dea th. y, iv y p

T o-n ight w e had an ofli cial dinner o f forty-five ( at w h h s oke and a all a fter it ic I p ) b .

T he En l sh a l o mes A orres o nden t tells g i M i c . c p me that the Prince o f Wales introduced Cham berlain “ t r ham er the o ther day o a foreign Royalty as M . C b ” “ ” la n the mem er for rm n ham . rkenhea d i , b Bi i g Bi ,

sa d the otentate vos there ven vos on . i p , I I y g

’ It is a dirty ole

ur new da u hter orn 1 6th ar h w as 2 . O g , b M c ,

- er a b sho ell to da y christened Iseult Fred ic y Bi p G .

H odmothers are Mrs . Gre the o m an on o f so er g g, c p i

of ur o urne s asso ated too w th ou r s t many o j y , ci , , i vi i l r ttan the mee n - la e o f the Iseults and to B i y, ti g p c ,

1 ’ Ma rno s Tr istrm and Iseult. See t. A ld r 8 8 2 THE MONSOON BURSTS 37

ad almes u r the oun est dau hter of m old L y M b y, y g g y f e o n am lt n Her odfather i ir reder k ri nd J h H i o . g s S F ic

o erts R b .

T he monsoon is fa rl u on us a tai n a o 5 . i y p . C p B g t an d w ere r d n on t e slo es of Dodabetta in I i i g h p , w eather w hich reca lled Skye during the au tu m n ra ns w hen w e w ere o ertaken b Sir reder k i , v y F ic

o er s w ho n rodu ed to me his new A de-de- am R b t , i t c i C p

a a n am lton a er nterest n letter b w hom C pt i H i , v y i i g y , des r n the d saster at a u a ll he len t me the c ibi g i M j b Hi , o ther da y .

T he En l sh a l arr es . rs . sho tells 9 . g i M i iv M Bi p

’ m e tha t Milla is pictu re of Cardi nal New m an is of his red s lk and his fa ue no t o f his athos and i tig , p

u l n r s bt ety a d English g it.

2 8 . T he Goe he Almana k w h h Geo r e unsen t c , ic g B sen t me and w h h alw a s stands on m ta le uotes , ic y y b , q for to—da the as sa e of aus in w h h o urs the y p g F t, ic cc l ne Weh dir dass du ein En kel st It rem nds i , bi i me of the letter o f the Du ke of Bedford to A rthu r

u ssell anno un n the rth of his rst bo Weh R , ci g bi fi y dir dass du ein Onkel st , bi Lady Reay mentions that w hen the Prince of Salm

Salm was tra ell n in the Un ted States so me one v i g i , 3 8 NOTES FROM A DIA RY we: asked w here he a me fro m O h from S n -S n c , i g i g, w as the answer

ohn orle w r t n to m e of the au hor of J M y, i i g t

In lera nt s eaks er ha l of his melo d o us an g , p v y ppi y i d ” o m os d k nd f l h c p e i o Eng is .

7 14?

r d a 2 . I eceive this mo rni ng cipher telegra m fro m the ero warn n me that w e m ht ha e to send Vic y, i g ig v troo s o E saw a ord n l the p t gypt. I cc i g y Co mmander in- h ef as w ell as the l tar Se retar and tele C i , Mi i y c y, graphed to alter the arrangements for my approaching to ur some ort ons o f w h h as or nall settled , p i ic , igi y , w o uld ha e taken me too far from the ra lwa v i y . Leaving O otaeam un d on the morning o f grd July w th se eral of m s ta ff s ted Erode hawan i v y , I vi i , B i,

T r h no ol nd ul T an ore ellum e llore ic i p y, Di ig , j , V , V ,

Chittore an e A r o t Walla ah et ellar , R ip t, c , j p , B y,

Ka mla ri r for the ru ns of Vi a na ur os et the p i j y g , H p ,

San dur alle Goot A nanta ur T ad utri udda ah V y, y, p , p , C p ,

on ee eram Arcon u m and o ther la es re tu rn n C j v , , p c , i g to m start n - o nt o n the a6th after a o urne o f y i g p i , j y m ore than 1 800 miles .

I received a variety o f a ddres ses an d made thi rteen

4 ° NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 2

The emotion o f the mo ment carrying him into exa erat on he w rote gg i ,

Th e so und of C ress n one shall ow n y , And Aginco urt w ill be u nknown

And Blenhe m be a nameless s o i p t, ” Lon ere th lor es ar for o g y g i e g t .

ro n read o r heard th s w hen he in turn s ed By i , , vi it

Mr rd n n m s . Go o o th or 6th Ma 1 8 1 6 and me 4 y , i dia tely added

’ I ll be d -d if he w ll Mr Sco t y i , . tt.

’ In the sa me olu m e in ron s ow n hand are the v , B y ,

primi pensieri fo r the great passage in Childe

H arold

’ S o for th read is on a n Em re s dus t p, y t pi t .

At the otto m of th s a e an art st Mr. Reina le b i p g i , g , sket hed an ea le tear n the ro und w h his talons c g i g g it , and it was o n seeing o r hearing o f this tha t By ro n altered the line

hen ore w h lood bea k th e fa al la n T t it b y t p i , w h h he rst w rote n o ic fi , i t

hen ore w h lood alon the ren la n T t it b y t t p i . 1 8 2 MR U G 8 . H NTLY ORDON

A ear o r two later am e in the same ook y c , b ,

he au to ra hs o f ordsw orth and oler d e T he t g p W C i g . former copied his o w n exquisite lines on Lucy ; the

la ter for et w ha t . t , I g

ron e dentl looked throu h h s al um for By vi y g t i b , O pposite the epitaph beginning

Ere si n c ou ld bl h or sorrow fade ig t , a r u ed b the o s to a nother hand he had tt ib t y c pyi t , w ritten ’ ” NO hese l nes are C oler d e s , t i i g .

O n ano her a e there w as an e a h o f the om t p g pit p , c ic k n d w h h w as new to me i , ic

e ders a roach bu t not w h our ha s o n R a , pp , it y t ,

For u der h s s on l s erred B l son n t i t e i e i nt ai ie Wat .

In the au tograph book w ere a note fro m Mi rabeau to o u n t amarc k a le ter fro m rk a tr k Shar e C L , t Ki p ic p to Si r al er re o n in the f w h h som e one W t , j ici g gi t ic ha d m ade to him of five hai rs of Kin g Charles of

lessed memo r — fo ur ra and one row n —and b y, g y b ,

’ calling a tten tion to that m onarch s ow n lines a bou t ” his ra d s row ned head as throw n some do u g y i c , i g bt

o n erta n ha r show n as his . ere too is the o r nal c i i H , , igi 4 : NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 :

’ version o f Bon nie Dun dee in Sir Walter s ow n

d n he r nte d e s o n here are man s mall han . I t p i v r i t y

orre t ons -all th nk m ro ements — suc h as in c c i , I i i p v , “ ” l ne d fo r shall fall i 2 go ow n .

In a letter fro m Ben tham to Ellice the O ld ” ear w h w ho m lon sat in arl a ment as did B it I g P i , I

w h his son no w also dead o u rs the follow n it , ) cc i g

passage abo u t Co bbett A more odio us co mpo und

of sel shnes s mal n ns n er and men da fi , ig ity, i i c ity, city never presented itself to my me mory or my imagina ” n tio .

T he le er is a remarka le one an d should erta nl tt b , c i y

be r n ed if has not ee n as throw n a ood deal p i t , it b , i g g

’ o f l ht u on en ham s hara ter an d hat l h a ig p B t c c , t ig t

fa oura le o ne for it is an a eal to the Go ern ment v b , pp v

i o ett n fa vour f Cobb . Have I any w here noted that I on ce hea rd B ear “ Ell e sa hen w as o un and wanted to o ic y, W I y g g

fro m ondon to Ed n ur h ordered a ost-c ha se L i b g , I p i

1 in m o ke No u t in m and put 00 y p c t . w I p 5 y

o ke and here is a o ut as m u h of hat s u m lef at p c t, t b c t t

the en d of m o urne as there used to be o f the y j y, ” o ther.

In one o f these boo ks I lit u pon the cu rious I talian 1 8 8 2 PERILS OF DEA FNESS sa n allu ded to in th s ar for anuar 1 8 6 in yi g, i Di y J y 7 , a S an sh dress and transferred to the er od o f p i , p i

erd nand w hen the ho e of so man S an s h F i VII ., p y p i Liberals w as in England

1 Paz con n la erra I g t , C on todo el mondo guerra

2 In a letter w h h a me b the las t En l sh 5 . , ic c y g i

Ma l bu t w h h onl rea hed me to -da find the i , ic y c y, I follow ing

Sc ene an e en n ar i n London , v i g p ty .

‘ ’ Lord S Are you going on to House ? ’ Lad No am o n to m bed y , I g i g y . “ Lord 8 w ho is er deaf h en w e shall mee v y , T t agai n very soon

A mon st other th n s at on ee eram w ent to g i g C j v , I

see a l ttle a n tem le left un n shed as it w o uld i J i p , fi i ,

seem b the or nal u lders an d ado ted later to , y igi b i , p

the hivite rsh Now is a andoned all it S w o ip. it b by s

w o rs h ers but on its front s a n ds the ensus n u mber ipp , t c

1 I have to than k Lord Colchester for ca lling my attention to a ’ a ssa e in L or Stanh O e s Histor the War Me S anisa Succession p g d p y qf qf p , from which it wou ld appear that these words were familiar in Spa in at the time of the Peace of Utrec t and ere su ose to a ve een S o en h , w pp d h b p k P i i II on his eat e by h l p . d hb d . 4 , NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 2

- — A e m lemat of the new order of th n s . 9 , b ic i g I s m led at the un ntent onal e ram i i i pig .

2 . Mr . ra ndt u d e at T r h no ol told me 9 B , J g ic i p y, this even ing that ma ny years ago he heard a barrister make a mos remarka le erora t on in address n a t b p i , i g

u r in the ourt of E x he uer. hannel! w ho j y C c q C ,

res ded sa d Eh w hat did he sa ? and the lerk p i , i , y C of the o u rt re l ed in a stentor an o e He sa d C p i , i v ic , i , ” m ord hat it was a flea - te in the Hocean ! y L , t bi

Les bea ux es r i t: re rencontrent m self heard as p . I y , I ha e ment oned on a re ous a e Sir Geo r e v i p vi p g , g

alfou r use the same hrase w ithout the H in the B p , ,

o use o f o m m n H C o s .

T he a l arr es and r n s a letter from the M i iv , b i g

om te de ar s to w ho m sent las t month so me C P i , I

’ i l r o rch ds . He w r es from hateau d E u a nd N gi i i it C , his view s o f Eu ropean politics are as far from cheerful as those o f most of my friends of all ranks and

o untr es c i .

A ugust — My Goethe Almanack says to day

“ Alles i n der el lass s c h er ra en W t t i t g ,

Nur n c h cine e h e von c hone a n i t R i s n T ge . I 8 8 2 A BA RE MA JORITY

I w onder if the poet wo u ld have w ritten tha t here

on the f r h da o f all but un n rru ed n o tiet y i te pt rai . It w as while I w as on this to ur tha t I received a

le tter fro m w ho m en tioned tha t at the time o f

’ P ri nce Leopold s marriage Lady and Gla ds tone fo und themselves toge ther lookin g dow n o n half the m os t beau tiful w o men in Lo ndon in the fulles t eveni ng “ ” dres s ha m W t a a gnificen t pagean t ! said Gla dstone .

Ah re l ed ad o n h s o as on a m not , p i L y t i cc i I

1 surprised at yo ur being in favo ur o f a bare m ajority

T he a l r n s a lon le er fro m Mr e s er M i b i g g tt . W b t , o f Ed eh ll w h h onta ns the follo w n hara ter g i , ic c i i g c c istic pas sage

You lease me b as k n f m books w as unable p y i g o y . I

to res s the Bec kford L brar —o u t of all s h th e mo s t i t i y, ig t uniforml fine of an lar e collec on e er saw al ke y y g ti I v , i i n puri ty and perfec tness of c ondition and i n admirable

f h nd n s w ould be wor h our w h le to beauty o t e bi i g . It t y i ge t sent you a copy of the priced catalogue : the ants

w o uld s urel S are i t for a da or two to let o u read y p y y it. But no catalogue c an give one an idea of the spotless

eau of ever oo k i n You know ha he ne er b ty y b it . t t v

allow ed sunl h to ouc h hem or an ar fic al l h ig t t t y ti i ig t,

1 rase ic ons ant recurre in the art -strife of the erio A ph wh h c t ly d p y p d . M P for er een . . Ab d . 4 6 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 a e xc ept from the ta p and through a do uble glas s roo f li ke

ha i n the o use here h us the ac ks of the oo ks are t t H . T b b as fresh as th eir sides ; and by Ope ni ng them freely to air ns ead of shu n he m u u nder las s here w as no i t tti g t p g , t

dam i n an a n The ra e a s is a h r p y I e x mi ed . g t pre ent r t e fo r great old bindings from disti nguished libra ries with the cache o f he r arms or ar c ular s les han for an h n t t i p ti ty t yt i g,

and h us the enormo us and undue r ces A co of th e t p i . py ’ firs ed ion o f Buchanan s salms the sam e as o urs t it P , y ,

ro u h 00 odd . T o be sure it w as an L . P i n erfec b g t 1:3 , ., p t

wh e bea u as w hen r n ed and encased i n su ch a it ty p i t ,

nd n ! fro m the G rol er L rar s o less del c a e bi i g i ib y, p t , i t , f er ec . ot man o her h n s an almos u n ue L . p t I g y t t i g , t iq P . ’ c opy of Bishop Bu rne t s Me moirs of the tw o first Du kes o f

am l on i n fol o w h roofs of the or ra s and Bec k H i t i it p P t it , ’ ford s au tograph n otes and i n fine old red morocc o ; also some lovely red mo roc c os and blue m orocc os by Derom e ’ and P adeloup of Bayle s less er works and o thers abo u t

S noza and the firs ed ons u nder false names of pi , t iti , , ’

ol a re s sc e cal roc hures and ooks of em lems . V t i pti b , b b It w as a spe ci a li ty of Bec kford that eve ry book con taini ng ” r n s sho uld ha e hem roofs p i t v t p .

is re r ed 1 9 . It po t that so me one show ed Gladstone

and Childers a telegram in w hich it w as sta ted that

A ra ha d let sal -water n o the ahm udi h anal bi t i t M o e C .

T he re l es w ere l ke the men T he rs sa d the p i i . fi t i

9, w ked w re h l the se ond how le er ic tc c , c v

4 s NOTES FROM A DIA RY I ss z

Sah m ust m us . T he slee er half a wa ke and ib, t p ,

roll n ro und re l ed O h o her the e le han ell i g , p i , b t p t, t

’ ” him he m us n t t .

2 6 rand s w ho reakfasted w th us s oke o f . B i , b i , p

’ Nitszch s long sermons (see this Diary for and

men oned that a fr end of his m stak n ra u ti i , i i g F

Nitszch for his ow n w fe ha d sa d to her as he i , i ,

a me o u t o f hur h eu e hat er an z ordentl h c c c , H t g ic gen itszcht !

The En l sh a l arr es T he ean o f g i M i iv . D Salis bury w rites o f a recen t ga thering at E xe ter

olle e xford : It w as ur o us to see rou de C g , O c i F qu ite in Orthodox Society dining in Hall where ” the Nemesis o f Fai th w as burnt l

Mat Arnold w r es w sh all ha ness to it , I i ppi

’ yo ur little Iseu lt ; she co incides w ith Sw i n burne s

oem on the su e wh h is us u l shed and p bj ct, ic j t p b i ,

” wh h he has sent me w h a re le er Af r ic it p tty tt . te

a charming accoun t o f the flow ers ro un d Wo tton in

Surre he oes on to s ea k of the rel o us han es y, g p igi c g

ha are om n in E u ro e and uo es a e r ro t t c i g p , q t v y p ’ “ fo und sen tence o f Ewald s : E igen tli ch von der

’ Verkehrtheit des Verhalten s gegen das GOttliche ” k a s eh alles Unglu c u g t . I- I 88 2. C OC IIN 4 9

I left Oo tacamund w ith my w ife a nd some o f my staff on 2 8th A u ust a nd returned th ther on 20th g , i

Se tem er after s t n o m atore T richore p b , vi i i g C i b , ,

o h n u lon T revandru m am Go r e C c i , Q i , , C p g ,

Co urtallu m T nne ell and adura —a ro und of , i v y, M more han 8 m l t 00 i es.

Arr ed on e more at head uarters re orded m iv c q , I c y u sual m n ute wh h ha n een r n ted w h its i , ic vi g b p i it a end x o f addresses and S ee hes need no t be pp i p c , given here but I add so me other particulars belong

n th k i g to ese pleas an t w ee s .

The Coonoo r Ghaut loo ked more beautifu l than

ha e e er efore seen it for the re ent hea ra ns I v v b , c vy i had rossed the h lls an d enetra ted e en to it c i p v . Large and gorgeo us butterfli es sailed abou t in all d r t ons i ec i .

T he Walliar un le too resented a remarka le J g , , p b contras t to the parched an d u nsightly thicke t I had

an uar I as one mas s o f fol a e and vis ited in J y. t w i g

flo wers . All along the road from Sho ranore to T ri chore — they burned incense at intervals a mark o f a tten tion to an earthly poten tate I have never before seen

T he follow n is t e translat on wh h the i g h i , ic y

VOL. I E 5 0 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 2 handed me of the e re w ra er for the Go ernor a t , H b p y v , the Synagogue o f the White Jews in Cochin on 30th A u gust

O ur a her w h c h art i n ea en hou ha has F t i H v , T t t t

lessed o ur a nces ors A raham saac and aco less b t , b , I , J b, b

i x llenc nd ma n f his fame Ma th e Lord H s E ce y a g i y . y preserve him and lengthe n his days and y ears i n

ros r So also ma our a her wh c h i s i n en p pe ity . y F t i Hea v preserve a nd bless all hi s family ; the King of the

n erse wi ll h ea r he r ra ers and del er hem from U iv t i p y , iv t all acc den s and m sfor unes and ma ke hem w or h i n i t i t , t t y all he r do n s and m a the a he r of merc ns ire t i i g , y F t y i p him and all rulers to be grac iou s and good u nto us and to all srael o ur bre hren in hi s da s and in he r da s Also I t , y t i y . i n our da s let the rum e of sal a on be heard and let y t p t v ti , ” the Redeemer s eed l c om e to Z on Ame n p i y i . .

T he u lon es den wh h looks l ke a Gros Q i R i cy, ic i venor S uare house s ands on the ed e o f a lo el q , t g v y

he reach o f the lagoon know n as Loch Lo mond. T pre ttiest view is j us t as one rounds a pro montory o n wh h is la ed the tom o f a retr e er who is sa d ic p c b i v , i

’ h r f h to have saved is mas te s li e at t at spot .

September

O n the 3rd I a tten ded the Syri an Mass in 1 8 8 2 THE SYRIA N CHRISTIA NS 5 x the morn n the athol ened t on in the i g, C ic B ic i

a fternoon and the An l a n S er e in the e en n . , g ic vic v i g

T he S r an ass w as w e w ere told artl in y i M , , p y - S ro halda artl in ala ala m . T he o mm un on y C ic, p y M y c i

a adm n t r d in o th k nd w s i is e e b i s . T he very i nteres tin g body known as the Syrian

h t n f t T homas i d o Chris tian s or C ris ia s o S . s ivided int

e eral ro u s m u h o osed to ea h o ther In an s v g p c pp c . ex ellen t Address resented to me the sa d hat c p , y i t

this was the occas ion w hich for the first time after ages of separation witnessed the spectacle of all the different sects of thei r co mm unity follo wing divergent ar les of fa h s nk n for on e the r rel o us d ff r tic it , i i g c i igi i e ” h s to do hono ur to the r o m mon fr en c ee i c i d.

After the Catho lic B enediction the na tive children h sang an E nglish ymn .

T he la ke in which w e halted on the 4 th for

rea kfast rem nded m e o f those near otsdam bu t b i P , it o pened into the Indian Ocean which rolled in ' o er the bar witho u t ho w ever ro du n an ff v , , p ci g y e ect

e ere l n where w w yi g.

O ne o f my reasons for visitin g Anjengo was that

it was lon the res den e of Mr. or es the au hor o f g i c F b , t

e Orie ta l Memoi rs who s run f om the th n , p g r Forbeses 5 : NOTES FROM A DIA RY I s a:

who ow ned ors ndae efore i t assed to the uffs C i b p D ,

bro ught up his grandson Charles Forbes de Mont

‘ alem ert and is thus nd re tl onne ted w th so me b , i i c y c c i

o f m most her shed as so a ons y c i ci ti .

We found o ur E uro ean a l at T revandru m It p M i .

ro u ht me inter a lia a letter from Stor the b g , , y,

Amer an S ul tor n des re of Mrs . arsh ic c p , givi g, by i M , an a o unt o f the dea th at e ht -one o f o ur old cc , ig y ,

l n n s er f he n ted t s i fr end so o t o t U Sta e n tal . i , g Mi i i I y

It was an euthanas ra

” “ H e d ed sa s m corres o nden on the a rd o f i , y y p t, 3

ul of an aneur sm of the hear N h n seem J y i t . ot i g ed to

resa e a sudden erm na on of hi s l fe and here amon p g t i ti i , , g the woods of allombrosa w here he had come to a V , p ss

the s u mmer h e had seem ed to be e er i n heal h , b tt t and s r s han he had ee n for some me re o us O n pi it t b ti p vi .

the da of hi s dea h he had een occ u ed as usual and y t b pi , had een o ut s n u nder the rees and alk n fre el H b itti g t t i g y . e ’ hen re i red to hi s room and at a ou o cloc k w a s se zed t t , b t 9 i wi h a sudden difi c ult of rea h n wh ch las ed some t y b t i g, i t ” ten m nu es and hen w hou a s ru le he e x red i t , t , it t t gg , pi .

T he place as well as the manner o f his dea th was

here o uld so reat a fortunate . W c g partisan o f the

woodland pass away more appropriately tha n a t a spot

’ co nsecrated to tree-worship alike by Milton s verse 1 8 8 2 M MA SH R . R 5 3

and by its bei now the seat o f the great Italian Fo rest School

T here Eo m es a k to me as w r te a re olle on b c , I i , c cti

o f lon ears a o the om o f a fores er ur ed g y g , t b t b i

amon s his oaks a t T harandt near resden and g t , D ,

’ tha t again leads m e to Gregorovi us s epitaph on a

German historian w ho died in Ro me

er ruh der G eschi c htschreiber Hi t , ” Im S aube der G esc h ch e t i t .

In a let er to me th s s r n Mr. arsh men t on ed t i p i g, M i ,

b the wa the dea th at a far more ad an ed a e o f y y, , v c g ,

olon el a ldw ell at whose ho use in ome met for C C , R I ,

the rs t me so m an leasan t eo le and a o e all fi t i , y p p p , b v

the rl hs so o ften m en oned in hese a es . O ic , ti t p g

am Gor e w here w e arr ed o n the n ht o f C p g , iv ig

the th an d w here w e re ma ned to the m orn n o f 7 , i i g

the l oth is tself lo el an d the e h m les efore , i v y, ig t i b

one rea hes fro m r dr r o c it T eva n u m even mo e s .

O n the th so me of the la n ers who ha e se tled 9 p t , v t in hese w ld re ons ot u a ea for us bu t t i gi , g p b t n e her son nor ele han s a eared tho u h so me o f it bi p t pp , g the former w ere said to have gone back thro ugh the

heaters . 54 NOTES FROM A DIARY 1 88 2

We sa t in a n a andoned offee es tate ra dl b c , pi y

ass n n to un le w th the r me al forest all p i g i j g , i p i v aro und A rea la k ea le sa led a oi'e and . g t b c g i b , I heard a tree w hose ho ur had o me rash dow n w th , c , c i i s ow n w e h a nd ha of r t ig t t t yea s . Amongst letters w hich met me at Camp Go rge w as one fro m all in w h h he had en losed a Ly , ic c

ranslat on n o Greek b reder k ollo k eldes t t i i t , y F ic P c ( son o f Sir reder k so o ften men oned in h s F ic , ti t i “ a r o f T he ndu As et wa tch n the Proc es Di y), Hi c ic i g s on of the r n e of ales at elh i P i c W D i .

T he lines are transferred to the mo u th o f a

G mnoso h st in the un a B . C . 2 . T he las y p i P j b, 3 7 t four are

’ ’ ' - yév 81 s r a iir ripper 111i (30 7 6 Ra vimt ’ Av8pdiv p a pva p évmv éovcéda rre Zécpvpos

’ ‘ ’ ' I vxrj 0 (its xeem vijs p optlrfjs ¢007 763m héhq ec

v i a vrior w ‘ cr o ‘r O'v iwv i q f jyp s j x j , w h h re resents er w ell ic p v y ,

hen shall hese han oms c ker aw a W t p t fli y,

' L ke the smoke of he uns o n the w nd-sw e h ll i t g i pt i , Like the sounds and colou rs of y este rday ” And the soul have rest and the ai r be Still i

T he ra n follo ed us to Co u rtallu m an d w as i w ,

5 5 NOTES FROM A DIA RY r 8 8 2

O n the th w e s to ed amon st en hant n 7 pp , g c i g s ener to s t a tem le o n the ed e of the r er c y, vi i p g iv , w here the red-e yed Mahseer are so tam e that they almos a m e on shore for rum s and r e tum l n t c c b ic , b i g f over ea ch other in their eagerness to be ed.

In this part of o ur rou te w e o u ght to have met w th w ld e le han ts but onl saw the r re ent i i p , y i c

s track .

T he ra in keeping us i mprisoned in the little

un alo w of Kadathu r ola so me e hteen m les b g P y, ig i on the wa from P u llode to am Gor e surro u nde d y C p g ,

its dee ren h to kee aw a these rea tures by p t c p y c , I amused myself by reading the Discours o f Cherbuliez and enan a t the Academic ran a se wh h the R F c i , ic former sen me b the las ma l thus r n n t y t i , b i gi g — — civilisation a nd barbarism E urope a nd Asia into

co n herbu liez is as h sharp tras t . C brig t a nd sparkling

as his s u e the ex ellen Dufaure w as not. enan bj ct, c t , R

er t a s ual is as int es ing s u .

Some mon ths a go a repo rt was fo rwarded to the

Govern ment a bo ut the Mun icipal Dis pensary a t

T nne ell in wh h the follow n rem arka le Sta e i v y, ic i g b t m ent occurred T o tal n u mber of patients treated is so mew hat less this year w hen com pared w ith that I 8 8 2 TINNEVELLY 5 7 o f the ear re ed n o n a ou nt o f the reat an y p c i g, cc g p ic ” u l ra ca sed among the peop e by chole . With referen ce to this the G overnment no t un na turally o bserved

The decrease is asc ribed to a panic created among the eo l b th r k f holera h s i s not p p e y e outb ea o c . T i

l a ma be u nders ood. In an ou reak of cho er t tb , it y s upposed that medic al reli ef w ould be more largely ' sou h If the fall n ofl was caused b eo le from g t . i g y p p o u s de e n afra d o f en er n the ow n h s should be t i b i g i t i g t , t i ” s a ed t t .

The statemen t was u te a u rate for w hen the q i cc , cholera a rrived the po pulation abandoned the E uropean m ed ne-men and w ent a k to the e l tem les ici , b c D vi p , w hich have been very generally furbished u p i n

onse uen c q ce.

T he E uropean Mail o f 24 th A u gust arrived j us t as w e w ere lea n T n ne ell vi g i v y .

Mrs . ra en w r tes fro m eno u h e to thank C v i M , c i fly “ ” m e fo r the brin de j as mi n enclosed in m ine o f

1 th u l 3 J y .

ook so me a ns the w a to et the same on I t p i , by y, g the e en n o f ‘ 1 2th ul at Chitto re fo r ett n ha v i g J y, , g i g t t 5 8 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 2

I w as to receive and visit some great chiefs the next da and hat efore the sun set sho uld be sw athed y, t b I ,

smothered and drow ned in essam ne . T he S ec es , j i p i used here fo r arlands are d fferen how e er fro m g i t, v ,

hat wh h ro ws in ren h and E n l sh ardens t ic g F c g i g , w h h ha e u to h s da te seen but on e in n d a ic I v p t i c I i , at Hassoon A dool in the far no rth b , . I had no idea that the Shiva T emple in T innevelly w as as fine as is and am lad saw it efo re it , g I b

adura . er memora le to me too is a ew of M V y b , , vi the tow n over a grea t tan k w i th the moun tain of

Moh undra iri and the fine mass o f ro k h ll know n g , c y i

’ N one as the Sailor s Cape Co mo rin rising behind. o wo uld think tha t a m ids t wha t looks like a cocoan u t

a h d n a lar e d ulo us o n w oo d w s id e g an pop t w .

’ enn n ton s ho use is the est ha e seen in Mr. P i g b I v

nd a u t n as de G o ernmen t ho uses but is su e I i , p ti g i v , bj ct to the i nconvenience o f the T ambrapu rni now and

h n n hro u h i t e flowi g t g t .

I have no ticed in the official mi n u te the beau tifu l

llu m na ons at adura bu t m a fur her m en t on i i ti M ; y t i , as h n s w h h n teres ted me the r ll antl -l hted t i g ic i , b i i y ig corridor o f the Mu ttu m w here the Pandara m or High

r es t l es and the T un ku m the res den e o f the P i iv , , i c 1 38 . THE HEA RT oF MONTROSE 5 9

o lle to r in wh h the far-tra elled heart of ontrose C c , ic v M 1 is sa d to ha i ve passed some time .

h a o e the Kait alle on the ro k ro und Hig b v y V y, c y g to the lef as w e w en t dow n saw for the rst me t , I , fi ti , the no le il r i i ld sta e O n the b N gi i lily n ts w i t .

oonoor ha ut an Ar r ia er o ns uo u s C G gy e was v y c pic .

rom Shoranu r to T richore [Mimosa sensitiva the F , sens t e lant ntrodu ed but ntrodu ed more han i iv p , i c , i c t tw o hundred ears a o w as extremel ommon y g , y c ; so w ere two lants w h h the nat es alled Kua p ic iv c , a arentl Zi n ibera eeee wh h ha e not et pp y g , ic I v y

den ed i tifi .

O ne o f the after-pleas u res of the jo urney w as an

’ examina tion of Van Rhee de s magnificent Hor tur

Ma la ba r ieus u l shed a t Amsterdam near the end , p b i o f the se e een h en ur v nt t c t y .

th nk kno w ano her Go ernor who m h be I i I t v , ig t described as Johannes Munnic ks described him in a let d r L r n l ter a d essed ecto i Botan ico i vo . iii .

Henric us de Rheede quondam Malabarici regn i

ubernator s tren uissimus ra estantissimorum e um ac g , p R g ma nanimoru m illustri um ue Heroum ad e xem lar i n g q p ,

1 ’ For the extremely romantic story of its wanderings see Napier s L e M ntrose y of o . 6 0 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 2

so e am armoru m s tre i tu rerum u e oli tica rum ip ti p , q p occ upationibus diversissimis studiose semper excolui t rem h er ar s m e t s ti r ium i n s o mund trac tu b i , p i t i ” nasc en um c um r m s fu delec tatus ti p i i it .

1 T he a l o f the I st a rr es . R u tson w r es 2 3 . M i iv it

’ fro m E es fo rd the o r s mo u hs la e in e on gg , P t t p c D v shi re

No h n c an be more ch arm n han the co un r o f t i g i g t t y, woods lanes cornfields—w h ew s of Exmoor i n shades , , it vi , of del ca e l ue and o let on th e one s de and the i t b vi , i , se erer a nd rande r but much less lo el Dar moo r on v g , v y t the o h er Bo h th ese are er s r kin seen as he are t . t v y t i g, t y ” e ond man l r r d ll e s b y y mi es of ric h fa ms and scatte e vi ag .

ha e een talk n m u h h an em nen 24 . I v b i g c w it i t

An lo - nd an who is sta n here o f Sir Alfred g I i , yi g ,

’ all s oems He sa d to me h s afte rnoon Ly p . i t i : I s u os e to be oo d one m us ut on a la k oa on pp g , t p b c c t ” ” “ Su nda O h no re l ed o n ou r w a to and y . , , I p i , y y

’ fro m the to o f Doda betta o u w on t meet a so u l. p , y ” Ah he re o ned the la k oa on Sunda is one , j i , b c c t y

’ o f the las sur als of rel on in a S o hman s m nd t viv igi c tc i ,

‘ It is Theology i n extremis I

1 The co anion of ourne t rou In ia in 1 8 - and the mp my j y h gh d 74 7 5 , frien of an who i rea t ese a es d m y w ll d h p g . 1 8 8 2 BLA NCHE DE CA STILLE 6 r

nk noted in th s ar at the 25 . I do no t thi I i Di y

m e an ex u s te l tle e ra m w h h Mrs . ra en ti q i i it pig , ic C v on e re ea ed to m e as w as ass n hro u h ar s and c p t I p i g t g P i , wh h f d to -da a memorandu m- oo k A ic I o un y in b . Ca tholic dignitary ha d s poken o f the Empress as

lan he de as t lle So me one w ro e B c C i . t

ue chac un arde son nom Q g , ’ L Impératrice est fort gentille

Elle est blanchc et dc Cas lle ti , — Mais Blan che de Castille O non

0 T he follo w n ur o us assa e o urred in an 3 . i g c i p g cc

T h er o fficial docu men t sen t me the o ther day . e w rit

r dr w was M . An e C .S. ,

O ne llus ra on I ma e in ass n . Sir C i t ti y giv p i g . Treve lyan visited Wallajahpett many years ago I believe

shor l efore the rade fe ll off. hen here he na urall t y b t W t , t y

asked to see th e c lo hs c ar e s etc . Soo n a f er ow n to t , p t , t ( i g the ra lw a of co urse rade e a n to d m n sh and to i y , ,) t b g i i i , ,

h s da hear ha e en the w ell-to -do raders h nk t i y , I t t v t t i it w as ow n to h s s as th e el e e ha if a rea man i g t i vi it, y b i v t t g t

akes ar c ular no ce of a erson o r lace ill-luc k w ll t p ti ti p p , i follow c an show h s b w h a ha ened to m se lf . I t i y t pp y la el A month a o w as w alk n near Rane ett and t y . g I i g p , s o ed for a m nu e to no c e a ood na e house and t pp i t ti g tiv ,

1&8 d whose it was etc A few hours af er h ouse , . t , t e h 2 NOTES FROM A DIA RY I 8 8 2 took fire (the ow ner after his prayers upstai rs had left a light in his room and the pe ople i n the tow n think the fire w as caused by my having no ti c ed the house S o w hen

His Exc ellenc drove hrou h Walla ah e tt las u l th e y t g j p t J y,

azaar eo le did not show him the r es clo hs fea r n b p p i b t t , i g ill-luc k w ould follow ; bu t also because they thought h e

w ou ld n roduce he r rade i n car e s etc . n o the i t t i t p t , , i t

Ce n ral a l ellore and so ru n them and w as not t J i , V , i ; it u ntil aft erw ards that the Ta hsildar and Vice-Pres ident w as able to persuade them that His Exc ellency mean t to do

hem ood tha he sen som e e er ec es to Rane ett t g , t t y t b tt pi p , wh ch unfor una el did n ot arr e un l af er w e had lef i , t t y, iv ti t t ” for Arconum .

o u ht to ha e noted at the t me tha when in I g v i t , the en d of ul was re orted that was o n to J y, it p I g i g the Ana mala s the ne h o ur n o ula t on oo k i i , ig b i g p p i t to “ ” ht He is o m n he sa d w th an arm flig . c i g, t y i , i y to fight with the Raj ah of Cochin a bout the bo un da ry d s ute and w e are s ure to be m ressed to arr the i p , i p c y baggage Rode in the a fternoon w ith He told me that A r hdea on a fr end on e addressed him c c i , c “ as Dr. an d tha he had sa d If ou all me t i , y c ” Dr w ll do the same to o u . O h re l ed the . I i y p i “ ’ ” her u n t am not a r. You soo n Ot , yo ca ; I D

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e nn sie au h so z e ml h u t a uss eht hre St mme W c i ic g i , i i ist w ie ein alter Kes sel und geht durch Mark und Bein u nd dann die A ussprache

T ur ean a l a e he E op M i rriv s . Aberdare w rites

“ I of en h n k of ou c l m n and o an s n in a t t i y , i bi g b t i i g re on w h ch —not rus from enchan men len b gi i , I t t t t t y d s anc e to the ew —I ma ne full of c ures ue eau i t vi , i gi pi t q b ty . I rem ember tha t Macaulay compared its approaches to the vege tation of Wi ndso r Forest o r Ble nhe im spread over the mo un a ns of C u m erland desc r ed the cl ma e as t i b , ib i t e ua le as Made ra and rac n as Brae mar w as elo uen q b i b i g , q t on the eau es of the fo res and arde n w h ch ou w o uld b ti t g , i y

a rec a e e er han he . So ou c an ra f under pp i t b tt t y g ti y, del h fu l cond ons o ur two mas er- ass o ns of Go ern ig t iti , y t p i v ” e n and Bo an m t t y .

’ T his passage ealled my attention to Macaulay s

t rs a o ut ota a m u n d uoted in his l fe Geor e let e b O c , q i by g

re el an T he h stor an was here in 1 8 dur n T v y . i i 34 i g

he monsoo n and en o un ered the sa me horrors wh h t , c t ic

e ha e ex er en ed bu t ha ts ha e reatl han ed. w v p i c , bi v g y c g ” “ ur n a month to ether he sa s did no t et D i g g , y , I g

’ ” ha e s ar el m ss d two ho u rs walking. I v c c y i e walking

r d n two ho urs an da ra n or no ra n and ha e or i i g y y, i i , v

o s d a reat ea l b tani e g d , 1 8 8 2 S W 6 IR . S G C . LE I 5

’ I re mem ber Whitbread s telling m e tha t Sir George “ ’ ew s sa d to him don t un derstand how is hat L i i , I it t

all o u o u n m en wan so m u h x r se ne e y y g t c e e ci . I v r

ta ke x e ercise .

Had his rema ure dea h wh h o urred soon a f er p t t , ic cc t

wa rds an th n to do w h h s h s al slu shness , y i g it t i p y ic ggi and wha t would have been the e ffect o f his su rvival upon E nglish history ? are q ues tions w hich I have often

as ked His o wn fore ast o f the fu u re was ur o us . c t c i

almers on m ust soon o an d af er him w e m a P t g , t y have Russell for a time but then Gladstone is

ne ta le and in five ears he w ll ha e smashed the i vi b , y i v ” art to atom p y s . He did not foresee the election of 1 880 bu t he

foresaw at leas ele en ears for he d ed in A r l 1 86 t v y , i p i 3, “ and as srael sa d to ord ton In ol s tw o Di i i L Lyt , p itic , ” ears is an e ern y t ity .

had also a lon letter from oler d e to a ort on I g C i g , p i of which I r eplied in the follow ing postscript

lread warned b a fr e nd who know s I had bee n a y y i ,

m w a of h nk n not to read Mozle . M n eres y y t i i g, y y i t t

O n is rea er han ou s u ose in the xford moveme t g t t y pp .

r a l w e ne er alked much on ha su ec . I m self P ob b y, v t t t bj t y

ll but I cam e under er earl and cam e under the spe it v y y,

VOL. I F 6 6 NOTES FROM A DIA RY I S S 2

it had c eased to have m u ch in fluence u pon me be fo re I

w en u to Ballio l i n 1 8 ha e re a ned how e er t p 4 7 . I v t i , v ,

th e rea es cur os a o u and the rea es w sh e fore g t t i ity b t it, g t t i , b

I di e to see i ts h s or w or h l w r en. rus ndeed , i t y t i y itt I t t, i ,

tw o h s or es of w ll be w r en one whi ch ou cou ld do i t i it i itt , y

e e r erha s than a n man l n if ou had the m e b tt p p y ivi g, y ti ,

the h s or of the Oxford m o emen ar et sim le a nd the i t y v t p p ,

o h er the historv o f the Oxford mo emen as an e isode in t v t, p the great wa ve of reflux tow ards medi e val Cbrzisti anity i n i ts

best rm wh ch follow ed the rench re olu o n an d in fi , i F v ti

w h ch the names of La Mo e ou ue . Schle el the i tt F q , F g ,

S ol er s and Radow i tz i n G erman of Manzon i n t b g , y ; i

Mrs al of Ravi nan of G erbet of Laco rdai re o f . It y ; g , , ,

C ra en and of Charles de Mon alem er i n ranc e are v , t b t F ,

a mon s the mos rom nen Bo h w ould be m os g t t p i t . t t

difli c ult ooks to w r e ecause he w ould re u re if he b it , b t y q i , t y

w ere to be alua le to be w r en b ersons w ho saw v b , itt y p

ha he w ere to a er rea ex en m s a ken m o emen s t t t y , v y g t t t, i t v t ,

but w ho at the sam e me s m a h sed dee l w h all , ti , y p t i p y it

ha w as ood i em t t g n th . ’ don h nk ou know much a o u Ra dowi tz —to I t t i y b t ,

e an x r n eres n fi r on ce e an but m e t emely i t ti g gu e. I b g ne er finished a a er a ou him Som e da ma ake v p p b t . y I y t

f i M n s er or u a a n . He w as or a shor me r me it p g i , t t , P i i i t v r ual r me M n s er i n russ a and died in 1 8 2 i t P i i i t P i , 5 . You probably h ave long long forgotten that the first ’ me we e er met at Mr Gibbs s—a es efore w e w ere ti v . g b e er hrown much o e her and ec ame friends ou v t t g t b , y 1 8 8 2 HA NNIBA L 6 7

‘ said to me of Ravignan that he had opened to yo u a ’ You had heard him at new chapter i n the h u man mind .

arm S ree . T o m nfin e re re ne er h eard him F t t y i it g t, I v bu t I have know n i n timately those w ho knew him

n ma el i ti t y . “ I do not think I should have ever taken much to

Lacordaire bu t G erbet mus ha e een one of the mos , t v b t fasc na n of human e n s w ho ex ended his sw a o er i ti g b i g , t y v persons w ho shared few or none of his most cherished ” el efs b i .

1 2 . a d a s t to ann al the l t le rd who I p i vi i H ib , i t bi , exa l a ear a o to-da a me on oard the R ome as ct y y g y, c b

w e w ere ross n the Ba o f ar ha e . He is l n c i g y C t g ivi g, fat and well look n in the nu rser of Go ern men i g, y v t

Hou s e at Ootacam u nd.

ss Lee a dau hter o f the famous onfederate Mi , g C

General who is sta n w h Sir reder k an d ad , yi g it F ic L y

o erts d ned w th us . She old me what had R b , i i t I

e her ne er know n or u e for o en viz . hat it v q it g tt , , t Stonewall Jackson had received a mortal wo un d by th fir of his w n m en His od la n e e o . b y y i Sta te at “ hmond and her father sa d to her ha e l st Ric , i , I v o my right arm

The or herners w hen he mar hed n o ex n N t , t y c i t L i g ton res e ted the Sou hern fla wh h oa ed , p c t g ic fl t over 68 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 2 his ra e -a fa t w h h is n eres n in onne on g v , c ic i t ti g c cti

’ w ith the s tory told in Whittier s striki ng ballad

U from the m eadow s r ch w h corn p , i it Clear in the c ool September morn

The clus ered s res of reder c k s and t pi F i t , ” G reen-w alled b th e h lls of Mar land y i y .

ss Lee was w ea r n a ra ele wh h a tra ed Mi i g b c t, ic t ct

m a ten on and she oo k it off a t m re ues . y t ti , t , y q t

It was form ed o f buttons from un iform s w orn

’ in the Am er a n wa r. O ne was her fa ther s one ic ,

’ ea ure ard s two elon e d to tw o o f he r rothers B g , b g b , one to an un le w ho was a o mmodore one to r n e c C , P i c

ol na w ho had fo u h on the onfe derate s de P ig c, g t C i ,

e am on and one to Wad H pt .

ade ood-b e to the lls for th s seas on earl I b g y Hi , i , y on 2 th o er and dr n a ross the ow ns to 7 Oct b , ivi g c D the to of the Si u r Gha ut des ended on Kalh utti p g , c , w here w e reakfas ted and then on n ued o ur w a b c ti y,

nl on foo t ll w e rea hed the malar o us l le mai y , ti c i itt

h h tands at the foo of the as s hamle t w ic s t P .

ass n on throu h un les where Mr. row n P i g g j g B ,

as dr n us had seen as man as S xteen w ld w ho w ivi g , y i i d s hold n a oun l on the road w e assed a lla e og i g c ci , p vi g I 8 8 2 CHA RLES NORTON 69 w here the Morning Glory P ha rbi ti s nil was in the

rea es t erfe t on and ross n the sore front er g t p c i c i g My i , a o ut wen -six m les fro m ou r star n - o nt rea hed b t ty i ti g p i , c the es den at the a tal in t me for d nner ha n R i cy, c pi , i i , vi g

- h m l a u l h driven som e seventy eig t i es in bo t tw e ve o urs .

ere a d and re e ed the usual s ts saw H I p i c iv vi i ,

Ser n a atam exam ned the ew els of the Mahara ah i g p , i j j ,

alked w h the ewan ass s ed at a rea ll r ll an t it D , i t y b i i t exh on of rew orks w h m uch e lse as is fur her ibiti fi , it , t set forth in m O ffi al n ute dated 6th o ember y ci Mi , N v

188 2 .

T he Mail w hich reached us at Mysore brought a long and extremely i nteres ting letter fro m Cha rles

orton dated Ashfield assa huse s r th Se tem er N , , M c tt , 9 p b , in w hich occu rs the follow ing passage

r s f Emerson rem nd me of h mself The These ve se o i i . ch ef e e n the rea c han e in m l fe dur n the as i v t, g t g y i i g p t ’ ear is his dea h and Lon fellow s . Dea h did no t c ome y , t g t u n mel to hem and he r a senc e m a kes no c han e i n ti y t , t i b g the usual c ourse o f the days ; bu t wi th them aw ay the w orld is d fferen and here i s a lac k ha c a n ne er be i t, t t t v made ood he w ere a lar e ar of the es ha l fe g . T y g p t b t t t i — a e me and is now all rele a ed to the as . T wo g v , it g t p t na ures mo re n r ns c all Sw e e and ure and ood are t i t i i y t, p , g not left ; they had both made the best of life ; they 7 0 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 2

reser ed he r s m l c and he lea e a solu e l nu p v t i i p i ity, t y v b t y c louded me mories nothing but what is fai r i n the th ought of hem he r dea h is a rea low to New En land t . T i t g t b g .

So lon as the l ed she eas l ma n ained h er n ellec ual g y iv , i y i t i t t leadersh and her moral n uence o er the ma na on ip, i fl v i gi ti of the n a on h s n uen c e needs re nforc n ra her ti . T i i fl i i g t than w eakeni ng in these days w hen the West is grow i ng so s ron i n its m a er al ros er and mere m a er al t g t i p p ity , t i ends ecome more and more a rac i e to the mass of m en b tt t v . America gives no promise of developi ng an i nte llec tual l fe in ro or on to her ma er al de elo men She i s i p p ti t i v p t . likely to become more and more tow ards Europe w hat

S c l w as at firs to A hens hen to ome . The rea i i y , t t , t R g t and more han re ondera n com ensa on is h a h ere t p p ti g p ti , t t , fo r enera ons to come a as l lar er num er o f men g ti , v t y g b w ll be c omfor a le w ll en o l fe w h a c erta n S c l an i t b , i j y i it i i i i semiculture w ll be ood na ured and m u uall hel fu l , i g t , t y p ,

h h w orld has e er know n i n such c r u ms n es t an t e v i c ta c . Nowhere has the condition of the community made it so eas for a r ch man w h a sens e consc ence to en o y i , it itiv i , j y ” his w eal h t .

Lady Reay sends me an a m using acco un t o f a con versa tion of years ago between Lady Wes tmoreland an d old Pri ncess a bo ut a marriage on ce proposed betw een Princess Mary o f Cambridge and the present

Em er of A ustr a p or i .

7 : NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 2

’ f r left H srrr ad ea w r t o f ow e be o e w e o . L y R y i i ng L

sa s be tou hed his forehea d w th the w ords am y , c i I

’ ke m father he w thered at the to We had li y ; i p.

o s er ed s m toms of his memor o n efore he b v y p y g i g, b f mm left the House o Co o ns . She also sends an anecdote pour la peti te j eunesse

Mo her Are ou a ood l le irl to-da ? t . y g itt g y

No mamma no t w edd dood not w edd bad— us , , y , y j t ” a omferable l le irl c itt g .

tor Cherbuliez w r t n on th to er sa s Vic , i i g 9 Oc b , y ,

w h all his ur ous fel of d t on a ro os of m it c i icity ic i , p p y “ n tat on to a dras uelle i ture o ur ma i vi i M , Q p p

’ curiosité ! C est une espérance a laq uelle je n e veux

’ ’ s s nt r non er n dit u l t e pa ab olume e c . O q i fau q u un

’ porte soit ouverte o u ferm ée ; une porte entr o uverte a son m r te et les es ran es va ues sont u n l men é i , pé c g é é t ” du onheur b .

T he on ersat on a t the es denc in sore c v i R i y My ,

w here was sta n urn n u on the han o f I yi g, t i g p K

helat a or l e who had een in har e of him K , M j Wy i , b c g ,

m en tioned that when that rather barbarous potenta te was o n down to the elh as sem la e he and his g i g D i b g , s u ite were found cro u ched on the table and seats of 1 8 8 2 END OF MY FIRST YEA R 7 3 thei r saloon carriage w ith the w ater swashing abou t on the fl r O ne o f hem had tu rned the ta in the oo . t p

’ athroo m an d l ke the ma an s a ren e had no t b , i gici pp tic fou nd the ro r s ell to dle the o rrent p pe p bri t . O n State oceasions the Khan never sits down till the h efs o f the tw o reat onfederat ons —the C i g C i ,

lans of the or h and the lans o f the So uth -ha e C N t C , v done o T hese lans make his le t ma e arm s . c gi i t y the o ne set mar h n under a red the o her u nder a c i g , t

ell a He ad an es n h h hi y o w fl g. v c i t e cen tre w it s body

uard fi n the reen stan dard of the ro het His g yi g g P p . cons tant endeavours to increase the bodyguard and beco me more i ndependen t o f his very republican s ub

e ts ha e n f f l j c ve b e a fru it ul source o tro u b es .

Nov ember

. ea hed Go ern ment o use adras h s 5 R c v H , M , t i — morn ing o n the same day and almos t at the same momen at w h h w e a rr ed las ear t ic iv t y . I may note a few particulars o utside the realm o f

urel o ffi al us ness I ha e m ade fift -s n p y ci b i . v y eve s ee hes o f w h h n ne w ere in adra s and its p c , ic i M ne h o urhood hree at ota am u n d and the res all ig b , t O c , t

r unt fr m s e o n e ll ove the co ry o Ho p t t T i n ve y . 7 4, NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 2

We ha e had a ar et of alls dan es and o ther v v i y b , c , entertainments in the evening ; while at dinner w e ha e had 1 08 ersons ex lud n o ur ow n art and v 9 p , c i g p y fr ends n f these 6 d ned at i stayi g i n the house . O 74 i

adras and u nd 1 at ota amund. T wo M G i y, 4 5 O c hundred and s xt -one ersons were also asked to d ne i y p i , who were una le to ome b c .

I ha e made five to urs tra ers n m les of v , v i g i (

wh h 1 0 1 . w ere b road 2 1 water and the rest ic 4 y , 5 by ,

ra l and see n nearl half the most m ortant by i ), i g y i p

la e r n I ha e ot to kno a out p ces in th P es ide cy . v g w b

2 0 lants of the lls and a m u h lar er num er o n 5 p Hi , c g b

he la n ut of these las t I ha n s r or t p i s b ve ot o exact a ec d. T he personnel of my staff has remained as it was on th o e m er 1 8 8 1 5 N v b .

1 6 ord and ad arr s ome to sta w th us . . L L y H i c y i He is the son o f the Lord Harris who was Go vernor of adras from 1 8 to 1 8 and reat randso n of M 54. 5 9, g g f T i the conqueror o ppoo .

He mentioned at breakfas t . that he had seen on his wa h ther at alta an armour la te wh h had y i , M , p ic been struck in the bombardment of Alexandria by a

all ser shell and on w h h the w ord all ser had een P i , ic P i b pri nted by its impact 1 8 8 2 SEA SON PROSPECTS 7 5

We talked e t 1 7. ov r he season prospects in Co uncil on the 1 th a ree n that there was no a use for 4 , g i g c uneas nes s as et tho u h m u h for wa t hfulness i y , g c c . “ Mr. Sull an sa d ne er et un o mforta le t ll iv i , I v g c b i th n e he n e 1 5 th is passed. I th night avy rai came on an d more than six n hes ha e alread fa llen s n e , i c v y i c

his remark w as made .

1 8 I ha e een lan n rst at os ur and then . v b g ci g fi H here at the jo urnals o f Caroline Fox in which Mill and t rl n la reat a ar Have l an where S e i g p y so g p t. y ment oned that the rst sa d to me of the se ond w hen i fi i c ,

I ex ressed so me d sa o ntment w th his wr ti n s p i pp i i i g , that no one who had not heard his conversation

co uld form the faintest conception of what he ” was i

1 T he En l sh a l arr es . Ru tson s ea k n 9 . g i M i iv , p i g of a gentleman w ho married an intima te friend of

m ne sa s Y o u know he is o ur Friend-in-law i , y , y .

He also re eats a ren h stor new to me Im p F c y . m ediately after the declaration o f war aga inst P russia

in 1 8 0 the a u d en e in one o f the thea tres a lled fo 7 , i c c r

’ usset s h n Alleman d T he na er ame for M R i . Ma g c ward and explained that there had not yet been time

to learn it w hereu on Em le de rard n rose in his , p i Gi i 7 5 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 2

“ ’ bo x and sa d l l est don lus lon a a rendre u a i , c p g pp q prendre

The friend w i th who m I s tepped fo r the first time u on nd an so l an d w ho w as the rst to all m p I i i , fi c y attent on to the atmos her e ffe ts Of th s o u ntr i p ic c i c y, dat n fro m am stead eath ontrasts the soft i g H p H , c grays and greens aro u nd her w ith the scene upon

hen r e her e ter w hich I w ill be looking w I ec ive l t . T hat reminds me tha t I have nowhere noted what sort of a la e th s is in w h h I am a t resent l n p c i , ic p ivi g, so I w ill here enter a description o f it w hich I w ro te the o ther day

Go ernm en t o use stands in a ark o r as it is v H P , , lo all alled a o m o und O f a res etween the c y c , C p , 75 c , b great tho ro ughfare know n as the Mo un t Roa d an d another road runn ing along the beach fa mous fo r its s urf w h h is ma n ent to those on i ts landw ard , ic g ific ,

err to those on its sea ard-s de and t ific w i .

It is a lar e u ld n o f dazzl n w h teness and of g b i i g, i g i , an architectu re as ano malo us as the chu rch in Langha m

la e w h h w as des r ed b the r sh r kla er as P c , ic c ib y I i b ic y

’ u t a ord n to r ash s ositiv e order . The b il cc i g M . N p

n ter or is not w ell lanned and there is less ae om i i p , c modation than the o u tward appea ra nce O f the pile 1 8 8 2 G OVERNMENT HOUSE 7 7 w o uld lea d one to ex e t bu t its de en es are in p c ; fici ci , some res e ts om ensated the reat an uet n p c , c p by g B q i g

all wh h sta nds nea r it b the ar ne lla wh h H ic , y M i Vi ic is one of its dé enda nees an d a small un alow p , by b g

n ha ted b an A - - a m T e sta es a i bi y ide de C p. h bl re ex ellent c .

T he north-eas t monsoon is at its he ht a nd ig , so me six or seven inches o f rain have fallen durin g the las t few da s T o-da the sk is lea r st ll y . y y c , i

flecked w th lo uds an d the sea - reeze o nt n ues i c , b c i

d half- as t two in the stron . As stan a o u t g I , b p ,

erandah ha e r ht efore m e the Ba of e n al v , I v ig b y B g ,

o ered w th wh te horses wh le the s urf oo ms l ke c v i i , i b i th roar O f a reat t nl tw o u ld n s are e g ci y . O y b i i g — vis ible from w here I a m to the right the Senate

ouse where o on e a ear in m a a t o f H , I g c y , y c p ci y

han ellor to onfer de rees to the left the o r C c , c g ; F t,

k d oun l w here I go once a w ee to hol C ci .

T he s a e etw een m e and the sea is lled rst p c b fi , fi , by the Napier Bridge which crosses the Cou m j ust at its mo uth se ondl b a rea h of the o u m and a ; c y, y c C

f ro e of the w ld date P hoeni x r lvestrir. St ll nearer g v i , y i is a large round pond covered w ith the Nelumbi um s eei osmn the most h stor O f lants as it has een p , i ic p , b 7 8 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 2

well alled fo r does it not ure in the a es o f the c , fig p g

a the r of stor ? At th s momen the nrush of F Hi y i t, i

water fro m the late rains has made a clea r space quite

rou nd the lants but the enerall om e lose to the p , y g y c c

edge .

earer me and sl htl to the left of the ond is N , ig y p , — a clu mp of the splendid Lagerstroemia R egim e not

no w in flo wer— wh le etween me and is another i b it,

lu m of the sweet-s ented P lumeria a loe one of the c p c ,

mos t ood-natured of trees wh h oes loo m n o n g , ic g b i g

and on all the t me w e are here and was the rst i , fi o bject which attracted my eye when I loo ked from

the erandah on the morn n of th o em er las t v i g s N v b ,

ar ye . B etw een these clumps a number o f antelopes are

s n repo i g.

If turn sl htl to the r ht see a w de s a e I ig y ig , I i p c

of rass o nl roken b three lar e trees lan ted at g , y b y g , p

ons dera le nter als e n fine s e mens Of the c i b i v , b i g p ci

Albi zzi a Lebbek the Fi rm r eli ion and the i , g , F rm

‘ Ben a lenrir res e t el . T he tw o last under the g , p c iv y , nam es of the ee ul an d the an an are fam l ar to P p B y , i i all readers of nd an ooks The o ther arr es m I i b . c i y th u hts to m rst tro al e en n at Assouan o g y fi pic v i g .

8 0 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 2.

O hioce halus wh h was ak n a walk as it a ears p p ic t i g , pp

fre uentl to do u on dr land. q y , p y I recollect hearing that another member o f the Ma dras Club m et a jackal i n the passage out of w hich his ed m ened b roo op .

2 found hat ar n tho u h elon n to his 9 . I t B i g, g b gi g fam l had ne er ha ened to see the fine l nes a o ut i y, v pp i b

’ ’

ndham s death in St . Ste hen s w th wh h w hen Wi p , i ic ,

showed them to him he was mu h stru k I , c c

’ Ev n in his dea h as m anl as in l fe t , y i , ’ ’ He fix d the momen t for th e surgeon s knife

Each wheel of S a e i n cau ou s order set t t ti , Lest clerks might miss w hat nations w ould regre t ’ ro e to hi s fr ends w h old acc ustom d hand W t i it b , ’ Arguing the problems that pe rplex d the land

S ruc k th e accoun h a ear h to hea en shou ld ear t t t t t v b , — His last soft thought the heart he loved to spare ’ ’ And to l fe s ar ner l fe s dread r sk unknow n , i p t , i i ,

He closed the door from w h ch here came no roan i t g .

D ecember

1 O ur us ness e n no . b i b i g w pretty well the Barings went off las t night w ith Captain t m d o Ootaca un . 1 8 8 2 DECA YING A RISTOCR A TS 8 1

2 . T he s T Engli h Ma il co mes . hiselton Dyer

w rites of a new Cyea s lately sent him from Cuddapah

C olonel Beddome had i en m e fronds of efore g v it b ,

, and I w as able to see that it w as differen t from th e Chinese

C . reoolnta w h w h ch he had den i fied NOW it i i t it . I ha e male and female ow ers and comes ou t some h n v fl , it t i g

u e n ew and ro ose to name C a n Beddomii i n q it , I p p it y ’ Beddome s honou r. shall descr e ho e i n the I ib it, I p ,

Tronmeti on: o tbe Linnean S ociet The ere d s f y . m i crim i nati on Of a new spec ies i s a n am use ment which palls u on us a Kew Bu t a new mem er Of th ro p t . b e Cy de¢

hese dec a n ar s ocra s of the e e a le k n dom w ho t yi g i t t v g t b i g , w ere in their prime i n the Mesozoic before th e present

r w en dr a Of—is e an e n S u h r flo a as ev e mt quit ve t . o t e n

nd a w as i n some res ec s the las lace where suc h a I i , p t , t p ” ked for novelty w as to be loo .

He also sends me a very curi ous notice o f Laportea

’ erenrela ta fro m the Ga rdener s Cbroni eIe w r tten b a , i y

r . E . row n who ha n een stun b one M . N B , vi g b g y s n le ha r o f it i n the alm ouse at Kew did not i g i P H , m h lose the sensation altogether for e ighteen ont s .

In a letter fro m o ccurs the follow ing pas sage

‘ S nce w ro e to ou and ha e een ma k n i I t y , I v b i g ’ a re treat at the C onven t of the Sacré C oeu r at Ro ehamp

d not d s is e if ton . h k o u w l n ers tand an e me I t in y il u d , p

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’ I say that I don t think I ever really grasped the cle ar-c ut reasona le ess f the a hol c deal o f l fe efore S m le s b n o C t i i i b . i p t ’ f r l i s ur l S na us f nd m e a and noblest O f o mu as s e y t. Ig ti u a nt l ru le e n i n his S i ri tual Exercises c anno bu t see giv p . I t i ts erfec ada a on to m ee the sadness the des a r p t pt ti t , p i ,

n ellec ual and mo ral Of the ess m s s. rus am i t t , p i i t I t t, I ’ stronger for the severe proc ess Of e ight days thought of the — i ssu es of life abou t s even hours a day w ere given to earn est c onsideration of them ac cording to th e Igna tian — m ethod and exc ept for on e or tw o accomplished and

de ou n uns w e had no c om an onsh . su ose all v t , p i ip I pp doc tors of the great religion s of the w orld presc ribe this remed — Buddh s s mos of all — sol ude and s lenc e y i t t it i .

or e m e for w r n so much of m ow n nn er self F giv iti g y i .

You know Of the lad w ho com n ou t of re rea was y , i g t t, sur r sed to see ord nar l fe o n on and e xcla med Est p i i y i g i g i , ’ c c qu on bati t enc ore des maisons

T he Barin s and a a n A wdr r r 5 . g C pt i y etu n from

nd Ootacamu .

I told the Financial Member that this second visit

’ was a so rt O f su bstitute for Sidney Smith s Screaming ” ate where he sto ed as he dro e aw a from ho me g , pp , v y , to all fo r the th n s he had for otten an d that w e c i g g , sho uld use it to bring forward all the pecuniary ques tions that had been left u nsettled betw een o ur Govern

e ts ese w re ot man ho w e r m n , Th e n y ve , 1 8 8 : GENERA L WILSON 8 3

General lson the l tar em er o f the Wi , Mi i y M b

’

ero s o un l arr ed th s mo rn n . Vic y C ci , iv i i g

Wen t o ver the Po w der and G un-Carriage Factories

w th General lson . At the former wh h i Wi , ic I had no t seen efore learned w th some su r r s b , I i p i e that o ur gunpowder is made fro m the Dhall ( Caj a nus

Indi ans of wh h saw so mu h in sore ), ic I c My . In

England the fine pow der used for shooting is or was made fro m do w ood that used for reat n g , g gu s from

he alder. In 1 8 ad ldred o e to t 5 7, L y Mi H p ld me that in the Crimean Wa r there was a distinct fall in the price of the dogw oo d and a di stinct rise in the

O f t e alder on the Bed ebur Estate price h g y .

I saw some pebble ( must I say powder ?) abo ut two inches square .

ked w th General lson in th 8 . al e erandah W i Wi v .

He told me tha t he went through the whole of the — defence of the Residency at Luckno w 1 5 5 days: O ne

’ morn n a o u t lo k Sir enr awren e was i g, b 9 O c c , H y L c lying on his bed w ith his hands behind him o n the

w eneral lson w th one knee o n the be pillo . G Wi i d

tak n so me orders a o ut rat ons w hen a l was i g b i , she l

d or crashed i n and explode . F several minutes there “ d r ess alled o ir enr was total a kn , He c ut S H y are 8 S M A D A 1 8 2 4. NOTE FRO I RY 8

o u hurt no answ er he alled a a n no answ er y , ; c g i , ;

’ ” he ealled a th rd t me . l m k lled sa d Sir enr i i i , i H y,

i n a fa n e He had een k e i t voic . b struc by a larg

ort on of the shell and d ed so me twen t -fou r hours p i , i y

after T he bo who wa s ull n th nk a o . y p i g e pu ah was ls

or ll o nd d neral n h m ta y w u e . Ge Wilso imself had his

lo hes torn off and w as adl cut in the a k but c t , b y b c ,

fou rth not on the spine . A person who was in the

’ m hed Sir en roo was untouc . H ry s last words to

eneral lson w ere All ou r l fe eware o f rre G Wi , y i b i ” r T he allus sponsible advise s . ion was to the young o fli cers who had misled him i nto fighti ng the un lu cky

u action at Chinh t.

on ersat on turned at reakfast on the mut n 9 . C v i b i y, and my w ife made G eneral Wilson repeat the acco un t w hich he had given her of its breaki ng out at

u kn w For se eral da s there had een L c o . v y b ru mours of an ntended r s n w hen on 13 t Ma a se o i i i g, , g y, p y

ame to General lson and asked him to arr n c Wi , a ge for his mess n in the es den that n ht as the i g R i cy ig , mutiny would break o ut w hen the evening gun was

red. General lson told Sir enr Law ren e In fi Wi H y c . the e en n the had the usual lar e d nner the v i g y g i , ir policy being to show the most perfect confide nce and a s : THEY A RE VERY PUNCTUA L s ;

un on ern . hen the e en n un was red Sir c c W v i g g fi ,

enr lean n round the la m wh h stood etw een H y, i g p ic b

them in the entre o f the ta le sa d our fr ends are c b , i , Y i ” not un ual efore lson ould re l there w as p ct . B Wi c p y

a tremend o f ketr T he are er ous volley m us y . y v y ” un tual sir he answ ered. p c , ,

hen after the rel ef Of u know he arr ed half W i L c , iv

mad w th hun er at aw n ore he asked a ser ean t i g C p , g , ” ” Is there a m here . E er th n is a mess here ess v y i g ,

re l ed the man And he was u te r ht. nd p i . q i ig Wi

’ ha m s troo s were u te o ut of hand had lundered p q i , p

r ht and left e en dri nk n u a o ttle of ink wh h ig , v i g p b ic ,

in the r n tox ated ond t on the m stook for ort i i ic c i i , y i p

n w i e.

lan n the o th r r a olume of 1 1 . G ci g e day ove v

a ddresses uxle who su eeded me in the by H y, cc

e tor al ha r at A erdeen eame on the follow n R c i C i b , I i g

assa e wh h naturall nterested me p g , ic y i

“ In fac if for a momen ma ined ha our t, , t, I i g t t y

n en on w as sim l i n the k ndness of our hear s to do i t ti p y, i y t , me honour and ha the ec or o f our n ers l ke , t t R t y U iv ity, i

ha o f some o h er n ers es w as on e of hose ha t t t U iv iti , t ppy

e n s who sit i n lor for hree ears w h no h n to do b i g g y t y , it t i g for it save the making of a speech ; a conversation with 8 6 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 2.

m d n u sh red ss n elled th ream y isti g i ed p ec e or soo disp e d .

fou nd ha b th e c ons u on of the n ers of I t t, y tit ti U iv ity

A erdeen the nc um en of the ec ora e i s if not a b , i b t R t t ,

ow er at an ra e a o e n al e ner and ha w ha e er p , y t p t ti gy t t t v ma be his c hances of suc c ess or fa lu re is his du to y i , it ty con er ha o en al e ner n o a l n forc e d rec ed v t t t p t ti gy i t ivi g , i t tow ards such ends as m ay seem to him c onducive to the w elfare of the cor ora on o f w h ch he is the heore c al p ti , i t ti

h ead.

“ I need no t tell yo u that your late Lord Rec tor too k

h s ew of hi s o s on and ac ed u on w h th e c om t i vi p iti , t p it it

rehe ns e far-s ee n ns h n o the ac ual cond on p iv , i g i ig t i t t iti

and endenc es not merel o f his ow n but of o her t i , y , t

c oun r es w h c h i s his honou ra le charac er s c amon t i , i b t i ti g

s a esmen ha e alread done m es a nd as lon as t t . I v y y b t, , g

hold m Ofli c e shall con n u e m endea o urs to follow I y , I ti y v — i n the path w hich he trod to do w hat i n me lies to — bring thi s University nearer to the ideal alas ! that I

shou ld be o l ed to sa deal— Of all n e rs es w h ch b ig y i U iv iti , i ,

as c once e shou ld be lace s in wh ch hou h i s free I iv , p i t g t

from all fe ers a nd i n wh c h all sourc es of know led e tt , i g

and all a ds to learn n should be acc ess le to all com ers i i g ib ,

w hou d s nc on of creed or cou n r r ches or o er . it t i ti ti t y , i p v ty “ Do not s u ose how e er ha am san u ne enou h pp , v , t t I g i g

to ex ec muc h t e f a n oo r ffor s o f m ne If p t o c om o y p e t i .

our an nals ake an no c e of m nc um enc shall y t y ti y i b y, I probably go dow n to posterity as the Rec tor w ho w as

alw a s ea en Bu t if he add as h n k h e w ll y b t . t y , I t i t y i ,

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occasionally obliged to explain and to defe nd hi s ow n ” policy bo th i n the C o uncil and i n th e Tynw ald Co urt .

oler d e w r tes etter in health but rather C i g i b , saddened at the tho ught that he w ill be the last

ord h ef ust e o f En land who w ll e er sit i n L C i J ic g , i v

es tm nster all W i H .

1 ollea e arm hael told me to—da hat 5 . My c gu C ic y t

a la d in th s res den who had a s k h ld w ro te y i P i cy, ic c i , to the Collector o f Co imbatore that she w an ted it to

’ ha e fres h ass s m lk at some o nt on its w a down v i , p i y

fro m the h lls The o lle tor w as fr endl his nat e i . C c i y, iv

' s ta fl zealo us an d at the stat on named the tra eller , i v

found all r d m lked— a she- ear T he words ea y to be i b .

for ear and donke in T am l ha e in the mou th b y i v ,

of an Euro ean almost the same sound. p ,

2 2 . T he Harrises return She sa s er trul that . y v y y

sailing along the wild Wes t Coas t lagoons is like

tra ell n in fa r la nd. Y ou turn roun d a orner v i g i y c , and find ourself in a ma n ent ho use w here y g ific ,

attendan ts food w nes and all the re nements o f , , i , fi

civilisation seem to be placed before yo u by the wand

f an en hanter O c .

T he En l sh a l omes . 25 . g i M i c

’ ad T e m le s s ster who sta ed w th us at Kneb L y p i , y i 1 8 8 2 FOR MY PRINCE A ND C OUNTRY 3 9

w or h and w ho e en as a rl in the s ho olroo m t , v gi c ” 1 san T on So u en r est to u o urs la so w o nderfull g v i j , y

well has it a ears ust marr ed and set led in , , pp , j i t

the alt ro n es w hen e s he w r tes enra tured B ic P vi c , c i , p

w th the s lend d w nter s k es the lear atmos here i p i i i , c p ,

the ne fores ts the ro ks an d the r er wh h pi , c , iv ic

’ runs thro ugh her h usba nd s property i nto the sea

lo se b c y .

26 . de w th ord arr s w ho told me that his Ri i L H i ,

’ reat- ran dfather ha n een w ounded at un ker s g g , vi g b B

ll and re anned in onse uen e had m rrors so Hi , t p c q c , i arranged a bo u t his roo m so that he could see his ow n

ra dur n the a b i n i g oper tion .

I asked Lord Harris w hether it was not true that the veteran had had to w ait many years befo re he got ” his eera e for Ser n a ata m . Y es w as the re l p g i g p , p y

“ ‘ tha t w as w h he too k the motto For m r n e y , y P i c

’ ‘ ’ and ou ntr not For m n and o u ntr C y, y Ki g C y, the Pri nce Regent having alw ays s u pported his ” c la ms i .

1 . T he Harrises lea e us for al utta to o ur 3 v C c ,

reat re r t g g e . I recorded a few days ago a Min ute in which I

1 See t is iar for 1 8 6 h D y 7 . 9 0 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 2 briefly s u mmarised the principal chan ges that have

1 taken place in this Presidency in the co urse o f 88 2 . After it had been s u bmitted to my Honou rable

’ ” ollea ues it was la ed on the Ed tors ta le or C g , p c i b , , in other w ords made u l , p b ic.

M da s n e returned to adras has one y y, i c I M , g much as it did las t year ( see this Diary for ex e t that m wo rk u nder heads and —c om n c p y 3 4, i g to know m lead n ffi als and s t n the h ef y i g O ci , vi i i g c i — institu tions o f this place was pretty well got over

ef t the r l b ore I w ent u p o Hills in Ap i .

ha e r sen sl htl la ter and nstead o f r d n a I v i ig y , i i i g little and walking a goo d dea l have this season ridden a oo d deal and wa lked a l t le g i t .

T he wea her has een to m tas te del o us t b , y , ici .

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to keep her alive j ust long eno ugh to fi nish the last

ha ter. She did n sh it c p fi i .

ada me Von S hu ert w r t n from her new M c b , i i g

ho me tells me that Es hon an is ne essa r as her , t i c y,

ser an ts s ea k noth n else but it is a er difli c ult v p i g , v y l h h lan ua e to lea rn . E en the er n u mera s w g g v v y , ic ,

in most lan ua es are more or less al ke iil's g g i , ,

l a bs l olm do no t rem nd one mu h of one tw o , , i c , ,

three.

Mrs . ra en w r tes : Adr en de Mun is w ell C v i i ,

and has q u ite recovered his s pirits ; his disposi tion is

now as in his o uth— o ne that rea ks dow n u te and y b q i ,

oes to the er er e o f des a r bu t then it is g v y v g p i ; , ,

a ess le to di stra cti on in rench and needs it and cc ib ( F ) ,

so ra duall his h h s r ts re o er themsel es and g y ig pi i c v v ,

r n him a k to l fe a a n l ke a sh o ut of a b i g b c i g i , i ip

t is a s torm which has vanished o n the w aters . I

er u r o us hara ter et k nd and lo ea le in the v y c i c c , y i v b ” extre me .

Mat Arnold w r t n on 1 th o em er to , i i g 4 N v b , introduce a yo ung connec tion w ho has j ust left his “ ’ le ter sa s In next month s Ma cmilla n there w ll t , y , i

be a l ttle oem of m ne wh h th nk and ho e i p i , ic , I i p ,

o u and o ur w fe and erha s lara too w ll l ke . y y i , p p C , i i 1 M A D 8 8 3 . RNOL 9 3

ohn orle who has not seen it ers sts in s ea k n J M y, , p i p i g

o f it as the Dir e on a P a r rot w ll o g . I i nly say that it ” 1 is no t that .

General Godfrey Clerk told me that when the English Military Atta ché a t Petersburg was con

' tem latin a nude statue at the erm ta e Schouvalo fl p g H i g , “ a me eh nd him and sa d o us o ez mon ami c b i i , V v y , , en Russie nous ne cachons rien

n sh the ro u h n ento o f 25 . Fi i g I v ry the Guindy

Ga rdens .

T he ho use has been nearly fu ll almost ever since

w e arr ed and we are a o u to be a er than e er iv , b t g y v ;

- so to da Mr. ardin e a randson Of the y H g , g Governor

eneral o mes to sta w th us for a l ttle as extra G , c y i , i ,

de-de- am Ai C p. - Mrs . Awdr had to da a le t er from ad arr s y y t L y H i ,

in which she mentioned tha t her husband as ked a

s ta ion-mas ter on the Dar eel n a lwa the o ther t j i g R i y,

da whether the m ht han e from a rst n o a y, y ig c g fi i t “ h rd- lass arr a e Y es if ou do not n on en en e t i c c i g , , y i c v i c

rd- lass assen ers was the re l the thi c p g p y .

u ke ohn Al ert the th rd son of the rand D J b , i G

1 ” T is refers of course to Poor Matt ias the canar who has h , , h , y, by t is t me ecome as ce e rated as ( k t in all En is -s e h i b l b i ! gl h p aking lands . 94 NoT Es FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3

uke o f e klen u r - S hwe r n w th tw o co m D M c b g c i , i

an o ns omes to sta w th u s . p i , c y i

2 6 . ode for the rs t me a new horse w h h R , fi t i , , ic

has een en to me b olonel Gloa w ho is b giv y C g,

a o u to lea e nd a . He am e from the a e b t v I i c C p ,

bu t has O o usl A ra lood and his name is bvi y b b ,

eno n R w .

H d ra r 2 . . de e eb nd asa nt odu ed b oun t 9 M y L , i c y C

unster d ned w h us . He was the rst n ster M , i it fi Mi i

sen b russ a to en m ark after the w ar of 1 86 t y P i D 4,

and spoke in high terms O f the perfect goo d-breedi ng

w h h h an sh So e re e ed him was it w ic D i ci ty c iv . It

no t u te the same w th the low er lasses but the q i i c , y l w l also behaved re atively e l.

A da o f m uch eremon o us s t n in on 30 . y c i vi i i g c

nection w th the a roa h n ere mon al es des a i pp c i g c i , b i

la e nd Exe u t e o un l Legis tiv a c iv C ci .

At n ht m w fe a e a an all to wh h ig y i g v F cy B , ic

eo le w ere as ked to o me as m uch as oss le in p p c , p ib ,

s ma e of nd an mater als She herself d dres es d I i i . appeare as Starl ht w th ow dered ha r a dress o f s l er and ig , i p i , i v ,

s Mrs . ost n a o un r de s ster o d amon d . f i M y , y g b i , i

Mrs ll am Stua rt the w fe o f o u r n ster at . Wi i , i Mi i

he a u e a nd w h who m I tra elled to arma o n t H g , it v P ,

9 6 NoTEs FROM A DIA RY m ; is tha if o u n roduce anomal es Cal an the w ches t y i t i ( ib , it ,

Ariel for exam le as ake he mus s ill follow the r , p , I t it) , t y t t i a ’ d 1 O u 6 m m ow n rules . K v dvui a ko 1 9 s y p p s 5, p 7 dwai a hov 8 é el e s p v .

h m Of Ar s o le That is a w onderful bit for t e ti e i t t . There i s not a trace in him of his thinking Euripides one w h nfer or to the o her tw o ra her the c on rar it i i t ; t t y,

w h c h as o u know falls in w h one Of m re ud ces . i , y , it y p j i

Bu t the rea se is d sa o nt n and he rom ses to t ti i pp i i g, p i explain i n another treatise w ha t he means by the famo us — definition of tragedy a purifying of pa ssions by means

Of and fear—but no such ex lana on seems pity p ti , it ,

ex s s . O h dear how w sh had ou here to alk i t , I i I y t abo u t w hat I c are abo u t and you too ! Non e Of th e yo unger fellow s seem to c are an atom abou t suc h ” h n s t i g .

T his day brought to an end the first scene of the se ond act of o ur nd an l fe wh h e an on c I i i , ic b g W th o em er 1 88 2 . e ha e seen a t adras as s N v b v M , w ell as at G u nd an un usual amo unt of so et i y, ci y,

nd so me of that So et has een er leasan t a ci y b v y p .

Now m w fe is us t start n for the lls tak n y i j i g Hi , i g

tor a w th her and m de arture is e en more Vic i i , y p v

ent immin .

O n the even ing of grd February I left Madras by the Sata ra in w ld sh weather w th a ta n Aw dr , i i , i C p i y, 1 8 8 3 1 8 2 3 A ND 1 8 8 3 9 7

a ta n a end sh and Dr. a kenz e . and n C p i C v i , M c i L i g on the 6th at o al ore tra elled for nearl six G p p , I v y w eeks in the an am za a a tam oda ar and G j , Vi g p , G v i,

stna str ts . After m retu rn on 1 th ar h Ki Di ic y 7 M c ,

1 re orded a er lon nute in wh h all o ur I c v y g Mi , ic proceedings which had anything o f an o fficial character are set forth w ith an appen dix of addresses and s ee hes I think made in all twent -three p c . I y

o f the latter.

ere how e er I onl note a er few n dents H , v , y v y i ci , wh h ha d noth n to do w th us ness ic i g i b i .

T h o ha ant of he d r ed ort o f 7 . e ne in bit t ese t F

Gan am w as a fox the rs t ha e seen in nd a and j , fi I v I i , a er rett reature He o uld no t understand o ur v y p y c . c

ntrus on and loo ked rou nd w hen he had run a i i , ,

l ttle wa w th m n led su r r se and d s ust . i y, i i g p i i g

Sat lon under a an an-tree a small ndu 9 . g b y by Hi shr ne in a w ld sland o f the h lka ake wh le i , i i C i L , i m s aff w ere shoot n deer in the w oods around y t i g ,

1 On my return to Guindy I turned to the Minute of my illustrious re ecessor Sir T o as Munro ate th anuar 1 82 u on the sa e p d , h m , d d 7 J y 3, p m tour. T o rin the c an es t at a ve ta en ace in t is art of the b g h g h h k pl , h p Presi enc ore ro inent for ar t an acin his Minute an d d y, m p m ly w d h by pl g i si i e be ar ossi e n si t m ne de by s d would h dly p bl . O ly x y years separated the two ocu ents but we mi t ave een ritin a out tw ifferent d m , gh h b w g b o d flu n k ! V OL . I 9 8 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 88 3

m thou ht far a i de res T he y g s way n the R ue Siv .

heate rs au ht an d ro u ht to m e a l ttle fawn wh h c g b g i , ic

took are o f t ll the do s were t ed u an d there I c i g i p,

w as a fa r ro i p spect o f its mother finding it .

1 T h 0 . e fort o f the Kaliko te Z emindar is

a roa hed b a lon a enue on oth s des o f wh h pp c y g v , b i ic ,

for some l ttle d stan e se eral s e es of Ba uhi nia i i c , v p ci ,

no in full o w w er w ere lan ed. It is not ften fl , p t O

that o a a s h ppy tho u ght occurs to a native propri etor.

At reakfas t in a Kalik t dr h tent at o e Mr. Goo b , ic

m ent oned the Old but to me unknow n answ er en i , , giv to the question Whether is the Dauphin or the ” “ Prince o f Wales the greater man ? Juvenal has settled that oes he not sa . D y,

na r a P ( l uanto delphinis balae B it nni ca maj or .

1 1 Saw a fine w ld oar tro t a ross the road on . i b c ,

ater in the w ay from Ra mbha to Aska . L the day o u r horses ran aw a and w e w ere for a few momen ts y, , , in very great danger.

En l sh a l a rr es . 1 3 . g i M i iv

ss all the om an on of m ourne from Mi Ly , c p i y j y

erl n to o er in 1 8 w r n under da te of 1 8th B i D v 75 , iti g “ ’ an uar sa s s eak n of Gam etta : don t know J y, y , p i g b I

NOTES FROM A DIA RY

— ’ — How good fro m the spea ker s po in t O f view is

h s fra m ent of a s ee h at anter ur uo ted b t i g p c C b y, q y

Lady Stran gford in the Pre fa ce

“ deser th e Tor ar ? Wh m sole re re is I t y p ty y , y g t

for the ou h the earn es ness the ener and the ass on y t , t , gy , p i w h w h ch as a m ere bo asser ed efore ou the it i , y, I t b y seeming parado x tha t th e Tory party w as the party of progress and of the people But w hat i s thi s Tory party ?

ha are its r nc les i ts rad ons i ts llus ra ons i ts W t p i ip , t iti , i t ti , o racles ? Is a m ere c horus O f w h ners w ho i n all it i , ,

mes all lac es all seasons h a e w h ned and w h m e red ti , p , , v i i p , and c an ted and cried for a y esterday ? Are the principles Of the Tory party to be redu c ed to the n ega tion of the

‘ ’ NO Popery c ry ? Are the tra dition s of the Tory party th e rad ons of us O a es or e en o f Sac h e erell ? t iti Tit t , v v

’ Is i ts illu stration the flam e of Lord G eorge G ordon s mob ? Are i ts orac les the echo speech upon Penende n

ea h or the h c cou hs of C lubs ? O r is th e T or H t , i g Pitt y

ar a suc c ess on of hero c s r s bea u fu l and sw f p ty i i pi it , ti i t, — ever in the van and foremost Of thei r age Hobbes and

Bol n bro ke ume and Adam Sm h ndham and i g , H it , Wy

C obham and G ren lle C ann n and usk sson ? , Pitt vi , i g H i Are the traditions of the Tory party the noblest pedigree — i n th e w orld that lo ng line of democra tic measures w hich begin w ith the Habeas C orpu s Ac t and end wi th C orn Law Repeal ? Are the illustrations that glorious martyrology w hi ch opens w ith the name Of Falkland and 1 8 8 3 GEORGE SMYTHE 1 0 1

c loses with the n ame of Can ni ng ? When I am

ac cused of h a i n de ar ed from rue or sm cla m v g p t t T yi , I i

as lum ake sanc uar i n the omb of ll am P y , I t t y t Wi i itt,

no t the o f m holo and of P Clubs but the Pitt yt gy itt , Pitt

Of h s or the Of mmo r al . He defea ed if he i t y, Pitt i t ity t ,

could no t c on uer a n arrow a selfish a ras n and a q , , , g pi g, monopolisi ng aris to cracy ; he raised the comm erc ial c lass

to hose h h lac es w h c h i n a c omm erc al co un r are t ig p i , i t y,

h e r her a e he enac ed hose m easures of free rade t i it g t t t , w h ch he had nh er ed in heor from Adam Sm h and i i it , t y, it , , i n rac ce from Bol n broke h e s m a h sed w h hose p ti , i g y p t i it t

rea s r s i n 1 8 i n rance w ho se roduc on s ll g t pi it 7 9 F , p ti ti

o erns the w orld and w hose m emor s ll fills h e g v , y ti it ; forec ast a large measure of c onc iliation to Ireland ; and w hen defea ed b b o r in h h lac es he w as re , t y ig t y ig p , p

en ed from e nforc n he res ned Such w ere the v t i g it, ig .

r n c les of ha rea mas er learn ed h em in th e p i ip t t g t t . I t s or of hi s l fe and b a d l en s ud o f hi s s eec hes t y i , y i ig t t y p ; a nd if am w ron c an onl sa ha w ould ra h I g, I y y t t I t er be w ron w h han r h w h hose w ho r f g it Pitt, t ig t it t p o ane hi s ” m emor and blas hem e his rea name y p g t .

How man m en on hat s de O f ol t s ha e in y t i p i ic v , ou r t mes sa d or w r ten an th n e ual to t i , i it y i g q he sentence : When I a m accused o f having departed fro m true T o r sm cla m as lum take san tuar yi , I i y , I c y — in the to m b of William Pitt no t the Pitt o f 1 0 2 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3 m tholo and of tt lu s bu t the tt o f h stor y gy Pi C b , Pi i y, the Pitt of immortality . “ ood too is his sa n : T he adm ra t on of G , , yi g i i posterity is only the admiration of an ill-informed mo b and T he man who at five-and-th rt in an , i y y meas ure real ses the drea m of five-an d-twen t his is i y, the ha l fe He ma look forward to do n the ppy i . y i g sa me at five-and-fort or five-and-fift and T he y, y , co mplexion of consu mption is the most terrible ” th s in l e anti esi if .

’ New to me also w as Cla u dian s fine line quoted in the book

” Et la anus la an a ulmus ue adsibilat ulmis p t p t i q . and this version of the w ell-known words which he q uotes fro m Montec uc ulI

“ ’ ” e ne su s as enu me re la a x ma s l é ée J i p v tt p i i p .

Neither had I heard the amus ing epitaph on a maker Of reworks o f wh h the wa we ha e fi , ic , by y, v a d s la at almost e er to w n in wh h w e slee i p y v y ic p.

He has gone to the one place where his inven tions can be surpassed

1 En l sh a l arr es . 9 . g i M i iv

Lady Reay w rites under date of g1 st Jan uary

1 04 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3 of these h lls can onl be looked u on as n dental i , y p i ci

f er to a campaign against amine and barbarism . Nev theless w hen the m en em lo ed on the w orks , p y salaamed as w ent b the old w ords O f the Am h I y, p i

heatre am e ack to m m n d Ave C z sar t c b y i , , , moritu ri te salutant

At Viziana ru m the s ener ro und the arden 25 . g c y G

ala e w here w e are sta n rem nds me stro n l of P c , yi g, i g y

a Sp in .

Max u ller w r tes u nder da e 28 th an uar M i , t J y, sa n a mon st o ther th n s that Gladstone w r tes yi g, g i g , i “ fro m a nnes am re o e r n the onl rea fa u lt C , I c v i g y g t c y ” l sl w h h e er ossessed the fa u t o f ee . ic I v p , c y p Dyer w rites o n I st February

“ W r mos r eful fo r th e seeds o u ha e s n us e a e t g at y v e t .

h n ar larl w a Yo Most o f them a re t i gs w e p ticu y nt . u e xac tly hit the poi nt w hen you say that such things slip o f ul on h ou r c loud s k es is m oss bl ut o c tivati . Wit y i it i p i e ’ to ensure kee n hem . h e don erfec seed and pi g t T y t p t , ” o h o ro a a e b o her m eans are ften ard t p p g t y t .

Ma rch

A rt on o f he n sh l f 4 . po i t E gli Mai o the 9th

e ruar r d a u F b y eache me at R jahm ndry . 1 8 8 3 MISS NIG HTING A LE 1 0 5

Sir . ollo k wr tes u nder date o f 1 0th F P c i , F ebruary

eall Madras is th and f ood h n s o ur las R y e l o g t i g . Y t story of the bear w ould make a good pendant to the Old one i n wh ch a drow s randmo her hear n a ch ld , i y g t , i g i

‘ read in the O ld es amen an d hree ch ldren M lcah T t t, t i i

’ ‘ ear s o ed th e read n to ask How could h ree b , t pp i g , t ’ children milk a bear ? Please go on sendi ng these ” e xcellen anecdo es t t .

T here is m u ch truth in a remark made by Miss

ht n ale in a letter wh h ha e ust re e ed Nig i g , ic I v j c iv from her as to the ad anta e o f ha n two or etter , v g vi g , , b st ll three onst tut onal elements kee n ea h o ther i , c i i pi g c u to the mark but that resu oses tha the con p , p pp t stitutional elements are really anxio us to get the w ork done in the est wa wh h unha l in o l t al b y, ic , ppi y, p i ic l fe is n ean l a s the ase i by o m s a w y c .

O n rd ar h re e ed at o anada from Sir 3 M c , I c iv C c James Stephen the terribly sad announcement o f the death en r Sm th of H y i . T he Ma il of 1 6th Fe bruary bri ngs from Miss

Sm th and from A lan d full a o unts Of th s tra ed i c cc i g y .

as kel ne w r tes under da e o f 1 1 th e ruar M y i , t F b y

“ ’ I don t know any one w ho does not feel that to 1 06 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3 morrow a part larger or smaller o f his pow er of loving w ill be co ered b the ear h of an Oxford hur h ard eo le v y t c c y . P p sa rul cer a nl ha to ha e known enr so n earl y, t y t i y, t t v H y y and so dearl as w e did w as i n self enou h y it g .

But to me a t leas ha is no filli n of a o d nor w ll t t t g v i , i

r n us ack the l h elas i c r n of his fine ra ller it b i g b ig t t i g i y, - — or the ever fresh fountain of his i ntellectual sympathy a sympathy that was as m uch and as heartily given to those w ho w ere far beneath him i n pow er as to those who could ’ move by hi s side in the highest pathw ays of man s

n ell ence i t ig . You must feel a glow of pure pleasure when you read

the Times ar cle on him . remem er when read ha ti I b , I t t s eech which he uo e hank n ou in m h ear for p t y q t , t i g y y t ‘ 8 ’ I t o

T he reference was to an article in the Times O f

h ruar w h h did not see t ll returned to l ot Feb y, ic I i I

u nd the end of wh h ra n as follows G i y, ic

No one who knew the amou nt of practical w ork of all kinds undertaken and ac complished by Professor Smith will be surpri sed that he has given so littl e perman en t

w rk o h w orld But if his s er literary o t t e . catt ed math e

matical a ers should e er be collec ed and u l shed and p p v t p b i , if he should have left the results of the i nvestigations i n which he w as for years engaged in anything like a

com le ed form i t w ll be found if w e are not m s aken p t , i , i t ,

ha his mathema i cal en us w as of the er hi hes order t t t g i v y g t .

1 0 8 NoT Es FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3

ol c an nor d s n u shed as a man of le ers and p iti i , i ti g i tt , who w as better know n to the w orld at large perhaps as a fascina ti ng companio n than as a learned professor or a busy m an of affa rs Bu t hose w ho knew enr Sm h es i . t H y it b t " will ac know e e h us e of Mr Gran Dufl s desc ri l dg t e j tic . t p

on of his fr end and ho u h his rema ure dea h has ti i , t g p t t

n es ed th e w ords w h a mo urnful s n fic anc e w e rec all i v t it ig i , them w ith pleasure as th e most fitting tribu te w e c an O ffer ” o his me or t m y .

rad o f a le ur whom ha e seen onl on e B by H i yb y, I v y c o r w e s n e too k m de ree and who a ned the t ic i c I y g , g i

all ol s holarsh a lon w th enr Sm h sends m e B i c ip g i H y it , a full a o un of his funeral and adds saw ow et cc t , I J t

for a l le a f erwards . He w as er sad sa n itt t v y , yi g it

o ld m a ke a ll th d ff r o xf enr w u e i e ence t O ord. H y held a ll art es and a ll stud es to ether — the rea p i i g , g t ” n 1 reco ciler.

1 . Almos the rst oo k fo un d o n m a le 4 t fi b I y t b ,

’ h h d r Horsfall ho e a a w en I reac e M . s us t Mas ulip tam

’ h s morn n w as the earl est ser es of ss n elow s t i i g, i i Mi I g

o ems an d urned nst n t el to an old fa our te p , I t i i c iv y v i

1 j owett emphasised this in writing to me a little later an d added — Y ou and I have lost one of our dearest friends to me one whose ifferen I ve t ou t oo ea a ou loss m akes life sensibly d t . ha h gh a g d d l b t him since his eat and he seems to m e er a s the ost re ar a le d h, p h p m m k b no n m an I ha ve ever k w . 1 8 8 3 THE BRIDES OF ENDERBY 1 0 9

The old Ma or cl m ed the elfr ow er y i b b y t ,

The r n ers ran b tw o b hree i g g y , y t P ull if y e never pulled before ’ G ood r n ers ull o ur es uo h he i g , p y b t, q t , la u e la u e 0 Bos on ells P y pp , p y pp , t b

la all o ur chan es all o ur sw e lls P y y g , y , ” l r of nder P ay uppe the B ides E by .

O ne co uld not have more appropriate reading in th s la e where in o em er 1 86 som e i p c , , N v b 4 ,

eo le w er swe t awa b storm-w a e olon el p p e p y y a v . C

asted w ho is w th m e here w as in the m dst of the H , i , i

atastro he an d w rote an a o unt o f it w h h has een c p , cc , ic b lar el a e f in he f r h m n s na anual g y m de us o t o t co i g Ki t M .

r l w e led to adras F om Mas u ipa ta m sai M .

T h s to u r w h le extrem el fu ll of us ness nterest i , i y b i i , has had less of non-business in terest than almost an y other h h ha mad w ic I ve e .

The eau t of the h lka ake how e er deser es b y C i L , v , v to be ment oned and the fine h ll o u tl nes w h h are i , i i ic

s le all hro u h an am nor amon st the hu mo urs vi ib t g G j , g of the o urne should one om t to re ord the aston sh j y, i c i in sermon o f w h h w e heard in wh h the ler g ic , ic c gy man ser ed Sal at on is freel offered to all Ob v , v i y , ” e en to the re oulsifve nat e - and God know s he is v p iv , repoulsive l l 1 1 0 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 88 3

1 . e e e on landin the En l sh Ma l of 2 th 7 R c iv , g,: g i i 5

e ruar F b y .

Under date of 1 th e ruar eor e o le w r tes 7 F b y, G g B y i from the eaner of Sal s ur s eak n of enr D y i b y, p i g H y Smith

heard no more u n il las Sa urda wh en on m I t t t y, , y re urn from the Ca hedral at ele en m w fe roke to me t t v , y i b the err le new s w as in our rooms ha firs e an t ib . It y t t I t b g to know a n h s had met him on c e or what ma e w a . I ’ w ce efore in al ra e s but e er s nc e 1 8 h nk t i b P g v , v i 47 I t i I ha e s ead l ncreased i n adm rin re ard for him —the v t i y i i g g ,

Adm ra le C rich on of our me. How w e alked of him i b t ‘ ti t 1 whe n w e w ere in reland o e her but when o f la e I t g t ; , t

ears whene er w e met did w e not alk o f him w as y v , t It , how e er when ou w ere his ues or he w as ours ha v , y g t, y , t t

ou knew him mos A real del h has on e fro m ear h y t . ig t g t , and Oxford has lost the man of whom you said so w ell

h h n nem of en ha des red h a he t at e had ot an e y . I t ve i t t sho uld have done m ore in literature The Essay on

hew ell and Brew s er w as on of r r rom se But one W t e a e p i . ’ can onl h nk of l nes l ke S Landor s on ose y t i i i W . . R

A l r i ne ion h hi y me n con ct w it m.

ll am S ott swoo de the res dent of the o al Wi i p i , P i R y

So et has sent me a ood art le b h mself u on ci y, g ic y i p

1 In 1 8 55 .

1 1 2 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3

ra n at anresa or some ne h o ur n stat on and t i M ig b i g i , we d d no r h u f r A t i t recu to t e s bj ect o years . len th in S and na a in 1 8 re alled o ur old g c i vi , 73, I c

on ersat on and sa d to him Now if ou had een c v i , i , , y b b an a den t shut o u t of mathemat s w hat w ould y y cci ic , ” ” ha e een o ur se ond ho e ? ell he sa d v b y c c ic W , i , I think classical arche olo gy and I co uld qu ite un derstand its e n so remem e r n the ntense b i g , b i g i

nterest in the ant u t es O f Athens wh h he showed i iq i i ic ,

hen r here o ether in 1 1 w w e w e e t t g 87 .

He w as fear er t red. A s we assed hrou h , I , v y i p t g

S hlesw re olle his sa n hat he w o uld not c ig, I c ct yi g t re ret to be at rest and that is nearl ten ears a o g , y y g . Personal ambiti on and the love of fa me are dan gero us

but o w erful st m ulan ts . He w as far a o e these an d p i b v , s m l did w ha his han d fo und to do If it had een i p y t . b oth erw se w e m ht ha e had a rea man st ll bu t i , ig v g t i w e sho uld not ha e had enr m h v H y S it . l 20 . Adm ra ew et w ho is om mand n in hese i H t, c i g t seas a lled at Gu nd esterda and to-da returned , c i y y y, y I

i s t on oard the E ur a lus an h s vi i b y . M y as are the votes o f than ks to wh h ha e een a art ne er kn ew ic I v b p y, I v that the vote resulted in a ma terial o bj ect bu t in the

’ Admiral s ca bin w ere several very han dsome pamphlets VOTES OF THA NKS

in fol o eau t full r nted two of wh h w ere s ned i , b i y p i , ic ig

b Sir T homas Ma one of these e n the ote of y y, b i g v

han ks of the ommons for A shantee in wh h t C , ic I

do u less o ned bt j i .

T he sur ass n ea ut of the n h h e 25 . p i g b y ig ts as b en

a rea leas ure dur n Eas ter eek ha not een g t p i g w . I ve b

slee n er w ell and ha e w alked u and dow n the pi g v y , v p

erandah o ut of wh h m roo m o ens from t me to v , ic y p , i

t me T he lor ous moonl ht has k ll u l t i . g i ig i ed o t al he

smaller stars but the Southern ross has een in rea t , C b g

eaut and es terda e en n a f er d nner r on was b y, y y v i g t i O i

ma n t oth n ha ha e see i quite g ificen . N i g t t I v n n other la nds surpasses the loveliness o f G uindy in the silent

hours .

1 res ded in the on o at on of the adras 3 . P i C v c i M

Un ers t and adm tted the a nd dates to the r iv i y, i c i i

de rees g .

In an exam nat on the wa wh h took la e i i , by y, ic p c

in onne t on w th that ns tu t on some ears a o c c i i I ti i y g ,

one of the questions as ked w as State how the two

” o nts rst marked on the thermometer are o ta ned p i fi b i . T he following w as perhaps the wildest of some 5 70 w rong answ ers T he tw o points were obtained by ” Sir Stamford ale h when he was in reland. R ig , I

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“ A nother ra n thus : If you dip the thermometer

in a solu t on of h dro en as ou w ll o ta n the rs t i y g g , y i b i fi w ” t o points . T hese pearls are to be fo und in a pamphlet pu blished

in 1 8 and latel lent me 77, y .

April

rofessor aw so n who has ome o ut fro m xford P L , c O

to take har e o f o ur otan al affa rs has een sta n c g b ic i , b yi g

w th us a ood deal and ha e had the leas ure of i g , I v p

resent n him to man of m e eta le fa our tes p i g y y v g b v i .

These seventeen days at Gu in dy have been par

tic ularl leasan t. ha e r dden m u h in the ark y p I v i c P , w here the Neem is i n full blosso m and the Ban yan

h it f e h n lea T he covered w it s r s gree ves . spotted deer an d an telopes hardly pretended to be startled as

te ed w e can r by .

T he swimming hath I have had made in the

u ld n wh h rem em er in 1 8 as a tealer is b i i g, ic I b 75 y, a reat add t on to the eneral omfort and we ha g i i g c , ve had a num er o f small d nners at w h h b i , ic Mrs . Aw dry

has done the hono urs .

A great many o fli cials an d others ass embled at

1 1 6 NoTEs FROM A DIA RY 1 88 3 w e are arrived at that time of life when illness must be ex ec ed but the firs shoc k of an anx et never efore p t ; t i y, b ex er enced w as to me er rea made me re l p i , v y g t ; it a ise (w ha t I had never done before) that I w as not the only

one who w as e n old . ow ever han k ea en g tti g H , t H v , I ’ don t thi nk his hitherto perfect health h as received any ser ous check and ho e ha wi h onl a k n some l le i , I p t t, t y t i g itt more care of h mself he w ll con i nue to be much he i , i t t s ron es of the two as w ell as the oun es w h ch a man t g t , y g t, i onl tw o ears older han hi s wi fe o u h to be c ons dered y y t g t i . I send yo u a tardy than ks for your amusing and interesti ng ’ account of your Ara bian Nigbts festival for the investm en t

r Mah ah w sh C lara could ha e een r of o u ara . esen y j I i v b p t, ’ as am u e of m mo h er s o nion ha one is never I q it y t pi , t t

ed to see an rand or r l too you ng to be allow y g b il i ant sight. Early yo uth is j ust the time to ma ke provisi ons for pleasant fu ure recollections es des hose ears e n the onl t , b i t y b i g y ones i n life when enjoyment can be unmi xed and free

ks alw a s remem er how en o ed the from drawbac . I y b I j y fine sights I saw i n my seventeenth and eighteenth

ears e ond wha e er came in m wa la er i n l fe y , b y t v y y t i ” f usemen in the matter o am t .

Kurson writes

“ W h n w en to see some of the Ash urnham MSS e t e t b . It i s an extraordinarily rich collec tion bu t you can

dl ma ine the leasure ha is iven b tw o M ssals har y i g p t t g y i ,

-O ne wi h m n a ure rou s a nd landsca es b eru no t i i t g p p y P gi , 1 M S S D B X N 1 1 8 8 3 R . Y NEY U TO 7

r al e Al an M ssal and ano her anc a etc . c l d the F i , , b i i t

ex u ed for n h h s re amon hose ec t o e of t e Medic i . T e e a g t

the na on is to bu . he are h n k the mos lo el ti y T y , I t i , t v y ” h n s of th e k nd o r of an k nd ha e er seen t i g i y i I v ev .

rs S uxt n w r tes hat she as not m u h M . . B o i t w c

n terested b these but er m u h b some of the i y , v y c y ” auto ra hs . There w as she sa s a lon letter g p , y , g

from Sw ft and a hara ter st note from Sarah i , c c i ic ,

u hess of arl orou h omment n on her D c M b g , c i g dismissal from Co urt and a description o f the battle of ru m lo wr tten the sa me e en n Graha m D c g, i v i g by of la erho use an d est of all the o r nal re urn of C v , (b ) igi t the names of the B uckinghamshire people ( there w as one w oman a mon them who refused to a sh g ), p y ip

one We ere to d that hen h s a h w m y . w l w t i w s s o n to 1 ’ Mr . h lders he er ro erl remarked T he r as als . C i , v y p p y , c

. En l h a l arr 20 g is M i ives . “ R u tson w r tes under date 2 th ar h : told i , 9 M c I

ow en our bit of edu a ted na t e En l h He B y c iv g is . re minded me of some o ne rendering

‘ ’ Th e a hs of lor lead but to the ra e p t g y g v , into

‘ ’ Ad umul fauces ducit honor s er t i i it ,

1 T en ance r of the E c e uer h Ch llo x h q . 1 1 8 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3

wh h onro sa d w o uld e to a o man a not on ic , M i , giv R i o f this kind

h llo k The road of civil ofi c e leads to the j aw s of a i c .

ir ollo k en new s of the reakfas t lu S F . P c s ds B C b

We had a c harmi ng brea kfast at my house las t

Sa urda Th e alk w s more urel l erar han t y . t a p y it y t it

of en i s and less a ou ol cal ma ers . t , b t p iti tt “ ’ Henry Cow per had a story o f Emerson s abs enc e of

en old mind and difficulty o f finding w ords w h getti ng .

‘ G o n o u t for a w alk w h his dau h er he sa d a e i g it g t , i , H v — — ’ — — you brought you r your w hat s i ts name your thi ng — — that yo ur fri ends steal from you you r umbrella

Lu bbo ck w rites

’ 1 am lad ou l ke C hr s s ook w h ch seems to me I g y i i t b , i

m s exce llen . B the w a did ell o u of an nd nan o t t y y, I t y i ig t le er had from an e xcellen coun r man o f ours com tt I t t y y ,

menti n on a reference i n m Ants to Chr s wh ch he g y i t, i , ” ho u h referred to the New es amen ? t g t, T t t

lan ed a a n a t the Al u m ment oned under 28 . G c g i b i

da e o f 1 th ul 1 88 2 w h h its ow ner had lent us . t 7 J y , ic T he thing which Coleridge w rote in it on 2 sth June

1 8 28 w as Youth a nd A e in wh h o ur the l nes g , ic cc i

1 The eminent botan ist alluded came to see me some years ago at Y ork House I t en earne t at his fu na e w as stran e to sa rist . h l d h ll m , g y, Ch Socin 1 8 8 . 9

ao NOTES FROM A DIARY 1 8 8 3

and truth is wo n d sc ern n knowled e fro m ro , i i g g p b

a bility and prej u dice fro m belief ; that he may learn to mas ter what he rej ects as fully as w hat he ado pts

that he may u ndersta nd the origin as w ell as the strength and vitality o f systems and the better motive

o f men w ho are w ron to steel him a a nst the harm g, g i c

o f l terar ea ut and ta lent so that eac h ook i y b y , b thoroughly ta ken in sha ll be the beginn ing of a new ” l fe and shall make a new man o f him . i ,

If a grander senten ce was ever w ritten abo ut edu ca t on ne r met w h t i I ve it i .

May

1 a ot told me that Dr. erna s le tur n a t B g B y , c i g ’ : f a h al St . Geor e s one da dran k oil the ontents o g y, c p i

efore him m stak n it for water. As he lost con b , i i g sc iousness he sa d to those who w ere su ort n him , i pp i g , “ ’ Write u pon my tomb it s i odide of mercury

He did not die how e er but l ed to on rm to , v , iv c fi

a o the ruth o f the stor B g t t y .

O n o ur wa to the ell n ton a es w here w as y W i g R c , I

ex e ted to a ear talked w th E . . e ster p c pp , I i F W b ,

h ef e retar to the adras Go ernment a o u t C i S c y M v , b

’ A nd Acton s list of books which I had shown him . 1 88 3 T HE MISSIONA IRES DE MA RIE 1 2 1

“ et he sa d after read n so man of them w e et y , i , i g y , g

no fu rther than the w ords of amlet arewell the H F , rest is s ilence He mentioned later in the day that a ma hou t had “ on e sa d to him If o u w ll tell that ele hant to c i , y i p ” ta ke off our r n he w ll do so . And the w se y i g, i i

reature did ted o f him c w hat was expec .

2 th lara to see the ere Su ér eure of the . Wi C M p i

on ent w here she is learn n ren h and sta ed c v , i g F c , y

for the ened t on T he order is that of the B ic i .

Missionaires de ar e founded in 1 8 0 b a reton M i , , 7 , y B

lad st ll al e in o me w here the ha e a on ent y, i iv R , y v c v

but the -h u s t at d et n St r eu parent o se is i u e b w ee . B i c and ann on These tw o the one here and a L i .

ran h at o m atore —are th nk the r onl b c C i b , I i , i y

esta l shments b i .

. A da or tw o a o a t reakfast olonel . 5 y g , b , C K

er ert ment oned that he had in 1 86 een sta n H b i , 7, b yi g

’ a itw ell i h ra t Mr. S s n Derbys ire along w ith Gene l

lu men thal T he on ersat on urned on a war B . c v i t

etw een ran e an d russ a the dan er of wh h b F c P i , g ic “ seemed to have been fo r the mo ment averted : If

ou had one to w ar what do ou th nk w o uld ha e y g , y i v ” een the res ult ? as ked one of the art Tha b p y . t 1 2 2 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 88 3 we should ha e een i n ar s in six w eeks was v b P i ,

’ lu menthal s re l So me doubt w as ex ressed and B p y . p , “ the General added If we do o to w ar shall be most , g , I happy to see all present at breakfast in the T u ileries in the T u ler es sa for res u me that the w ll i i I y, I p y i give the Adj u ta nt-General goo d q uarters

6 r T r men d ned th us and m en t oned . D . i i wi i , s eak n of the ass on for olle t n that he had p i g p i c c i g, know n a man who collected the pa tterns of the lids which cover the ope nings of coal-cellars in London

a ements . He used to sto when he saw a new one p v p , wh out his o ket- ook and ma ke a sket h of it ip p c b , c .

8 h le w r t n to Mrs . ra en c han ed to . W i i i g C v I c

’ o en Alexandr ne s o o f Le lus court chemi n and p i c py p , fo und in her ow n hand these words as true in , , intellectual an d practical life as in the life of mystica l devotion : Nous ne ferons jamais rien si nous no d sons as a cha ue nstant et surtou t ha ue mat n i p q i , c q i

’ Se neur fa tes ue e ommen e au ourd hu ou 51 ig , i q j c c j i (

’ ’ ’ resent car tout cc u e ai fa t us u a r sent n est p ), q j i j q p é ” r en i . T hey m ust have been w ritten when she was at

a les in 1 8 0 see n from her w ndows the ala s N p 4 , i g i P i

A ton and the o mero c V .

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she w as once lying on a sofa in a verandah o f her

’ rother s house at ond her when she saw a lar e b P ic y, g

la k s or on ra wl n stead l towards h r T oo ill b c c pi c i g i y e .

to m o e o r to s eak she la star n at the reature in v p , y i g c

u tter hel lessness w hen a reat l zard darted dow n p , g i

fro m the e l n se zed her dreaded foe b the ta l c i i g, i y i

and slo l s allo w ed him w y w .

ha e ont nued m exam nat o o us 9 . I v c i y i i n f Le pl

cour t chemi n read n e er one of the assa es wh h , i g v y p g ic

its former o ner has marked The are v r w . y e y

n u mero us and a re exa l su h as shou ld ha e , ct y c I v

expected to strike her as echo ing the ton de son time

du r n that ea ol tan so ourn so d fferent from its i g N p i j , i

predeces sors . Here is one which is interlined and m arked on the

side w ith red ink

Ma is comme dit tres bien Platon en c c q ui regarde

les c hoses di vi n es i1 fau en c ro re les enfan s de D eu , t i t i ’ qu and meme ils n e don n eraien t auc une raison de c c q u ils ’ ’ n n l l n a arti ent u au x nsens s et au x m es ava c e t . pp q i é i pi de rej eter comm e fa usses les c hoses relevées e t secretes ’ parce qu elles ne le ur son t pas c onn ue s ; et de ne pas ’ aj outer foi aux plus honnétes gens lors qu ila parlent de c hoses de Dieu su r c c q ue leur propre exPéri enc e leur en ” a a r s pp i . 1 8 8 3 CA RDINA L BONA 1 2 5

ard nal ona seems to ha e een orn in 1 60 C i B v b b 9 , for he began his thirty-eighth year in the au tu mn of

1 6 6 4 .

1 lara reads to m e a re ew in the S ecta tor o f 3 . C vi p

a l fe of the late ord atherle . ne er knew i L H y I v ,

w hat ha e learned from it that Dr. oo k of eeds I v , H , L

and h hester was a ne hew of T heodore w ho C ic , p ,

never made a better jo ke than is that relationship !

Ha ve I anywhere no ted that Lady Hatherley told

’ me in her hus and s resen e at end o m that she , b p c , R c b,

on e sa w tw o o un s u rrels run u him m sta k n c y g q i p , i i g

him dou tless for a tree wh le the m other sat b , i

ha tter n in alarm ? ro a l she under alued his c i g P b b y, v

’ am a l t ha n never heard ord Westbur s i bi i y, vi g L y

a co un t of him O ur resent han ellor has a c , p C c

hara t redeemed b a i n le i c c er un y s g v ce.

All the afternoon ra n fell fisriousl bu t in the i y, ,

earl e en n it leared an d walked o u t w h y v i g, c , I it

olonel er ert. O n rea h n the to of the h ll C K . H b c i g p i

a o e Go ern ment o use where a l ttle later in b v v H , , i

the ear the P edi cula ris Ze la nica and the Ha lenia y , y

P errotetii row so a undantl w e eheld a remark g b y, b

a l t l T he louds over the all b e spec ac e . c v ey of the Moyar and the Mysore plateau had arra nged them 1 2 6 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3

selves so as to pres ent the appearance of a scene in

Greenland— la ers w th a dee st ll fiord runn n g ci , i p i i g

en hem A sh at r i u p betw e t . ip an cho n the midst o f

it w ould ha e seem ed had w e not kno wn that it w as v ,

an o t al delu s on the most natura l th n in the p ic i , i g

w orld.

Walked after dinner for a long tim e up an d dow n

the terra e w h Mr. e ster the Sou thern ross c it W b , C ,

wh h ha e rarel seen in h s loud l mate ic I v y t i c y c i ,

d n r o er k ll stan i g b ight v El Hi .

Mrs . Aw dr has een rea d n to me in thes e las y b i g , t da s assa es from the th rd o lu m e o f the l fe o f the y , p g i v i la te sho o f n hester W l erfor e and ha e Bi p Wi c ( i b c ), I v to-da t urned o er the rest of its a es y v p g .

T he most nterest n — to me ndeed the onl i i g , i , y — very interesting passage in the book is the follow in u nder date o f 1 8 0 in the firs da s of the g, 7 , t y

ran o-German War and w r tten as understand F c , i , I ,

b Dr. oodford now sho of El y W , Bi p y

In the c as le of ala se w e s o ed for a few m nu es t F i , t pp i t

t the head of a h of s a rs efore en er n the room a flig t t i , b t i g i n w h ch ll am the C on ueror is sa d ro a l wi hou i Wi i q i , p b b y t t s uffic en reason to ha e een orn w hen no c ed a i t , v b b , I ti

rou of women us ed in some em lo men knew not g p b i p y t, I

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a e to Sir Geor e ose w ho ou ht to ha e had the p g , g R , g v

red of it c it .

It is an nterest n and hara ter st fa t ser es i i g c c i ic c , Ob v

’ the ed tor tha t one of the reatest o f the sho s i , g Bi p

University sermons was preached from no other note ” than the s n le w ord Fo w r tten on the a k of i g g, i b c an en elo e oth n could be more a ro r ate or v p . N i g pp p i

’ rem ember o ert Chambers s a o unt s ugges tive. I R b cc

f a r serm on wh h the sho rea hed in St o g ea t ic Bi p p c .

’ ar s at xford befo re the r t sh Asso at on M y O B i i ci i , I “ h nk i n 1 8 . It w as adm ra le it w as fa ultless t i 4 7 i b ; , or ra her there w as onl one fa ult that it was a t y , fa llacy from beginning to end

x e en e was dent a l His lan ua e My o w n e p ri c i ic . g g was ow n and for le bu t n oth n of an alue fl i g cib , i g y v remained on the mind die Menschen zu besseren ” hr und zu beke en .

His defin ition of a drysa lter as Ta te a nd Bra dy

ho d s ur e all his sermons ex e t ndeed that s ul viv , c p , i , one if it be a uthent wh h w as onta ned in his , ic, ic c i

h ho as ked him the a to he reply to the roug w w y aven . “ T ake the first tu rn to the right an d go stra ight ” on !

Another as sa e rem nded me of a stor wh h p g i y, ic 1 3 SS S MA S L 3 ; PROFE OR N. . KE YNE 1 2 9

r ula ed at the t me and w h c h has not so far as ci c t i , i , I

know een reser ed. A t the reat art held to , b p v g p y

o en the ore n O fli ce Mr. srael who was then p F ig , Di i,

r me n ster took the rin ess of ales to her P i Mi i , P c W

arr a e . A s he returned he saw his old fr end the c i g , i ,

u hess o f Somerset erst the u een of ea u t D c , Q B y, ’ wa t n in the hall for her s and sa d to her as he i i g , i “ ’ assed sn t it l ke a la ? p , I i p y I closed the boo k w ith the impressi on that so am a le and remarka le thou h so m erfe t a i b b , g i p c ,

ersona e w ho in s te of his ha n as one w ell p g , pi vi g, “ ual ed to S eak sa d s ent his l fe in de e n q ifi p i , p i c ivi g ” h mself and othe rs had so man fts and ood i , y gi g

ual es deser ed a etter fate than to fall nto the q iti , v b i

f s o ra her hands o so inj udiciou a bi g p .

1 askel ne sa s in a letter u st re e ed 7 . M y y j c iv

Writing to yo u agai n brings back to my mind o ur old l n of lo e enr Sm h whom find m self i k v , H y it , I y

of and re re n more ns ead of less as thinking more g tti g i t , m time puts its aé rial perspec tive betw een me and y h him pleasant communion wit . ’ l could I don t agree i n your measure of his qua ity . I no ke a measure of i s rue but had more to do t ta it, it t I w ith him than you had in the field i n w hich h e rose to a

reall h h s a ure M hema cs. h nk if he had c hosen y ig t t , at ti I t i

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some o her field h loso h Econom h lolo not t , P i p y, y, P i gy ,

erha s ac e o l c s h e w ould ha e been reco n sed as p p tiv P iti , v g i

a bi man but all am onless as he w as as re ards the g , biti g

ord nar rewards of suc c ess he had one su l me am on i y , b i biti ,

nam el to soar sunw ard i n the u es of some of the rea y , q t g t results that mathematics have yet to yield to the h uman

' n l e How w ll do remem er in a w lk e l c . e a w h him i t t I b , it

nearl h r ears a o his ell n me ha his am on y t i ty y g , t i g t t biti

hen w as to be one da Savilian rofessor of G eome r and t y P t y, to add to human know ledge in tha t histori c c hai r and hi s paten t scorn of the forms of ambition that lead to fame or to mon ey as such quite startled m e in those days and i n

la er mes in on e of the lon n h s I used to e n o w h t ti , g ig t j y it him i n the little room I had at my disposal w hen I w en t

to O xford remem er his s and n u and w h low n , I b t i g p , it g i g fac e and i n hi s olden s eech solemnl ell n me ha g p , y t i g t t w hen he w as i n the spirit of hi s mathem ati cal gen erali sa tions he did loo k dow n with indifferen ce on what the w orld values as symbols of happiness and succ ess a pro

fou nd and lof ndi fferenc e . He had been in his luc d ty i , i w a o en n some of the as ec s of the ransc enden al y, p i g p t t t

ma hema i cs as seen b a man who w as a le to em lo t t , y b p y

hem not onl for deal n w h the mos c om lex t , y i g it t p

ro lems of the h s cal w orld but as the s m les and p b p y i , i p t most elegant w eapon for the treatmen t of more ordi nary

s question . “ People did not thin k Henry original h e seemed to l c k n a e i not how e er in m hema cs a i iti tiv , He d d , v , at ti ;

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o f his i n tellectual powers than they did from his

w r n s e a use e er th n was so sw f and so iti g , b c v y i g i t

s ntan u u h alk h s rarel e n h rd in o u r po eo s . S c t a y b e ea — ” e nera t on s o a so d so ar ous . g i , g y, vivi , v i He died at Mentone less than a month after Henry

Sm th . S n e left En land G reen the e el an i i c I g , H g i ,

another m ost d st n u shed xford man w ho m i i g i O , I

knew m u h m ore sl htl has one too . c ig y, g

2 . th ir o erts to the arade in hono u r of 4 Wi S F . R b p

’ the ueen s r hda ore the un form of t e Q bi t y . I w i h

olonel of the il r lun rs C N gi i Vo tee .

- ffi al d nner of for five at wh h s o ke . O ci i ty , ic I p

After a ll nu mer usl attended it Ba o y .

f th r En glish Ma il o the 4 a rives .

ad ea w r tes : ondon is dull and loom L y R y i L g y .

T he north-east w nd st ll lows and the w orld o f i i b , — society is chilled an d du lled dyna mitisé an d econo ” mising.

sa s the b bad o u ere lea n hea rd y , By y, y vi g

’ Glads one s de n t on of a de u tat on namel A nou n t fi i i p i , y, of n u mber signifying many bu t not Signifying m uch

He also sa s S eak n of the n u r wh h has y , p i g i q i y ic lately been go ing on with reference to In dustria l Schoo ls 1 33 3 PHIR MA N OF THE G RA ND SIG NOR 1 3 3

I w as deeply impressed w ith the prodigious contrast

i n feel n and hou h etw een Grea Br a n and reland i g t g t b t it i I , espec ially coming fresh to the latter co untry from the

Sco ch ar of m n u r O ne o n of d fferenc e w as t p t y i q i y . p i t i

er charac er s c of the tw o eo les In Sco land the v y t i ti p p . t ,

re a l n con c on w as ha the ndus r al Sc hool s s em p v i i g vi ti t t I t i y t , w ith i ts m any y ears of dete ntion and exc lusion from the

‘ ’ w orld had een carr ed too far ha home—unless , b i ; t t — the very w orst and freedom w ere a better preparation for

‘ l fe han a r son how e er ene olen l condu c ed. i t p i , v b v t y t “ In reland w here the ndus r al Schools are almos I , I t i t

wholl under the mana em en of rel ous orders male y g t igi ,

and female—excellen eo le sk lful at he r w ork—the t p p , i t i

‘ ’ w orld w as tbe thi ng to be avoided ; the con tras t w ith vice i n ordinary homes bro ught far more evil than any possible good w hich might ari se from domestic influ enc es the on e thi ng w as to sec lude the c hildren from all outer

l fe — to make them ood and rel ous —and to rus to i , g igi , t t the good impressions thus made to resist the inevitable

em a ons hereaf er w as the heor of ro es an t pt ti t . It t y P t t t ” and C a hol i n d rec an a on sm t ic i t t g i .

26 T he follo w n u r ous note w as sen t me a fe w . i g c i

da s a o eu tenant- olonel lson the h stor an y g by Li C Wi , i i of the Madras A rm w ho res des here y, i

Transla ti on a P bi rman rom tbe Gra nd Si nor of f g .

’ T he Sultan absolutely forbids that any Franks ships 1 34 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3

be erm ed on an re enc e w ha soe er to come to p itt , y p t t v ,

S uez or to be concern ed in an rade from eddo to S uez , y t J ,

o enl or secre l . h s is e s p y t y T i d c i ive . “ T he Suez sea i s reserved for the holy pilgrimage of ’ Mec c a and all such as are con en to adm ran ks shi s , t t it F p to a assa e and do not exer themsel es i n re en n p g , t v p v ti g it, are u l of nfidel to he r rel on to he r so ere n g i ty i ity t i igi , t i v ig , an t a l Muham adans d o l m .

“ S uc h as do not a end to h s ex ress command so tt t i p ,

m or an to our S a e and rel on w ll mos c er a n l i p t t t t igi , i t t i y meet w ith severe punishment in this w orld and in the w orld to c ome Do for e er w th all zeal and ardour as . , v , i ,

w e c ommand. “ O ur o al orders are one for h and th s i s o ur R y g t , i

o ed from Go ernmen onsultat ons A r l C pi v t C i , p i

1 8 1 7 . T here is nothin g in the con text to S how how the

a er was o ta ned or wh it w as ente red. p p b i , y

28 u o k w r tes . L bb c i

You have probably heard the comparison of the

E an w ar to a am e at wh s . urke shuffled Ara gypti g i t T y , bi

c ut En land led and la ed the de uc e rance la ed the , g p y , F p y ” kna e and c la med half the honours . v , i

0 T here are ood a ers o n oth Green and 3 . g p p b

1 36 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3

d fferent k nd ha e in la ter ears athered for me i i v , y , g

ro und a les ! h e ual ust e if had know n N p Wit q j ic , I

’ all know now m ht ha e uoted ohle s l nes I , ig I v q K i

There a re i n this loud Stunning tide

O f uma n care and c r me H i , With w hom the m elodies abide O f the everlasting c hime Who c arry m usic i n thei r heart

hrou h du sk lane and w ran l n ma r T g y g i g t,

l n he r da l ask w h u s er fee P yi g t i i y t it b i t,

Because he r se c re sou ls a h ol s ra n re ea t i t y t i p t .

Pollock la tely w rote to me from Lon don tha t

adras w as the er lan d of oo d th n fea r he M v y g i gs . I generalised a li ttle hastily s till one w ho likes to be am is n t a solu el fa m shed used o b t y i . “ Las t year a man in Co im batore as ked me to put ” hell his enemies in .

I have now on m y table a pe tition addressed to

T he Alm h God ig ty ,

C are of

T he Right Ho nourable

Moun s ua r E G ran Duff t t t . t ,

G o ernor of Madras v ,

r m m arket- eo le at T r h no ol d ssat s ed w th f o p p ic i p y, i i fi i 1 8 8 3 A DVOCA TE-G ENER A L OF DIVINITY 1 3 7

the de s on of the r u n al t u on a small ma ter ci i i M icip i y p t ,

f re w ith w hich the Go vernm ent was u nable to inter e . A gen tleman of high pos i tio n to whom I recently

sent m hoto ra h ra her ret l framed and w th y p g p t p ti y , i

an au to ra h letter wr tes as follow s to a ommon g p , i c

a ua ntan e who sent the or nal to a ta n cq i c , igi C p i Aw dry

“ I celebrated a splendid ce remony in honour of His

Excellenc b n i n all the en r of h s lace and y y i v ti g g t y t i p ,

rec e vi n hem i n due manner w h e el lea es and nu s i g t it b t v t ,

s andal ru n s and such o her s c es as m h mee hem bbi g , t pi ig t t t

w h e x reme o Nau ches of danc n - rls w ere merr l it t j y . t i g gi i y

re resen ed fireworks n amed and salu es fired and an p t , i fl , t ;

en er a nm n r of the ens t t i e t was given to the most pa t c itiz . “ After performing everythi ng nec essary to commemorate

His Excellenc Offered m es and s ncere com l men s y, I y b t i p i t of deep loyalty and devotion in the presence of the photo ” ra h lac ed on hron ec ll r red fo r the ur ose g p p a t e sp ia y p epa p p .

Mr . u k Se retar to the Go ernment of nd a B c , c y v I i , w ho is s a n w th us has show n me the o of t yi g i , c py a letter which he had seen directed to an ofli cer in charge of a Christian village as Captain of the

ea enl ost n t or e the Ad a e H v y H Divi i y F c , voc t ” General of n t Divi i y .

extra t also from some a ers he has ven m e I c , , p p gi , 1 38 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3 the follow ing answ ers made in an exa mination at Calcutta

Who w as C ardinal Wolsey ? C ardinal Wolsey w as a n Editor of a paper named the

N r t o tb B ri on.

As B sho of Yourk but d ed i n di sentr i n a chu rc h i p , i y on his w a to be loc kheaded y b . C ardinal Wolsey w as Governor of India (Wellesley C ardinal Wolsey w as said to be the spiritual guide of the Methodists (Wesley What i s the mean ing of Ich dien Ich dien w as the w ord which was w ritten on th e fea her of the l nd k n w ho came to fi h e n n er t b i i g g t, b i g i t laced w h the briddles of his horse it . The Plantagenets pu t on head an ornamen t like broom

s c k wh ch w as called Ich d en . ti , i i

Ich d en T he rench c alled the Ba le of a e rloo i . F tt W t

Ich d en i . What is th e m eaning of Sheriff ' Sherifl w as the En l sh ll of C om on ra e g i Bi m p y r. ‘ ’ Sher ff L a i n erm for shru we called— room i , t t b, b w orn b the firs Earl En ue as an em lem of h umelit y t j , b y w hen the w en to th e l r ma e and from h s he r y t pi g i g , t i t i ha rs oo k he r c res and surname i t t i t . What is the m eani ng of Thanes Thane w as a title given to the merc hants w ho have ” alk r r und the w orld w ed th ee times o .

1 4 0 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 3 3 3

“ Afi rm a ti on Bill as : T he tri um ph o f a ll that is ba d ” in the nam e o f a ll that is ood g .

T hat is w orth o f her late hus a nd and re alls to y b , c my mind the de fin ition of a proverb attri buted to him “ ” as the w sdo m o f ma n and the wi t o f one or his i y ,

answ er to u rdett w hen the latter ta lked o f the es nt B ,

o f a r o ti s m as the w ors t th n oss le that viz . p t i i g p ib , ,

- e ti ll the re ca nt qfpa tr i otism w a s w ors s .

re e ed also a o o f the Cla i ron o f 1 1 th Ma I c iv c py y, ” in w h h under the t le of Un Exem le find ic , it p , I the fo llo w ing

“ ’ ’ ’ Au momen oh l on ex ulse oh l on ins ul e oh l on t p , t , menace de ou es ar s au our de nous nos au res Soeu rs t t p t t , p v ense nan es ou hos italiere s il est in la fo s c onsolan e t ig t p , i t ami ean t de o r c ommen leurs se rv ces son a r c s g v i t i t pp é ié , et que lle j usti c e o n sa it leu r rendre au x plus lo intain es

x r m s des ndes e t é ité I . “ Le Gou ern eur ac uel de Madras M G ran Duff v t , . t ,

endan u ne r c en e toum ée dans son o u vernemen p t é t g t, r ondan le 1 er mars dern er s u ne adresse du Mahara ah ép t, i , j ’ de z ana ram accom a n e d un ra o r sur le ro res Vi i g , p g é pp t p g ’ ’ de l instruc tion u l u e dans ces re i ons s ex rim e dans p b iq g , p ’ les ermes s u an s ui nous sem len alo r a lus d un t iv t , q b t v i , p ’ re la e ne d e re ra or s tit , p i t pp té .

“ ‘ ’ Maharaj ah j e n avais pas besoi n de lire c e t

’ i ntéressant rapport pour étre assure q ue le possesse ur de c c 1 8 8 3 SCE URS DE SA INT-JOSEPH 1 4 1 noble domaine ac c omplissait ls plus dignement possible ’ ’ les devoi rs d un des plus grands seign eurs de l Empire ’ ’ n u e Ma s avoue ue i norais c om en c c Britan iq . i j q j g bi ’ colle e a ros ere et us u a u el o n les ele es g ét it p p , j q q p i t v avaient deja su répondre au x généreu x efforts dont ils sont ’ ’ ’ ’ l Ob et C e ui m etai t alemen nconnu us u a cc j . q ég t i j q ’ our c es cc fa t n ressa n ue c elles ui les rem eres j , t i i té t q q , p i dans c e e ar i e des ndes ont r uss s assoc er une dame tt p t I , é i i ’ nd enne au mou emen de l éducation o ulai re cc son i i v t p p , t

es soeurs de Sa n - ose h et e c ro s ue ou s ceux ui l i t J p , j i q t q sa e n a mer et adm rer le eau dans ls monde moral v t i i b ,

omm dans le monde ma r el seron auss heureu x u c e té i , t i q e ’ moi d apprendre q ue c e t honne ur appartien t a un ordre

ui ramene no re ens e vers Sa n Fran ois de Sales et q t p é i t e , dont la maison-mere est située pres de cc c harmant lac ’ d Annec don le sou en r est si ro em en t assoc en y, t v i ét it ié,

Occ den a celu de la rel on et de la c v l sa on i t, i igi i i i ti .

‘ ’ Je me sou vi ens aussi d avoir vi sité sur les rives de cc ’ M a ne d meme lac l émin ent h s or en . T ans une ha a , i t i i , bit tion dominée par le vi eux chateau de Saint-Bernard et ’ d avoir a r s alors ue la dern ere Cha elai ne de c c pp i , , q i t ma no r fidele aux rad ons du l eu ai mor e i c me i , t iti i , ét t t v ti de son dévouement aux malades et aux blessés pendant

erre fra nco-allemande la gu .

C es souven rs ui re or en m a ens e si lo n de ces i , q p t t p é i ’ l eux a ou en encore our moi a l i ntérét de la c r mon e i , j t t p é é i ’ ’ a uelle ai l honneur de rendre ar 3 l q j p p t .

‘ Qu ant a la demande que ls Maharaj ah vient de me 1 4 2 NOTES FROM A DIARY 1 88 3

fa r de donner mon nom a u ne classe des n e a former i e, ti é

e ns u r ces ui do étre c onfiée a la d rec on des d s i tit t i , q it i ti ’ mu rs de Sa n - ose h il e st su erflu de dire u e s i t J p , p q j y ’ l lus v e sa sfac on c onsens avec a p iv ti ti . Mais pourquoi faut-il q ue c c noble langage soit tenu

u de la mer du Ben ale ar le re r sentan de la au bo t g , p p é t

n e oria and s ue les re r sen an s de la ranc e ne rei Vict , t i q p é t t F ’ so n en u a ren e r leur lo re na onale la lu s ure e t g t q i g i ti p p , ’ usen de leur force our l anéan ti r arc e ue ce e lo re t p , p q tt g i ’ est celle de l anti ue rel on de la a r e auss en ue q igi p t i , i bi q c elle de la patrie elle-mem e

LOUI S G ER IN MA .

S ea k n of a re ent letter a a nst ham erla n 9 . p i g c g i C b i , the Duke of Bedford sa id to What an excellent

letter. How one wo uld ha e l ked to ha e w r tten v i v i it, — ” and to have pu t it in the fire ! Well m ight the fr end who sent me the ane dote add ke the man i c , Li ,

’ isn t it ?

T he follow n as sa e wh h was re-read t i g p g , ic o me to-da had u te sli ed m memor y, q i pp y y

“ e lendemain de sa mor Na al e re in r L t, t i v t p ier pres ’ ’ d elle C e our a ls 1 0 f vrier c es -a-d re rec se . j ét it é , t i p i ’ men l anni versaire de c elu on c n ans au aravan a t i , i q : p t,

Bruxelles elle a a re u Ol a sur son lit mor ua re e t o h , v it v g t i ,

1 Mrs Gu . m .

1 44 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3

- 1 . Mr S n la r rea randson of Sir ohn S n la r 5 i c i , g t g J i c i , the A r ultur s men o ned to m e h s e en n that g ic i t, ti , t i v i g,

eral ros w ho omman ded the sso ur l a Gen F t, c Mi i Mi iti ,

h ommen ement of the Amer an War had told a t t e c c ic , him that General Grant had o ffered his sw ord to him

eneral rost and the So u thern a use in return for (G F ), c ,

’ He mm ss on . refused the ff r a Captain s co i i o e .

la n o a ta n . ham er w h also d ned w th us told C p i N C b i , i i , m e that he had la ed in a olo mat h at how one p y p c M ,

f ernoon had then d n ed at the Ar ller ess here a t , i ti y M , t after dan ed ar a all t ll the earl morn n an d nall c b i y i g, fi y r dden 1 m les to Goonah where on arr al he i 74 i , , iv ,

arade of hi re n a ttended the m u s ter p s gime t.

1 6 In a deed o f f b Poornea h the famous . gi t y ,

n ster of so re fin d the follow n exord u m Mi i My , I i g i

Ma ha God w ho i n his h rd ncarna on l f ed y t t , , t i i ti , i t

h w h his fan s — ha ear h w h c h ma us l be the eart it g , t t t i y j t y

m ared 1° 3 lar e a rasol ha n for i ts kno Moun c o p g p , vi g b t — Maru itselfi save you

I find the follow ing curious statement in a pam

b r e hton on the nd an old-m n n phlet y M . L ig I i g i i g i ndustries

Shareholders should bear in mi nd the fac t that i n

6 oz Of old w er once O a ned from 0 ons o f Wal es 93 3 . g e bt i 4 t ’ 1 8 8 3 RENA N S SOUVENIRS 1 4 5

uar z and et old-m n n i n ales has dec l ned ear b q t , y g i i g W i y y

ear u n l at resen can scarce l be sa d to ha e an y , ti p t it y i v ” ex s enc e at all i t .

1 T h f 1 th a has u l shed a l st 7 . e Specta tor o 9 M y p b i i of the ersons w ho ha e d ed in En land w h n the p v i g , it i las ten ears lea n ersonal ro ert alued a t t y , vi g p p p y v

T here are om ara el £2 and upw ards . c p tiv y few in the l s whose names ha e heard and st ll i t I v , i

few er h m kne . ne of hose did know w o I w O t I , and one o f the w ealth es was the same nd dual i t, i ivi

h r ar or s Adela de em le w o said to M s . S t i ( i K b ) “ ” “ Do you know what I like to do best ? No . ” Shall tell o u ? Y e T o take off I y s . every stitch of clothing and Sit in fron t of the

fire .

T hat highest pleas ure hardly requ ired so gigantic a pedestal !

“ ’ 1 8 O n ne do ama . i t j is écrire q ue de cc qu on

’ ’ a me L o u li t l i . b e e silence sont la punition qu on

’ in fli e it cc u on a trou la d o u omm un dans la g q vé i c , ” romenade a tra ers a p v l vie .

Th s assa e wh h find in the fa e i p g , ic I pre c to

the Souvenirs wh h enan latel sen t me w ould ic R y ,

ma ke a ood motto for the t tle a e of th s ar g i p g i Di y, VOL 1 . L 1 4 6 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3 for I ha ve steadily acted upon the idea which it sets f orth.

20. o lonel er er m en oned tha he was one C K . H b t ti t da ns e t n a small s o e w h h rodu ed con y i p c i g t v , ic p c siderable results w ith no more fu el than a sheet o f the D a il Tele ra h D ou alwa s use the D a il y g p . o y y y

Tele ra h as ked a lad w ho was resen . It is g p y, p t ” not necessa r to do so sa d the tradesman w ho w as y , i , show n the n en on but we use beca use i t i g i v ti , it conta i ns so much ma tter

1 . En l sh a l arr es 2 g i M i iv . Arthur Russell w ri tes that the Irish E xtrem is ts “ sa : The ol ather is nfall le but un der the y H y F i ib ,

‘ evil gu idance of E ngland he has adopted an erring

’ tone .

’ T o see awson s her ar um . He has a ou 2 2 . L b i b t

1 000 lants alread dr ed and has in some five p y i , , months found 1 00 s e es at adras in e lon , 3 p ci M , C y ,

and here.

’ hen the res en ean m 23 . W p t D o f Wes t inster s

e tu res on Arthur Stanle w ere e n read to me L c y b i g , it occurred to me to note that w hen I was once speaking to him of his delight in preachi ng on

reat h stor al ann ersar es or in remarka le la es g i ic iv i , b p c ,

1 4 3 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 3 3 3

The E uro n l arr es . 28 . pea Mai iv Errington sends me from Rome D e rebus Hiberni a nu errima a ostoli ca: sedis a cta p p .

Mrs . ra en w r t n from ar s on 8 th une u on C v , i i g P i J , p the same su e t sa s bj c , y

O f course w e are dee l n eres ed in w a chin the , p y i t t t g ' ’ eflec ts of the o e s C rc ular on hose ueer C a hol cs P p i t q t i , the r sh ! Its con en s ha e of en een re ea ed efore I i t t v t b p t b , and really the simplest Christian common sense w ould su es hem and make hem nd n and et all the gg t t t bi i g, y prestige of Papal au thority w ill have to be exerted to get

hese s ran e eo le to adm ha 2 and 2 are for w ha t t g p p it t t 4, t i s true for all the w orld is not tru e for Ireland ac cording to h e r i ew and the w ron done b an r shman i s not a t t i v , g y I i all i n their eyes like the same w rong done by any other man i n the w orld he are clever dan erou s mad . T y , g , ” ch ldren i .

Captain Evans-Go rdon sends me an acco unt o f the

Moor hias a w ld tr e in arwar and the ad o n n g , i ib M j i i g

re ons wh h olonel artell is tr n to l se. gi , ic C M i yi g civi i He had collected a n umber of these people into a

lla e and en them land but the soon urned vi g giv , y b

the r houses an d ame to him sa n : our sher of i , c yi g N i

the oor we w ll e ou half the ro ts if o u w ll p , i giv y p fi y i let us plunder the country round 1 8 8 3 WILLIA M SPOTT ISWO ODE 4 9

7 14 1}

1 T he sad new s of the death of ll am S ttis . Wi i po w oode is on rmed b awson th s e en n was c fi y L i v i g. It but a few weeks ago that he was writing of Henry

Sm th and now he too has one i , g

G od uries His w orkmen but c arri es on His w ork b , .

I have ta ken my exercise mainly by riding and walk n on the slo es of Dodabetta but ha e fen ed i g p , v c

’ tw e w th General or an a u l of An elo s . ic i M g , p pi g I ha e not had a fo l in m hand w th the ex e t on o f v i y , i c p i on e in the o en air at Eden s n e m de artu re from c p , i c y p Petersbu rg in the end o f Decem ber 1 863 obliged me to decli ne the pacific challenge of the Duke of

e u hten er . O f o urse one wants ra t e and L c b g c , p c ic

ets eas l t red but do no t fin d tha m r h hand g i y i , I t y ig t has qu ite lost i ts cunning. T his day co mpletes twenty mon ths since I took

m seat as Go ernor of ort St. Geor e the th rd y v F g , i

art hat is to sa of five ears . p , t y, y O ur relations with the Governmen t of India have

’ een u to th s t me of w r t n s n e Barin s m ss on b p i i i i g, i c g i i 1 5 0 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3 i n o em er las all that o uld des re bu t th s is no t N v b t, I c i , i the la e to en er nt art ulars a u t u l a p c t i o p ic bo p b ic ffa irs . O n the sth of July I left O o taeam un d accompani ed

b a a n Aw dr Dr. a kenz e a nd a ta n y C pt i y, M c i , C p i

new Ag .

We Sle t at o m atore and then s ted s u ess el p C i b , vi i cc iv y the Shevaro lls and adras w hen e w e assed to y Hi M , c p

oot and r ssed h urn l str to its a G y c o t e K oo Di ict capit l.

’ We then w ent via Nand ztl to Pacherla in the , y ,

’ Nellamalai lls and retu rn n to Nand zrl follow ed Hi , , i g y ,

u l al to ist a u ra m T hen w e the K rnoo can K n p . ce transferred o ursel es b ra l to Rani u nta and sa w v y i g ,

handra r as w ell as the sa red h lls of T ru at C gi i c i i p i .

ea n orth Ar o w e next rossed the ellore L vi g N c t, c N

’ str ct halt n at en kata r at G ti dtrr and at Di i , i g V gi i, ,

llor t Ne e ow n .

A t Kistnapatnam w e emba rked on the B u ckingha m

anal arr n at u araz atna m at the Srihariké t c , t yi g D g p ,

un les at oromandel and at Ennore . j g , C ,

rom Ennore w e dro e to G u nd w here w e F v i y, rema ned tw o da s and th en w ent on to u ddalore i y , C , fro m w hich plac e w e returned to Oota camu nd on 4 th

A u ust ha n assed o er some 1 m les of ountr . g , vi g p v 75 5 i c y

re orded af er o ur retu rn m usual nute w th I c , t , y Mi , i

5 : NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 33 3

. O n rea h n Go ernment ouse at adras 9 c i g v H M , the first thi ng I observed was that the fa ithfiIl clu mp o f P lumeria a lba was as us ual in full loo m T hat , , b . of Lagerstrcemia R egine: m ust have been at its best t e ur w eeks a o nl a few s k hr e or fo g . O y pi es a re still o ut but see th s rand o wer on the tree for the , I i g fl ,

me first ti .

I do not think that I have recorded the fa ct that w e have in the Madras Museum the gold coin which

laud us stru k to commemora te the con uest Bri ta in C i c q of . It was fo und in the Madura District o f the British — “ I ndian Empire a ci rcumstance q ui donne i penser

r three da s a o re e ed a letter from r T w o o y g I c iv D .

T r men in wh h he makes an a eal to m e in i , ic pp

’ favour o f the Madras G overnment s u sing the form ” n hona nstead of h n hona w hi h is Ci c i C i c , c , I th nk k nder to L nn ae u s than to the o u ntess of i , i i C ' Chinc hon We are at the worst not so bad as

n alem ert for in a note to the ntrodu t on Mo t b , , i c i to

Elisa beth ha e th s morn n at T amma is S t. raz h , I v i i g,

all read th s e e o f trul del ous nons ense p i, i pi c y ici

Par exem le la fleur ui dans ou es les lan ues de p , q t t g

’ ’ l Europe s appelai t l e S oulier de la Vierge a été nommée

al eolus C ons enc ore un exem le no a l Cypripedi um C c . it p t b e 1 3 3 3 T HE BENIGN ONE 1 5 3

du grossier ma térialisme q ui distingue ces nomenclatures

ru ales T ou le mo nde connai t c e e charman e fle ur b t . t tt t bleu-de-ciel dont les lobes arrondi s semblen t un feston ’ ’ ’ d azur au our d une aur ole d or u e les Allemands t é , q ’ nommen Ne m eubliez as et ui e n rance a a ro u t p , q F v it e le nom de P lus e vous vois lus e vous aime et lus j , p j , p

’ enéralement encore celu de Teux de la S a inte i er e g i V g . Le pédantisme moderne a remplacé c es dou x noms par ’ celu de M osotis scor ioides c es -a-d re en ro res ermes i y p , t i p p t , ’ Oreille de souris b physionomie de scorpion et voila cc qu on appelle lo progrés des sc iences

T he [Wosotis scor ioides b the b is not the true y p , y y,

For et-me-not but the mu h-less ons uou s lant now g , c c pic p

know n as Ill osotis versi color e ause it is rst ellow y , b c fi y and then lue T he true r -m - i o i b . Fo get e not s lll y sot s

a lustri s p .

lenn told me to-da that the lar e la k Mr. G y y g b c ant is alled b the T elu u eo le the en n one c y g p p b ig ,

e a use u nl ke his red rother he w ll not atta k ou b c , i b , i c y w tho u t some h n w h h he ons ders ro t n i t i g ic c i p voca io .

He added that they think it courteou s not to say se en bu t six and one e a use the word se en is v , b c v similar in sound to the impe rative of the word to

la ment .

We assed o n to talk Of eu hem s ms enerall p p i g y, 1 54 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3

’ and I quoted the firs t verse of Faber s lovely lines o n T herapia

The sunny w isdom of the G reeks ’ All o er th e earth i s strew ed

O n e er dark a nd aw ful lac e v y p ,

ude h ll a nd hau n ed w ood R i t , The beau tifu l bright people le ft

A na e of en ood m om g .

1 8 . T he E u ro ean a l arr es p M i iv .

Ru tson w rites “ Spottisw oode had looked tired and ill for many mon h He w as a re re n e m a n o f the c or an t s . p se tativ Vi t i ’ er od ou s e ak of i n our reen s r hda s eec h p i y p y Q bi t y p ,

30 em nen in sc en c e so muc h i n s m a h wi h hi s i t i , y p t y t w o rk eo le so fa r m nded so en le and so erfec l p p , i i , g t , p t y ” de o ed to h n s h a are ood v t t i g t t g .

r n under the date of 2 th une Mrs . ra en W iti g s J , C v

es me an a ount Of a re ent s t to o u r w h h giv cc c vi i B y, ic is now in hands very different from those in w hich it

w as her in h 1 8 T he resent w as w hen I t e Marc 74 . p

ow ner is a . Z endt an i ndustri el o f eau a s w ho M , B v i , marr ed ademo selle de our elon n to the i M i B y, b gi g family whi ch ow ned the chateau befo re the first ” e olut o n T he are excellent eo le and kee R v i . y p p , p

1 5 6 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 3 3 3

h a nd n is seen to advan a e - ooks sho uld be t t bi i g t g , b handleable) ; but I w as a little di sappointed w ith the

—w ell—rou hness of o hers For ll ha Deseuil i s the g t . a t t n ame to con ure w h and a olume from hi s hand not a j it , v ,

e er han one b De ome w ron is Derome bit b tt t y R ( g, it ) , shall r n dou le the r c e You see kno w ha I can b i g b p i . I t t run o n w h hese effus ons of B l oman a to ou safe i n it t i ib i i y , ” th e cons o sn s of o r k nd l fo h u e ci u e s y u i red fee ing r t e s bj ct .

th referen e to o ur descent from the Shevaro s Wi c y , “ Dr. a lean w r tes S are me a l ne to tell me of M c i , p i

the health of the art . ha e een anx ous for w e p y I v b i , literally wa lked through a valley of the shadow of

dea th .

I trust the real one may be as picturesque

It was how e er the resen e of Dr. n the , v , p c Ki g,

eo lo st w h ch d fferent a ted th s ourne from all g gi , i i i i j y 1 a de in nd a others I h ve ma I i .

T o find in fa t a m onth in wh h eolo has , c , ic g gy

la ed so ro minent a art in m l fe must o a k p y p p y i , I g b c to the days w hen I travelled with Ro bert Chambers

in ora efore was in arl ament . M y, b I P i

A ugus t

E n l sh a l arr es . 2 . g i M i iv

1 e as to this offi cia Minute Se my l . 1 3 3 3 OFFICINA PR OC ONSULUM 1 5 7

Kingla ke tells me that H ayward and he were m uch amused by the examination papers m entioned in these notes for une last J .

S eak n of one of these answ ers Sir . ollo k p i g , F P c

wr tes For the mer han w ho has walked three i , c t

t mes ro und the w orld e om n a T hane m son i b c i g , y

tells me there is a ki nd o f w arrant in a certai n

fragmen t of Anglo-Saxon law and he encloses a

note from his son from w h h make the follow , ic I “ ing extract : If a merchant so throve tha t he

1 fared thr e o er the w de sea of his own means ic v i ,

h - orth e w as then thenceforth of thane right w y .

D e veteri consuetudi ne romotionum a do ument of p , c

un erta n or in al ra e Rise a nd P ro ress th n ks c i ig . P g v ( g ) i

it oetieal in form rom al ra e and Stu s who p . F P g v bb (

treats it as cred le it has no dou t assed nto ib ), b p i “ o ular manuals and so to the oor nd an of over p p , p I i ” r ed m tuto ind.

In the sam e le tter Sir olloc k w r n w h , F . P , iti g it

’ referen e to ansdow ne s nom nat on to anada c L i i C ,

further o ser es T ru l the rea kfas t lu is the b v , y B C b

’ O ici na roconsulum and no do u t Go schen s ele t on fl p , b c i

1 The i e sea is I am infor e the sa e i h aut orit the w d , m d by m h g h y, Nort S ea as istin u ish e fro the anne h d g d m Ch l . 1 5 8 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 3 3 3

w ill tend to bri ng him bac k into political o ffice all the ” more ra dl pi y . Spea king in his ca pacity of Secreta ry o f the

letta nt he sa s We ha l w th the w el o me o f Di i, y , i , i c

e erans in the eld the n tended romot on of a v t fi , i p i

S hool of Art a nd Ar hae olo at Athens wh h was c c gy , ic ” sta rted a a mee n at a rl ro h o use t ti g M bo ug H .

After o ur return to o ta am und fell ac k O c , I b — i mmediately into my us ual way of life there w ith

o un ls on ednesda s r des and w alks in the C ci W y , i ,

afternoons etc . ,

ss rt n sho w ed me to-da a assa e i n 6 . Mi Ma i y p g

o u ert for wh h had lon loo ked in a n . It J b , ic I g v i “ o urs in T tre Les ha tres : lus une fime cc i II . C pi P

est sem la le a eu lus une en s e est sem la le a b b Di , p p é b b

u ne ri me et lus une fime est sem la le a une ens e , p b b p é ,

plus tou t cela es t beau

It w as uo ed to me in a Sl htl altered and as q t ig y , I

th n k m ro ed form Mrs ra en when asked i i p v , by . C v , I her how it w as that the letters of her Sisters w ere

u er or e en o those of harles de o nta lem er s p i v t C M b t. “ See the a er in m M scella nies u st w e then p p y , M believe Cassandra ?

1 E uro ean a l arr es . 0. p M i iv

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no t nearl so dan erous a lant as the crenula ta wh h y g , p , ic ha l refer the low er h lls ppi y p s i .

1 . th r aw son and a ta n a to 7 Wi M . L C p i B got

Kartair where w e s ent an ho u r or tw o in the Shola y, p u nder the all F .

We left soon after ten and w ere eas l a k at , i y b c Government House by five but I s u ppose the differ ence in the temperature of the Kartairy Valley an d o f this pla ce m us t have been something like twenty-five de rees of ahrenhe t g F i .

It is not surpris ing that the general aspect of the

was u e d ff vegeta tion q it i erent .

E uro ean a l arri es p M i v .

Mrs . ra en w r t n from La o he en ren C v , i i g R c B y,

a s ada me de ru nne is here w th her five fine s y , M G i

h ldren as harm n as e er. er a n l ho e ou c i , c i g v I c t i y p y w ll see m u h mo re of her hereafter and la e a s t i c , p c vi i to ru ssels amon the tr s ou w ll th nk noth n of B g ip y i i i g , w hen after o ur return ou w ll be s t n our , y , y i vi i i g y

’ E u r ean fr ends don t know an w oman f her op i . I y o ” a wh u te e uals her ge o q i q .

1 . Glan e as fre uentl of late at the Ava nt 9 c , q y ,

’ P oster de Cav a ler i e Le i r e b General de ra k len t g , y B c , me a ta n ham erla n It is a erfe t S m by C p i C b i . p c peci en 1 8 8 3 CA NON MELVILLE 1 6 1 of a first-hand ook w r tten not w th the hel of other b , i , i p

’ oo ks but stra ht o u t of its au thor s ex er en e— a b , ig p i c

d d n mo del o f perspicacity an goo se se .

20. ha e om tted see to not e that a month I v i , I , ic or tw o ago George Boyle sent me a little volume

’ containing translations of T ennyson s Epitaph on Sir

rankl n T wo a t n ones h s lf are John F i . L i by im e good but I have lit upon nothing eq ua l to the Greek one b anon el lle of or ester wh h la dstone y C M vi W c , ic G re eated to me at ork ouse and of w h h el lle p Y H , ic M vi sent me a copy j ust before I left En gland

’ ' l y A nr sa t vs xide Mi e r Oti a via v 82 p p q d s x , p

s ifl o ev i o'r hhe ms /h i s jp e s tl x) é fl irt nt .

I prefer this to any of the three versions signed by

el lle h mself in th oo k a bo e ment ned M vi i e b v io .

ere ma re ord as a ur o us S n of the t mes H I y c , c i ig i , that ha e ust re e ed Flosculi Gra eci Borea les an I v j c iv ,

Antholo ia ed ted rofesso r Geddes of A erdeen g , i by P b , and largely made up of co ntributions by youths from such places as the remote pari shes o f Strichen an d

Edinkillie .

T he editor sa ys in his preface

“ Ne ue en m du are fas est n s fri idi q i bit , i i g or m ulto c r um ra ecord a ste eri t san u s uod i n ra e i c p i t g i , q p ef rvido

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n en o Scotorum m n me metuendum est u n s i i g i i i , q i

Buc hanan us et Arturus onstonus almam Latina e oé seos J p p , s uo u ter u e sacc ulo r nc es tule ri nt loc us sa s ho nestu s q , p i ip , ti i n c urr c ulo O l m ic o adhuc reste E i n i s u and us i y p t p go oc c p . “ At nos Sc o hodierni tan toru m lu m nu m ard , ti , i t i sec tatores videm ur ne lec tis G raecis Li tteris La nas , , g , ti

uo ue manc as ac dimidiatas reli uisse adeo ut mu l i s q q q , t iisq ue emunc tae naris homi nibus ipsae Lati nae Litterae vilesc an Nec immeri to : ha ud e n m oterunt florere t. i p

Lar nae Li tterae n s dem S mul fovebi tur fax lla i , i i ibi i i sem erna uae Athenis acc ensa La u m su m a ue pit , q , , ti ip tq ” Euro am totum ue o rhem terrarum irradi avi t . ale p q V .

’ ersonall ha d mu ch rather see rofessor Geddes s P y, I P

u ls read n Greek than w r t n it for am p pi i g i i g , I one of those w ho regard s u ch to urs de force as

ele antem uanda m insaniam to orrow a hrase g q , b p

’ n S ll the k m o f the Professor s ow . ti boo arks a n

ce of l sat on in north-eastern S otland advan civi i i c .

2 Sir . o erts told u s at the oun l lu ncheon 2 . F R b , C ci to-da tha t a h h O ffi al in the un a whose y, ig ci P j b,

erso nal attra t ons were not e ual to his a l t u sed p c i q bi i y, — to be called by the natives Abha l bi Sa hha l Wisdom

tho ut form w i .

2 . Ru tson w r t n of enlo k A e b the 5 , i i g W c bb y y

a l of rd A u ust w hich arri ed last n ht sa s m i 3 g , v ig , y

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’ o ur rem lac er le so le l La onne chose u e d e re en un p p i . b q t bo n chez soi ! Usons de chaque j our sans trop de

r o an u lendema n La rudence est en uel ue p év y ce d i . p bi q q ’ - chose dans la vi e ; mai s c ombien lo hasard n y est il pas ‘ ’ da an a e ! e su s le lus eune du Sena me disa v t g J i p j t, it

‘ ’ ar ue e fera nous l enterrions di x ours a res F g , j i, j p . ’ Moi ai com mour r cha ue ann e de 1 8 0 2 a 1 8 0 et , j pté i q é 5, ” e la en 1 8 1 A la ro idence re h ou . m voi 9 . P v p t t t

ta n ha m erla n men t oned at d nner that 28 . Cap i C b i i i a alloon one da des en ded in the ar sh o f la ate b y c p i C yg .

T he rust s ne er ha n seen an th n of the sor ic , v vi g y i g t,

el e ed that it a me stra ht from hea en and w hen b i v c ig v , , the aeronau t as ked the name of the la e re l ed w th p c , p i , i “ clas ed hands la ate G od Alm ht p , C yg , ig y

1 . Mrs. Aw dr has een read n to me Mrs 3 y b i g .

’ ra en s s ket h of ontalem er in the o made C v c M b t, c py do ubly valuable to me by the inscription

A . . GR NT UFF M A D ,

’ L a mi de mes a mis .

ar s arch 2 1 1 8 P i , M , 74 .

How w ell I remember Jules Simon reco un ting to me ust a fter the e en the sto r of ademo selle d , j v t, y M i e

’ Montalembert s annou nc ing to her fa ther her w ish to

o nto a on ent and the d sma w th w h h th g i c v , i y i ic e 1 8 8 3 MONTA LEMBERT 1 6 5

’ a utho r o f Les Moi nes d Occident received the announce

ment

It was gratifying in connection w ith that recollec tion to read the follo wing passage

’ ’ C elle qu il avait pleurée il la retrouva a l heu re Oh ’ ’ l é reuve s a esantissait sur lui . 11 la re rou a non lus p pp t v , p c omme u n enfan ui ena chercher son a u ma s t, q v it pp i , i ’ c omme uh doux et ferme appui q u il allait c hercher lu i méme comme u ne lime for e et sere ne res de la u elle il , t i p q ” sa l ura x on so n éme eso n pui it e co ge et la pai d t avait b i .

h h o n nue d et and o ld T he T he w eat er as c ti w c . E nglish oak an d the w eeping w illow a re bo th under the m ress on that w nter is mm nent and act i p i i i i ,

a ord n l shedd n most of the r lea es . T he cc i g y, i g i v

A us tral an Aca cia dea lba ta now a w eed here has i , ,

een an d st ll is in full ow er. T he Aca cia b , i , fl

Mela nox lon is om n nto owe r bu t it is as y c i g i fl , m uch less ornamental as it is more use ful than its congener.

n the en rass h lls Im a tiens sca i ora wh h O Op g y i p pg , ic w e m ust now it seems all Beddomu is n wa , , c , givi g y

l Ze la nica In the arden a sw eet to P edi cu a ris y . g s en ted nar ss us is a u ndant and the am ell a is also c ci b , c i — in fisll flow er sights stran ge to an English eye at 1 6 6 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 88 3 this season ! I generally have in my room o ne or more S m ens f the n l i l r l l peci o ob e N gi i i y .

1 . The Eu ro ean a l arr es rin n m e a 3 p M i iv , b gi g letter from who w th referen e to some re , i c marka le h stor al answ e rs wh h w ll be fo und a b i ic , ic i few a es a k tells me that a o un lad sa d to her p g b c , y g y i , “ do not remem er m u h a out ard nal o lse I b c b C i W y, but I know he ha d a son who fo ught i n Egypt and mentions that a boy in a German schoo l replied in her hear n to the ues t on For w hat w as reder k the i g q i , F ic

’ Great most famo us ? He fought the Thirty Years

3 9 War aga i nst Napoleon [

A fr end wr tes o f olonel ule the ed tor of i i C Y , i

He is now deep in revisi ng the proofs of his (and the ’ la e A Burnell s Discursi ve Glossar one of the mos t . ) y , t w onderful ooks h a e e er see n iv n a com le e or at b I v v , g i g p t , leas all but com le e h s or of nd an w ords w h ch t p t , i t y I i , i ha l n rr n i r ean ooks is a ve gradua ly fo u d c u e cy n Eu op b . It

ook i n wh h es e all ll ake the dee es n eres b ic you p c i y wi t p t i t t .

But w ll not be out h s ear as his add ons in th e it i t i y , iti - roof sl s nec ess a e ons an al era ons ih the e p ip it t c t t t ti typ . It i s tantalisi ng to find how many w ords i n common parlance appear to defy e tymology ; there i s plenty of ” work l f f r nera ons of h lolo s s e t o ge ti p i gi t .

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had not seen efore and w h h is one o f the most b , ic

i r T he beau tifirl I have m et w i th on the N lgi is . view s of the valley of the Moyar and of the Mysore

lateau efore w e assed nto the w oods w ere eu p , b p i ,

hant n and the luxu r an e of e eta le l fe w ould c i g, i c v g b i have im pressed even those w ho cared nothing for the

nd u T he mos r k n w ere i ivid al plan ts . t st i i g effects

rodu ed b Str obila nthes Zi ncheria nus w h h was p c y , ic covered w ith its blu e flow ers intermingled here and

there w th a w h te ar et . T he mosses too w ere o f i i v i y , ,

su r ass n lo el ness art ularl those on the tru nk o f p i g v i , p ic y

an a ed Meliosma —a arden in t elf g g i s .

thou ht of a assa e in usk n wh h latel I g p g R i , ic I y re-read

M sses —Meek c rea ures ! the firs merc of the o . t t y e ar h e l n w h h ush ed sof ness its d n less rocks t , v i i g it t i t , crea ures fu ll of co er n w h s ran e and ender t pity , v i g it t g t honour the scarred d s rac e of ru n la n u e fin er on i g i , yi g q i t g

n h res No r h the rem l n s o es to eac hem . w o ds a t b i g t t t t , t t

know of w ll sa wha hese moss es are. Non e are I , i y t t

del ca e enou h non e erfec enou h non e r ch e nou h . i t g , p t g , i g How is one to tell of the rounded bosses of furred and

eam n reen — th e s arred d s on s of ru b ed loom b i g g , t ivi i i b ,

fin e-filmed as if the roc k s r s cou ld s n or h r as , pi it pi p p y y w e do lass — the racer es o f n r ca e s lver and fr n es g , t i i t i t i , i g 1 8 8 3 MOSSES 69

of am er l us rous ar oresc en urn shed hrou h e er b , t , b t, b i t g v y fibre into fitful brightness and glossy traverses of silken c han e et all su du ed and e ns e and framed for g , y b p iv , s m les sw ee e s ofli ces of race ? he w ll not be i p t, t t g T y i

a hered l ke ow ers for cha le or lo e- oken but of g t , i fl , p t v t ;

hese the w ld rd w ll make its nes and th e w ear ch ld t i bi i t, y i hi s llow pi . ’ And as the ear h s firs merc so he are i ts las f t t y, t y t gi t to us when all o her ser ce is a n from lan and re e t vi v i , p t t , the soft mosses and gray lichen take up th eir w atch by - the heads one . The w oods the lossoms th e f ear n t , b , gi t b i g

rasses h a e done he r ar s for a me but hese do g , v t i p t ti t ’ s er ce for e er T rees for the u lder s ard ow ers for vi v . b i y , fl ’ the r de s c ham er c orn for th e ranar moss for the b i b , g y , ” ra e g v .

Mr. ames who sta ed w th us at Gu nd las t J , y i i y

S r n an d as re entl een tra ell n in the p i g, h c y b v i g

mala a ha n seen at ork o use some ears Hi y , vi g Y H , y a o the ur o us rass lam w h c h the row n r n ess g , c i b p i C P i c

’ fo und in a fisherman s h ut in the sland of Ohr i F , an d a e to me at otsdam in 1 8 has sent to ear g v P 75 , b it om an a rass hassa tea o w h h he o ta ned c p y b L p t, ic b i fro m the Chief Lama of a B uddhist m onas tery in

Ladakh to ether w th a ras s and o er u of Leh , g i b c pp j g man ufac ture wh h elon ed to the headman of the , ic b g

m r i village in which the onaste y s situated. 1 7 0 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3

2 l stened to a sens le sermon th s afternoon . I i ib i

r l e n the d fferen e e n rel n from M . E w s o i c b twee igio and odl ness A refere n e in to n sle re g i . c it Ki g y minded m e that thirty years ago that e minent perso n “ had sa d to me w th his ur ous stammer We shall i , i c i , ne er do an oo d t ll w e ha e ot rid o f those v y g , i v g o-dio us words Re-ligion an d Christi-anity

oor n sle he was the most del htful o en-a ir P Ki g y, ig p

m n er kne h k n of him nl co pa ion I ev w . I was t in i g o y

’ the other da in onne t on w th Alford s ex u s te y, c c i i q i i

oem La d Ma r wh h he a reed w th me i n p y y, ic g i co nsidering incomparably s uperior to any of its

’ a u hor s other rodu ns t p ctio .

T he name of Alford makes me thin k o f so me lines in a ook wh h he u l shed ons st n of e es o f b ic p b i , c i i g pi c poetry and prose suita ble for translation into Lati n or Greek

hen me shall urn hose am er loc ks to ra W ti t t b g y, My verse agai n shall gild and make them gay

And r c k hem u i n kno ed curls anew t i t p tt , ’ And to th au umn e a summer s hue y t giv . That sacred pow er that i n my i nk remai ns Shall put fresh blood into thy w ithered veins

And on th red deca ed th wh eness dead y y y it ,

Shall set a w h e more w h e 11 red more red . it it ,

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1 . las ma l ha d a let er fro m oler d e 4 By t i I t C i g , in which he speaks highly of an article in the

ua rterl a ou t Sw f T hat led me to turn to Q y b i t .

’ T ha kera s ri t c y lectu re in the E nglish H umou s s . I

had u te for ot e n the ean s uo at on w hen the q i g t D ’ q t i ,

lady swept dow n w ith her tra i n and inj ured the valuable vi olin

Mantu a va e miserae nimi um vici na C remonae

wh ch s urel deser es the nam e of the rea t un i y v g p ,

n n as w ell as that m en tioned by Longfellow i Hyper io . “ ’ L a mo ur a a n u oth n t u lo tes san one v i c L (vi g c t ), g of the performers at the first representation of the

era o f ot Op L .

’ ’ u il en donne une ci l a uteur r ed a vo e from Q , c i ic the audience

h k ha m n ned that rs Awdr I do not t in I ve e tio M . y

- latel re rea d H erion to me . hen its w r ter d ed y yp W i i , I did not happen to light upon a single allusion to the

oo k. An d et it is to m th nk n one of the most b y , y i i g, del htful that ha a eared in t me u tt n ig s pp my i . P i g as de the rea t ooks there is none wo uld ra her i g b , I t h r en ave w itt .

T urn n o er the Four Geor es O f T ha kera i g v g c y, I 1 8 8 3 BLUCHER 1 7 3 o bserve that he has fallen into the mistake which

r so many fa ll into a bo u t Blu cher. T ha t o ugh

k m r h i sa n n ed . . for th n a t n that to gu D . C L ( I i I ig yi g Oxfo rd made him o ne ) did not say that Lo ndon wo uld be an admirable place to plu nder ; but loo king

’ fro m the to of St. a ul s or rather el e e o f the p P , I b i v

onu ment on the m ean ho uses so uth of the r er he M , iv , “ excla imed was fur Plun der What rubbish !

1 6 s ent esterda in bed—a rare th n w th . I p y y i g i me - th e ailm ents of which I have had more than my share in Eu ro e As a and remem er n the le p , i , ( b i g Ni ) I ma add Afr a not enerall nterfer n w th the y ic , g y i i g i

’ da s work. Th s afternoon how e er ould not y i , v , I c e en rea d m ma l letters w th m own e es nor v y i i y y , co uld I go dow nstairs to the farewell dinner we gave

eneral San ke late Se retar in the u l rk G y, c y P b ic Wo s

e artment an a le an d ex ellent ser ant of the D p , b c v

S ate from w hom art w th re ard and re ret t , I p i g g . I rece ived to-day the fi rst primroses I have seen in

nd a had heard it stated that the uld r I i . I y wo not g o w here but that sta tement is abo ut as veracious as many

‘ ” o thers uae ol ta nt er ora virtrm in th s land q v i p , i ,

’ “ w hich lies so far to the eas t o f poor Strangford s line ” f ha ual tru thlessness o bit . 1 74 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3

1 Amon st the l st of ooks re o m mended b the 7 . g i b c y

great authori ty o f Acton is the Testa ment P oli tique de 1 Ri chelieu . ha e een exa m n n it a refu ll w th I v b i i g c y, i a view to mark anything that co uld help a modern

statesman to do his work etter. T here is how b ,

e er u te aston sh n l l t le Almost e er a e v , q i i i g y i t . v y p g

throws l ht on the ol of the reat ard nal and ig p icy g C i ,

ould e alua le to one who wa s stud n his t mes w b v b yi g i . T here are also a n u mber of perfectly true maxims of

eneral a l cat on but the ha e for the most art g pp i i , y v , p ,

m tru sms i the art of o ern n No beco e mere i n g v i g. t many of these are put in s uch an epigram ma tic w ay

m r te elow a few o f as to cling to the me o y . I ci b the

est bu t the ook annot be om ared as seems to b , b c c p , it me for one mo ment as a u de for a man in u l , , g i p b ic l fe w th the Ora culo Ma nua l of althasar Gracian i , i B ,

h h was wr tten efore the da s of hel eu and w ic i b y Ric i , whose au hor the R e tor o f a olle e at T arra ona t , c c g g

see m M scella ni es P oliti ca l a nd Litera r ca n ne er ( y , y ) , v ’ have had the hundredth part of Richelieu s o pportun i ties of seeing behind the scenes of the co u rtly and poli tical stage

’ Les pl us grands Esprits sont plu s Dangéreux q u Utile

1 n s er a E ition f 1 688 I the Am t d m d o .

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’ cla rer 8c su re leurs C ours c c ui do l obli er é fa re é i , iv q it g i ’ un tel m r s de are lles n ures ue sa ro n en ép i p i I j , q P bité

u sse e re ranl e ui lui d ourn de marcher a ec p i t éb é , ét é v ’ ’ ’ ferme au x ns u l s es ro os ou r le B en de l Etat té Fi q i t p p é p i .

1 . u h al latel t The t r 2 M c t k y o f igers . h ee

A . C .s went off the other da in for e to sla one D. y c y at the roo w ho how e er knew etter a ta n D g , v , b C p i

Chamberla in saw one or more in the w oods beyond

e ur a ta n A new met w th one i h S g . C p i g i n t e sam e d str t and now l the ad enturous fox-terr er i ic , F ip, v i ,

w h h m w fe a e to Mr. reed has een k lled ic y i g v C , b i

a t res somewhere near Kartair by ig s y . “ A lad recentl arr ed as ked Awdr if there y, y iv , y

er fro m hese an mals w as any da ng t i . ” ra t all none w as the reassur n re l P c ic y , i g p y,

unless ndeed o u lea e m lk a o ut w hen the are , i , y v i b , y apt to come into the ho uses to lap it

2 olonel . er ert ment oned at reakfast an 2 . C K H b i b am us n sl in E n l sh wh h he had ac tuall heard i g ip g i , ic y “ fro m the l s o f a nat e th rt m les as the oc k ip iv , i y i c

r w c o s .

lan n at a oo k alled Eveni n s on the 25 . G ci g b c g

Tha mes u l shed in 1 86 the author of The Broa d , p b i 4 by

' ton H onour find one ha ter the eleventh S e qf , I c p , , 1 8 8 3 JULES MOHL 1 7 7

de oted o the l ttle sland os te ork o use a v t i i Opp i Y H ,

In it considera ble portion of which belongs to me.

occurs the following story

“ An old French writer gives an amusing i nstance of

‘ ’ the m a en zeal of one not s n amon rush es on a i p ti t , itti g g ‘ ree n a nk ndeed but on w ha he calls the fle urs de g b , i , t

’ ‘ lis or as w e should sa on the bench or w oolsack. , , y, I

’ ‘ knew he sa s a cer ain counsellor fond of sen enc es of , y , t , t

dea h who used to doze some mes on th e eurs de 11s t , ti fl O ne day the President asking for th e votes of the com

an he rou sed h mself u and sa d half aw ake ha his p y , i p i , , t t

o n h u t off pi ion w as that the man shou ld have is head c .

‘ ’ But is a ues i on of a m eadow sa d the res den . it q t , i P i t ’ Let be mow ed hen re l ed the co unsellor. it t , p i

6 I Ma c l a n f h s mon h there is a 2 . n mi l or t , t i ,

k ndl sket h rs S m son of adame ohl so i y c by M . i p M M ,

often m en t oned in hese a es She d ed last Ma at i t p g . i y a er ad an e In a note is the follow n v y v c d age. i g

- mas terl sket h of . ohl b Sa nte eu e u te y c M M y i B v , q i

new tO m e 2

’ Un homme q ui est l éruditi on et la c uriosité meme M ’ . Mohl le sa an Or en al s e et lus u u n sa an u n , v t i t i t , p q v t, sa e ! es r c lai r lo al endu es r allemand asse au g p it , y , ét , p it , p

filtre an la s sans un rou le sans nu nua e m ro r ou er g i , t b , g , i i v t ‘ et l m de moral franche et ure de onne heure i pi , ité p , b

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’ re ven u de ou a ec un ra n d i roni e sans amer ume t t ; v g i t , ’ fron chau e et r re d enfant n ell enc e I la Goe h e t v i , i t ig t , ’ ’ sinon qu elle est exempte de toute c ouleur e t qu elle es t ’ so ne usemen d ou ll e du sens es h i ue comme d u n ig t ép i é t ét q , ” menson ge .

O ctober

’ ha e of en ta ken u ea n amsa s R emini 2 . I v t p D R y

scences S cottish L e a nd Cha ra cter bu t ha e in of if , v these last days looked thro ugh the boo k with m ore

are than heret fore u t n as de a fe xcellent c o . P t i g i w e

but er fam l ar stor es ha e fou nd howe er less v y i i i , I v , v ,

in it of rea l alue than ha d ex e ted. , v , I p c

T he good Dean has fallen into the error w hich Chamfort no tices

La plupart des faiseurs de rec u eils de vers ou de bons mots ressemblen t a c eux q u i ma ngent des c erises ou des

’ hui res c ho s ssan d abord les me lleures et finissan t ar t , i i t i , p ” an er tout m g .

Y et it w ould be well erha s if a S m lar oo k , p p , i i b

w ere compiled for every province of Wes tern E urope

efore the so al m ll r nds down all an les Am dst b ci i g i g . i

m u h haff there would be fo und e er where a l le c c , v y itt

T he est th n in the olume not alread know n b i g v , y

8 1 0 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3

6 e ster f d eh ll . W b o E g i w rites

I do not think I have said anything of the Bec kford

Sale ar . deser ed all sa d a , P t III It v i bo ut th e quality a nd

r c e of the oo ks i n he wer p i b it . T y e i n perfec t condition

ns de i i and outside ; the bindings as fresh as whe n new ;

the edi ons the la es alw a s the cho c es e er olum e ti , p t y i t, v y v

a ou . The re u a on of Deseuil was not advanc ed bij p t ti ,

how e er on the com ar so n of hi s w ork w h tha of so me v , p i it t

o her rea c raf smen of the rench sc hool —Derome t g t t F , ,

P adelou Le Gascon bu t ke u the r c e of all p, ; it pt p p i ’ ooks ha n hi s name a nd d dn et e en one of he m b vi g , I i t g v t .

w as con en wi h c er a n roduc ons of Derome ade I t t t t i p ti , P

nd Bo er of the e i hteenth c en ur and n lou , a g am o p y c t y I g i g to send ou b the nd an a rc el os a sam le o f the y , y I i p p t, p

r n a le collec on w h ch ou ma care for g eat i imit b ti i y y . I add ha wh le hese re nch nders of the e h een h t t, i t F bi ig t t cen tury ga ve a solidity and a charac ter of the ir Ow n to their volumes not eas l desc r ed w hou handl n hem , i y ib it t i g t , it w as i n their gilding espec ially that their exce llence i s to be seen and i n the rac e of the desi n of he r ools o n , g g t i t

s d s nd the ns des of he r ooks Moder the ac k e a . n b , i , i i t i b binders seem to exec u te all their designs and orn aments by machines and so m echani cally the men of the last and

‘ ’ fo rmer c en ur es ut hem o n b hand b e s fers t i p t y y p tit , and so while some m es rre u lar he have more s on , ti i g , t y p taneous freedom and individu al c harac ter given to each

ook The one is a manufac u re the o her was an art b . t , t , 1 3 3 3 EIGHTH TOUR OF INSPECTION 1 3 1

as in the c ase of real Orien al fa r cs and orcela n e fore t b i p i , b debased by working on a great scale for Europe ; and wh le on a fa o u r e su ec add too ha su ec to i v it bj t I , , t t, bj t wha t I have said about the too great monotony and w ant of freedom i n the ornamen s no h n o herw se i n the t , t i g t i bookbindi ng o f th e early part o f th e last century exceeded the loveliness and finish of mode rn bookbinders like

o er a n e and Kalth oeber in En lan wn to 1 8 10 R g P y g d do , and s nce l ke Bedford Clarke Ha da Charles Lou s i , i , , y y, i ,

ere or l ke ra u z Bauzonn et Lor e Duru C a of Rivi , i T t , ti , , pé, the re cen renc h school so nfin el ar ed and charm n t F , i it y v i i g ” i r handl n of moroc co n thei i g .

° O n the morning of 9th Octo ber I left O otaca mund w th some of m staff and was o ned at i y , j i

r. aw on B ta k n a S e al tra n at Coonoor by M L s . y i g p ci i

ettu ala am w e rea hed Pal hau t in the e en n M p iy , c g v i g,

had t me to sto for a l tle at Walliar and i p it .

Then e on the l oth we ursued our ourne to c , , p j y

al ut when e w e assed to T ell herr and an a C ic , c p ic y M g lore wh h las t la e w e rea hed sea on the morn n , ic p c c by i g

h T hen e e made an ex urs on nto of t e 1 4 th. c w c i i So uth Canara as far as Karka l and retu rned v ia Mangalore and Beypore to Ootacamund on the

22nd.

All th s is deta led in m us ual ofli cial nute and i i y Mi , 1 3 1 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 33 3

I merely note during this fortn ight a few matters o f

n - r on business inte est.

1 At Man alore the E uro ean a l of 1 t 4 . g p M i 2 s

Se tem er met us p b .

r es of U sala see these otes for 1 8 w r tes F i p ( N 73) i , tha nking me fo r so me seeds I la tely sent him thro ugh

Kew He is now in har e of the otani arden s . c g B c G

nd eu m a Mus .

George von B unsen la tely w rote from the Steamship

Elbe o ff New York to say that he had instru cted a pu blisher to send m e a co py of a recent number o f

’ H a r er s Ma a zi ne on ta n n an art le b him u on p g , c i i g ic y p

r n The fa hl m r the Crow n P i ce . it ess A e ican has not

’ fou n th a M r done so but d e rt le in r. Stu ro k s , I ic c

u t an alore hospita ble ho se a M g .

It is fu ll o f striking anecdotes w ell told ; I quote

tw o . “ on ears a o when the elder u nsen was the L g y g , B

re resenta t e of russ a in En land the resent p iv P i g , p Empress (then Crow n Princess) w as paying a visit in

ondon . u nsen w a t n for an nter ew was L B , i i g i vi , looking over a n umber of engravings w hich vario us

r nt- llers had sent for her ns e t on Amon st p i se i p c i . g them there was a portra it o f the Pri ncess Royal a nd of

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de Cha mbord in excluding the P rinces of the House

’ of Fra nce from her husband s funeral has rallied the

Blacases uns La o hefou aulds and all the mos t , M , R c c ,

d t ts ar h te d r ar en Legitimis oun d t e Com e Pa is .

ord ou hton who had taken his ass a e fo r L H g , p g

nd a to s t the ero and m self w r tes that he I i , vi i Vic y y , i has been o bliged to reno un ce his project in consequ en ce

f e tron l ad erse o n on o f r u a n and Sir o th S g y v pi i s D . Q i

h a r r Josep F y e . “ He sa s too ha e latel een sta n in a y , , I v y b yi g

house w h the ra ens and the r ht au l ne dis it C v , b ig P i

co ursed m uch of yo u and you r pleasan t letters ; she ” her ears w th w onderfu l a t bears y i viv ci y .

n th s o u rne Mr. aw son took the la e of O i j y, L p c — Dr n otan of eolo . . Ki g b y, g gy

’ 1 Arthu r a le s address to the r sh 2 8 . N1 . C y y B iti

Asso at on w h h rea hed m e b th s a l sen b ci i , ic c y i M i , t y

r T hiselton er from Kew e ns as follows M . Dy , b gi

“ Since our last meeti ng w e have been deprived of

h m rs T he los three of our most distinguis ed embe . s by the death of Professor Henry Jo hn Stephen Smith i s a very gri evous one to those who knew and admired and

lo ed him to hi s n ers and to ma h ema cal sc ence v , U iv ity, t ti i ,

r nd s c ess whic h he c ultivated w ith suc h ardou a uc . I 8 8 3 SMITH A ND SPOTTISWOODE 1 8 5 need hardly recall that the branc h of mathematic s to which he had speci ally devoted himself w as that most

n eres n an d d ffic ul on e —the heor of num ers i t ti g i t , t y b .

The mmense ran e of h s sub ec connec ed w h and i g t i j t, t it ,

ram f i n n o So man o h ers is now here so w ell see n i y g i t , y t ,

as in th e ser es of re or s on the ro ress hereof rou h i p t p g t , b g t

u unfor una el onl to the ear 1 8 6 c on r u ed b p t t y y y 5, t ib t y him to th e Reports of th e Assoc iation ; but it w ill still better appear w hen to these are united ( as w ill be done i n the collec ted w orks i n co urse of public ation by the C lar

endon ress hi s o her ma hema cal w r n s man of P ) t t ti iti g , y th em c ontain ing hi s ow n further developments of theories

referred to i n t e re or s h p t .

T hen after some re marks a ou t General Sa ne , b bi ,

w ho had lon outl ed the ord nar a e o f man and g iv i y g ,

w th whom ha d no ersonal a u a ntan e he adds i I p cq i c ,

There is y et a very great loss another late Presiden t

and rus ee of the Assoc a on —o n e w ho h as don e for T t i ti , it

so much and has so of en a ended the mee n s wh ose , t tt ti g , presence am ong u s at this meeting w e might have hoped

for -the res den o f the o al Soci e ll am S o tti s , P i t R y ty, Wi i p

w oode is unnec essar to a an h of his ar o . It y s y yt ing v i u s

mer s : the lac e of his ur al the crow d of sorrow it p b i , n

fr ends w ho w ere resen i n th e A e ear w ness to i p t bb y, b it

the es eem in w h ch he w as held t i .

etter fro m Mrs sh k n o f reland . o . S ea L Bi p p i g I , 1 8 6 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3

“ she remarks tha t she is a sphinx in rags with a hys

terical fa e s ream n to e er one to answ er her. c , c i g v y

O f a hot ra h o f Mrs . ra en w ho has een p og p C v , b

s end n tw el e da s w h her she sa s p i g v y it , y — She appears quite as she is an d alas seven ty -five years

o ld bu t h nk w e w ho lo ve her w ll re o c e to ha e a , I t i , i j i v

fa hful or ra of he r dear w r n kles and wh e ha r He r it p t it i it i . ’ ha r has row n w h er as has her husband s We alked i g it , . t

much of ou w hose fr endsh is a er leasan l h on y , i ip v y p t ig t ” her old a e g .

Ru tson writes

Mr usk n came to Laidlaw sti el for two n h . R i ig ts a fter

w ro e to ou w as del h ed w h hi s c our es n I t y . I ig t it t y a d

c harm n manner and his elo u ence We w en i g q . t to

Ash l You should h a e se en the re eren w a i esti e . v v t y n

w h c h h e a roach ed w h his hat off an old man w ho i pp , it ,

had w orked for Sco and h ow he ex ressed his se nse o f tt, p

the honour Of see n a man w ho had know n Sco and ho w i g tt, the sense of his havi ng know n Scott m ust m ake the man

h m self er ha . All h s sa d i n a low and r ch one i v y ppy t i , i i t ’ of usk n s eau ful o ce wh le he s ood sl h l bow ed R i b ti v i , i t ig t y , — made a memo rable little picture th e man standing i n hi s

doorw a and usk n us ou s de th e co a e . Th e man y, R i j t t i tt g had a k n dl recollec on of Sco bu t did no t u e feel i y ti tt, q it

hi s usk n did We saw the box in wh about m a R i . ich th e ’ M w s alw a s sen b coac h to C adell s and th r S . a e oo f y t y , p

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a rahm n and a hr st an w alk n u and dow n the B i C i i , i g p

terra e that o erloo ks the r er c v iv .

B th s a l too ha e a letter fro m Mr. ook of y i M i , , I v C

hmond a knowled n so me seeds ha e sent Ric , c gi g I v him thro ugh Kew for his gardens at Cin t ra ( see this Diary fo r Janu ary

th aw son and a m le to look for to 3 0 . Wi L G b Cryp

ra mma le to h lla w h h row s in G uernse and is g p p y , ic g y,

’ n luded in entham s British Flora . It is an an nual i c B ,

and has for the mos art d ed dow n but w e fou nd , t p , i ,

n small e men o e sp ci .

A ro k onl a few fee t ro und on wh h w e c , y , ic

l hted dur n ou r sear h w as a erfe t e tome o f ig i g c , p c pi

the e eta le w orld. o ledons w ere re resented v g b Dic ty p ,

i nter a lia b the rett P a rieta ria debilis new to , y p y ,

m e mono ot ledons b one o f the Commel na ceee ; c y y y ,

es des w h h there w ere ferns mosses l erw orts b i ic , , iv ,

l hens fun an d al a . Mr. aw son ex la ned to ic , gi, g L p i — me the relatio ns o f the last three s urely one of the ” tr es o f the fa r l f s n e s ang t i y ta es o cie c .

ollo k wr tes in re l to a uest on o f m ne P c i , p y q i i

Y es th e Fi tzG erald rec en l one w as the ransla , t y g t tor ' of Omar Kha a m a man of rea accom l shmen s as n yy , g t p i t a

Or en al G reek and En l sh sc holar but mos ec c en r c i t , , g i , t t i . 1 3 3 3 OMA R KHA YYAM 1 3 9

H e l ed in rea re remen in the coun r and onl iv g t ti t t y , I y kn ew him by a pretty regu lar exchange of letters for

man ears as . In add on to hi s ers an ransla ons y y p t iti P i t ti , h e w as the a u hor o f a ood ers on o f th e A amemnon t g v i g , ’ o f so me of C aldero n s plays (I should have added a Spanish scholar too a nd of some ex u s e l t le essa s A s ran e ), q i it i t y . t g bu t ve r del h ful erson Ald s r h has ot o e her y ig t p . i W ig t g t g t a n umber of his le ers and ma erha s a em a tt , y p p tt pt m o r i em i of h m .

’ trust he w ll su eed. Ho w f r r itz erald I i cc a M . F G s transla tion o f Oma r Khayybm is strictly accurate I

annot sa but u tt n on one s de the uest on how c y, p i g i q i m u h is due to the n neteen h- entur E n l shman c i t c y g i , and how m uch to the eleven th-century schoolfellow of the O ld Man of the ounta n the oem w h h M i , p ic Quaritch published is one of the finest in o ur o r any

ther la n ua e o g g . Captain Evans Gordon w rites from A kolia that

w hen ou t the other da loo k n for w ld s he and y i g i pig ,

’ his friends impressed a neighbou ring Rajah s band to

t f drive the creatures o u o the j ungle .

T he and s ru k u ome Swee ome ro b t c p H , t H , p

T e ducing the most ghastly so unds . h pigs appeared to a re ate the w ords for the stu k to the r home pp ci , y c i s in spite of the noises 1 9 0 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3

Nov ember

T he E n l sh Ma l has ro u ht from Mr. 4 . g i i b g — Webster o f Edgehill so m e lovely books tw o from

the e kfo rd an d two from the T rebino ff olle t on . B c , c c i T he fi rst which I chanced to take o u t of the box

the Amsterdam P etroni us Arbi ter o f 1 66 red was 9, moro o w th the artered arms o f the Earl o f cc , i g

She ffield o n its s des and from the e kford rar . i , B c Lib y T he second w as a French t ransla tion of Ma rcus

Aureli us u l shed at Ams terdam in 1 6 1 and also , p b i 9 , a delightful bit of morocco T he accidental j uxta-posrtron o f one of the most licentious and the most virtuous of ancient w riters was a mus n ! A n ex u s te u n u t o of Sa llust i g q i i c c py ,

ar s 1 fro m the e kford rar ren h lue P i 744 , B c Lib y, F c b moro o extra ro a l ound u ette or erome cc , p b b y b by R D ,

ame next c .

’ A pretty specimen of Pa delo up s red moro cco

’ followe d and the lar e a er ed on 01 urton s , g p p iti B

Bookhunter a ro r atel rou ht u the rear pp p i y b g p .

O n the morn n of th o em er lef the i g 5 N v b , I t

lls where m w fe w ho is in er dee mourn n Hi , y i ( v y p i g ) rema ns w th the ch ldren and sta rted for G u nd i i i , i y,

1 9 1 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 3 3 3

th rteen s ee hes when not on to ur e ht n n e i p c , ig y i

when on tour o f wh h last e ht w ere in re l to , ic ig y p y — addresses o ne hun dred and tw o in all.

O n the morn n of the 6th w e reached Gu nd i g i y , and fell immediately into the way of life w hich w e

led in the s r n T he arden and ark were in the p i g. g p

reatest ea ut g b y .

ent ut moonl ht to see the rs l r 9 . W o by ig fi t g o y

of the Vi ctoria r e ia w hos e reat lea es are now g , g v

o er n m fa ou r te ond and w hose o wer o ens c v i g y v i p , fl p

at n ht . At sunset when w e re u rned fro m the ig , t

sw mm n ath a reat bu d was u s un los n B i i g b , g j t c i g. y

1 0 P M . it had ent rel ex anded. . i y p

1 rst o un l of the season in adras . 3 . Fi C ci M “ 1 Who sa d so et Sho u ld be a stron de o on 4 . i ci y g c cti o f books Who described the election of 1 874 as “ roth at the to and eer at the o tto m Who F p, b b “ ” spoke of the immense conversation of the sea ? happy phrases which I fou nd to-day in a m emorandum

of 1 book 8 79 . “ It w as Bastiat h nk who w ro e Ad eu ! cc , I t i , t i

’ m t u i n est ama s ne utre and T a ne w ho o q j i , i

’ re marked that dix milli ons d ignorances ne font ” s o r pas un av i . 1 8 8 3 THE CA SA PA OLINELLI 1 9 3

1 6 . Euro ean Ma l arr es p i iv .

In a lon and er nterest n letter dated 2 th g v y i i g , 4

to er ll er sends me from St. T ro ez his ew s Oc b , O ivi p vi

t h resen t state f affa rs in ran e abou t e p o i F c . T he immediate ca use of his writing was a speech w h h made at er aud and wh h had ro a l ic I Y c , ic , p b b y throu h ond her foun d its wa to him g P ic y, y . Miss Lyall sends me from Venice a photograph w th a ew of the asa Paolinelli now am er n i vi C , C i i , the exact po sition of which I was most anxious to

ta n It is the house etw een the otel uer ascer i . b H Ba

’ i w ald and the o tel de l E uro e Gr in H p . “ ” “ There must she adds be a harm n ew , , c i g vi

do of the alute am so lad t from its w in ws S . I g o k the house where the were T he r sho t now y . i r

' ha ness as worth so man a lon l fe I en ppi w y g i . vy those eo le dead and one more than an l n p p , g , y ivi g ” 1 ones .

Further on she says

ha e een to Torc ello of course and to S I v b , , . — Franc esco i n Deserto and Burano and Chioggia all

the slands . How on e feels as ou near or ello i i , y T c n

1 ’ Ri cit d n e ur vo i u e S , l. .

VO L . I 1 94 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3

that uiet li le wa er -wa etween low anks of an q tt t y b b , e eni n as if one had lef the world ehi nd one v g, t b

A a n S eak n of loren e she sa s g i , p i g F c , y

’ s ed E. B B . s ra e and the Casa G u d . l k I vi it . g v i i I i e

e lac e The moon was ris the tomb and th p . ing betw een the dark c ress - rees as s ood there and the rf yp t , I t , tu under m feet was full of l tle fra ran her s whi c h a e y it g t b , g v ” ea h s e o ut a strong scent at c t p.

1 T o the reat Chembrambakam tank in e 7 . g th

earl morn n . It is one of the lar est we have y i g g ,

r some ele en s uare m l T h cove ing v q i es. e largest of all is um um in urnool wh h is reall a hu C b K , ic y ge

lake.

1 8 a end sh r n s in from sn s . C v i b i g ipe hooting

erba Su are our Gloriosa sup . ch weeds

d Mrs rank 2 2 . Mr . an . len ome here on a s t F c vi i .

as kel ne ntrodu es her as the n e e of Mr M y i c i c .

T al ot whom ou remem er as the a her f b , y b F t o the

” ’ ous e add n erha s ou don t remem er him H , i g, p p y b , for thou h he is in most m o rtant d s ons neve r , g i p ivi i , I knew above half a dozen members who knew him e en s ht and he is enerall looked on a v by ig , g y as sort ” of myth.

T s does not sur r se me for it was ears fo hi p i , y be re

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of the Eastern sky ; the fall of the heavy blinds let

dow n in the era ndahs as the sun e i ns to r se v , b g i

behind the trees o f the park ; the little striped

sq uirrels running u p and dow n the ropes ; the fresh

so ft air as we step into the garden the Ipomee a cornea

show ing only a few flow ers the IVycta nthes a r bor

tr istis s urrounded by the blossoms which came o ut — las t night white petals and orange t ubes ; the yello w

Gmeli na s eciosa in loom and near it the ra eful l la p b , g c i c

D ura nta elo ed of or eo us utter es . urthe r , b v g g b fli F on is S a thodea ca m a nula ta o ered w th its lar e p p , c v i g red fl owers tow ering up o n the right j ust as w e pass

amon the man oes then the road walk an d g g ; b ,

e ond it the entre of the arden too full of ar e d b y c g , v i

forms of eaut for m e to enter nto art ulars bu t b y i p ic ,

in wh h usuall s end so me t me return n to the ic I y p i , i g

’ ut o lo k ho use abo 8 c c .

Then ome the usua l o u at ons o f the da c cc p i y,

nterru ted as far as am on erned onl b reakfas t i p , I c c , y y b

w h h takes la e at n ne unt l the sun is w ester n ( ic p c i ) i i g,

when it is t me to start for a r de a om an ed i i , cc p i by

A ne T o tha su ee ds Cavendish or g w . t cc the feeding

lu rne an h of the horses w th e d t e sw mm n a th . i c , i i g b

S w e r r f o m it w e all d ver e to see i A etu n r , usu y i g f 1 8 8 3 G UINDY 1 9 7

there is a new flo wer co ming o ut on the Vi ctor ia

re ia an d hardl e er fa l to ex la m w th del ht as g , y v i c i i ig ,

ust w hen w e ass the S a thodea we at h the rst j p p , c c fi view o f the eastern of the three blocks into w hich — the ho use is divided loo king sometimes white like

ala aster so met mes when the sun set is a fine one b , i , ,

tak n the sof er hues o f or i g t iv y . T he sw ift darkness of these regions is upon us ere

w e cross the threshold ; and the jackals begin their

de ant horus wh le am e n read to etween s ix fi c , i I b i g b

and se en At uarter to e ht omes d nner an d v . q ig c i ,

then after a er r ef nter al in the draw n -room , v y b i i v i g ,

wh h w e onl rolon on moonl ht n hts w e ic y p g ig ig ,

se ara te the ale or some nse ts of S m lar ha ts p cic , i c i i bi ,

keeping u p a din to which the ear becomes as soon accustomed as i t does to a w aterfall

“ For men m a dw ell b moun a n s reams and all the y y t i t ,

summer round

Have mu sic lingering in their ears till they forget the ’ soundl

latel chan ed in olu me l l . o f the Selections 29 . I y c v

rom the Ca lcutta R ev iew on an art le Sir enr f ic , by H y

awren e of the ear 1 8 in wh h found the L c , y 45 , ic I following passage about my father 1 93 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 3 3 3

He s ud ed men and manners in the c am in th e t i p, ’ ca ne and i n the easan s field as w ell as i n the dus bi t, p t , ty record of his ofli c e He e xam ned the as ha he m h s . i p t t t ig t u nderstand the presen t ; a nd such w e consider to be th e du of e er nd an offic al w ho w ould not be led b th e ty v y I i i , y

nose b his ass s an s Euro ean or na ve . esearch o f y i t t , p ti R

h s k nd has how e er i ts ese n dan ers em s t i i , v , b tti g g ; it t pt men to ecome m ere devourers of i nd s nc manuscr s b i ti t ipt , and it is apt to lure them in to the wide w aste of specula

on where mou n ed on the ho of some fa our e ti , , t bby v it

heor he challen e and c om a the s ron es e denc e t y, t y g b t t g t vi that will not ta ke the road th ey themselves have chosen . G rant Duff escaped these temptati ons h e w as eminently

rac ical His ook i s w r en w h the candour of th e p t . b itt it accom l shed soldi er com n ed w h th e k ndl ness to be p i , bi it i i ex ns on If pected from a di sciple of Mountstuart Elphi t e. the minute details of som e portions of the Mahratta h s or i n some measure fa ue the reader he i s re i t y , , tig , w arded by th e fulles t information on the charac ter of a

er ecul ar eo le too enerall el e ed to be as th e v y p i p p , g y b i v

S khs a modern s ec o r l ke th e ndarees to ha e een i , t, i Pi , v b mere ands of marauders ns ead of e n one of th e oldes b , i t b i g t races of the nd an en nsula The record of h a or on I i p i . t t p ti ’ of Mahratta hi story that c ame under G rant Duff s personal o ser a ons a ears to us to ossess the rare mer o f b v ti , pp p it

horou h m ar al Each o c and nd dual i s t g i p ti ity. t pi i ivi

r a d man ll b c o r sl ru h was his rand t e te fu y ut u teou y . T t g o ec He sank no o n b wh ch m h be bj t. p i t y i it ig t

NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3

amaz n and e x u s e eau of th e s le row s on m e i g q i it b ty ty g , but the s or the charac ers the narra e—all are of th e t y, t , tiv

h hes order i s l ke Mozar at his er very ig t . It i t v y

es Do read th e s x h ook o er a a n . b t . i t b v g i “ ha e read as o u ask m e fo ur la s of Eur des I v , y , p y ipi ' on m ou w ard and hom ew ard o a e u ho oo k w as y t v y g , b t t b too bi to ake w h me on m ourn e s He does a n g t it y j y . p i t — — w omen the only one of the Greeks who does and w hat ex u s e ure lo el w omen his are h en a Alc es s q i it , p , v y Ip ig i , ti ,

Macar a elen should sa e en hae dr a and c er a nl i , H , I y v P , t i y

Andromache and in the same sor of eau ful su nn , , t b ti y

l h Io n and Ach lles and ol us . Sc hle el ndeed ig t, i Hipp yt g , i , made the very w onderful discovery that he w as not

So hocles but who d sc o ered h a he ha ed w om en ? p , i v t t t ” here are no suc h lo el w omen as his in an u t T v y tiq i y.

s ster on the eve of f wr tes My i , fi ty, i

You see the Entw ickelungs kampf of us ex-monkeys i s re ll ar cularl ser ous us now But one i s so sure a y p ti y i j t .

h e er th n w ll be alwa s e n e er onl t at v y i g i y g tti g b tt . I y c hoke w ith rage that I c anno t be there to see how it all

oes on us to h nk how s lend dl all has one o n g . J t t i p i y g ’ dur n one s c o ns ous for ears en all the o un i g ci ty y . I vy y g folks w ho are i n the va n and can ha e a hea e at the , v v battering ram under the Forts of Folly

Mrs . ra en w ho is nearl a enerat on older w rote C v , y g i , to me on 25 th June PROG RESS OF THE WORLD

I wish I c o u ld be as sanguine as you are as to the s a e and real r r s f e w rld In ma n res ec s t t p og e s o th o . y p t I adm Bu t a a ns ha w h a w ld and se seless V ew s it it . g i t t t t i n i and aspirations and destructi ons I see clearly w here

ro ress and ransforma on c an a ke lac e bu t also where p g t ti t p , human n a ure has alread done i ts bes There i s not t y t. , it seems to me to be i n th e fu ure an rea er moral beau , t y g t ty , or ndeed h s cal ea u han has alread ex s ed and i p y i b ty, t y i t ,

Art also el e e has lon efore now reached i ts l m , I b i v , g b i it ” f erf c on o p e ti .

ames A r uthnot ment oned at d nner that a Mr. J b i i man travelling in Wales had been pressed by his hos to te s me h n in e ho l k He tess w ri o t i g th te boo .

WI'OLC

miss ra m n l na r ri h rudo Non u c ute isi p e c uo s i .

T he lady w as m uch pleas ed

December

- 6 . Mr. a o the S mla stone mer hant whose J c b, i c , stor su ested no do u t the novel alled Mr Isa a cs y gg , b , c . , wh h was read to me dur n m tour las t su mmer ic i g y , a eared th s morn n and made a ood man pp i i g, I g y

h ' hi purc ases fi om m .

dral s e n NO T he san in the athe th en . 9 . y g C i v i g 20 2 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3

o f mns An ent an d odern . As the did so 379 Hy ci M y , it occurred to me that I had so me his torical association w th it an d remem ered e fore i t w as done tha t i , b , b , it was the Chorale o f Le uthen Nu n danket alle ” Go tt the h mn of wh h a l ne ha n een ; y , ic a i vi g b acciden tally s un g by a soldier on the evening o f the bat le was raduall taken u b the whole o f the t , g y p y arm o f the rea reder k w h h had on uered on y G t F ic , ic c q that loo d da b y y . Miss Martin read to me some passages fro m

hten er Lic b g . T he follo wing is as true now a s it was in his day he died 1 799 : Eine Gleichheit un d Freiheit fes t setzen so w ie Sie s h e zt ele ens hen edenken , ic j t vi M c g , das hiesse ein eilftes Gebot ge ben w o durch die ii brige n ” z hn a uf ho en er en e ge b w d . “ V auve nargues says : 11 est fa ux q ue l egalité soit

’ ’ une loi de la nature . La nature n a r en fa t d é al i i g . Sa loi so uveraine est la su bordination et la depen

da n e c .

ked the other da at a re ew in the 1 0 . Loo y vi

’ er o f o rd o ald er s R emi niscences Westmins t L R n Gow .

eak n of a V s t to u henden he sa s that Mr. Sp i g i i H g , y

Disraeli remarked that he felt the satisfaction of an

1 9 4 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 3 3 3

‘ him u on a nd to sa ha in s n um amoris e t p it, y t t ig gra titudinis deliberavimus cum in numero nostro ru m nobilium a re at e et d e nos ro ma ore c ons l o c reare e t gg g , t j i i , praeterea ei donare unam pulchram et honorabilem domum i n ene a vel in llo loc orum nos trorum ui ei ma i s V ti , i q g ’ lacebit is mos ro a l h a he aol n ouse w as p . It t p b b e t t t P i i H

the one hus en to him In 1 8 he w as d s raced and t giv . 44 i g imprisoned by the Republic and di ed withou t leaving

a aren l an descendan s —th e fam l or the ene an pp t y y t i y, V ti

branch of ecom n e x nc ha e fa led to ascerta n it, b i g ti t . I v i i ,

al hou h ha e had the arc h es at the rax and i n S . t g I v iv F i, ’ Mark s L rar exam ned n o whose hands the ho use ib y i , i t

s se uen l fell All can l rn is ha a ou fif ears ub q t y . I ea t t b t ty y

a o elon ed to a fam l named aol n w ho let ou t g it b g i y P i i, it

in lod n s awdon Brow n l ed here i n 1 8 and 1 8 6 . gi g . R iv t 3 5 3 He afterw ards bought the Ca Dario on the Opposite side o f

he r nd C anal assed n o the hands of a fam l t G a . It p i t i y

named Pacci erotti w ho also let o u t in lod n s and , it gi g , it is now generally know n to th e gondolie rs as C a or Palazzo

Pa i rott w as su se uen l ou h b a aduan cc e i . It b q t y b g t y P

nam d C amer n to whom now elon s and w ho am e i i, it b g , , I

old oc cas onall l es here h mself. The house is t , i y iv t i

charm n l s ua ed w h a eau ful Vi ew . awdon i g y it t , it b ti R

Brow n used to o n out to me in former da s as the p i t it y ,

he had c ed i e c erha s pleasantest house o cupi n V ni e . P p I

ha n o more nforma n han o re u red If ve give y u i ti o t y u q i .

not and ou re u re an more ra do not h es a e to , y q i y , p y it t

make use of m e M ss L all resu me has old ou . i y , I p , t y 1 88 3 THE GENUS A INSLIA E A 2 0 5

r w n di ed las s mm r He w as a er that Raw don B o t u e . v y ” f nd of m ne old rie i . Letters from Ootacam und announce the death o f

Prinn o ur om an on in the R ome and the fr end of y, c p i i

the w hole ho usehold.

1 E n l sh a l arr es . 4 . g i M i iv l Mrs . re sends the fo low n ous eno u h but G g i g, Obvi g

q u ite new to me What i s a woman w orth ? — — Double you O man W— — ” o man .

x . ha e had a new a enu e la d out runn n from 5 I v v i , i g this ho use to the gate w hich leads to the Marmalong

r d e It is fo rm ed h e of D illmia s ecio B i g . c i fly p sa an d

Ano eissus a cumi na tus the la tter e n seedl n s from g , b i g i g

the er fine tree in the com o und of Mr. r e the v y p P ic ,

o lle tor of h n le u t wh h was ro a l lan d C c C i g p , ic p b b y p te l r l d t by my mate na gra n fa her.

Some t me a o Dr. Bidie sent me a otan i g , b ical

' draw n O f Ai nslia ea a u usti blza a s e es from th i g g f , p ci e

has a mo unta ns wh h ommemorates his name K i i ic c .

A urman s e es is alled l imlia ea B ra ndisia na B p ci c ,

w h h ons der n how lose were m offi al rela on ic , c i i g c y ci ti s

las t ear w th Dr. rand s is a mus n eno u h y i B i , i g g . 1 Si i e w ins ie r Wh t la A l . 2 06 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3

We a ha d tremendo us ra ns ur fa m l ar h ve i . O i i

Ad ar wh h has enerall ust water enou h to was h y , ic g y j g

lothes looks l ke the h ne c , i R i .

1 Ma - 6. T wo entlemen or ansel Ple dell and g , j M y

a or S mons d ned here to -n ht : the rst had M j y , i ig fi ke t four tame t ers w h le the se ond had had his p ig , i c collar bone broken by a kick from an angry male ostrich at the Cape of Good Hope !

1 8 Sir reder k o er ha a . F ic R b ts d parade and march

as t of a ou t 2 200 men on the sland to-da wh h p b I y, ic

attended o ffi all I ci y.

T he usual all in the an e l 20 . b B qu ting H a l alwa s a rett s ht y p y ig .

1 Euro ean a l arr es . 2 . p M i iv My sister w rites

Th nk of us on the a f ernoon of the a th Decem er i t 4 b . ’ A four o clock as the red sun has sunk eh n h t , b i d t e

E ers er and here is a las low hrou h the ark rees tt b g, t t g t g p t , ’ the rea ells of erder s S ad - rche e the s nal g t b H t t Ki giv ig ,

' and all the ells o n . At ha momen the eim e Hawk b j i t t t, fi g , - that are nailing up the fi nnen Gai rlaudm all over the house and decora n our deal wonder of a ree s o , ti g i t , t p w ork and all listen i n silence to the Heilig-Abmd Clarke! wi h he r memories and h e r rom ses of ha hours t t i , t i p i ppy

nd da s The sa lls olled s Goe h w as arr e a y . me be t a t e c i d

3 08 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3 th nk am e nn n to me a nder and the res ult w ll i I b gi i g , i ” no a rea ur he nds me all allo wa l t be T s y . S se also b e sweetn ess fro m the charming an excellent and

most useful fo rm ula.

a ta n a ot ha n w r ten to a k me o 23 . C p i B g vi g it s t send an e ta h for oor Prinn ha e su ested pi p p y, I v gg this a m e la 's P ,

Catellorum facile pri nceps

i i sci t H c q u e .

Tam c ari ca i s des der o pit i i ,

M n m conse ulto i i e p .

told a end sh on the ste s wh h lead down to I C v i , p ic the arden a e e o f his fam l h stor w h h ca me g , pi c i y i y ic I

’ a r to-da in Sir ames a k ntosh s Memoirs c oss y J M c i .

T he uke o f e onsh re in 1 8 1 6 rou ht o er D D v i , , b g v to London a poodle who had been taught to growl at ” the words e le Roi . ord G. a en d sh in Viv L C v i ,

’ xh n the reature s a om l shmen ts addressed e ibiti g c cc p i , “ r u hl that he ot his nose s rat hed T it so o g y g c c . ha t ” is sa d T erne the rst lood a a end sh has , i i y, fi b C v i ever shed for royalty

s w e dro e to the athedral uoted to ss A v C , I q Mi

ar th wor s of ather T a lor wh h arle M tin e d F y , ic Ch s r 8 8 3 SHILLET O 2 0 9

orton on e told me a nd wh h do not th nk fo und N c , ic I i a l s r Not a le to do p ace at the time in thi Dia y . b it — too wea k to do it —did no t e hteen entur es a o , , ig c i g tw elve w eak pairs of arms take up the world and carry it to Go d

I wonder if any one has noted the epigra m aga inst

Gladstone a tr uted to S illeto the reat a m r d e , t ib h , g C b i g s holar wh h a me nto m head to-da c , ic c i y y

nde m h la dem etere m uo lae tus cum c ui U i i pi , p q Inditur a lacto nomen et a lapide

A letter fro m ss Sm th to m w fe ment on n Mi i y i , i i g that the Rector Of Lincoln is w riting his a utobio

ra h has arr ed m tho u hts to xford a nd g p y, c i y g O ,

’ IVIiss Martin read to me Faber s lines of which I a m so fond

C of w ldes sunse s w h ch do le ity i t t , i pi Their dark-red castles on tha t w oody brow ’ a r as hou art in summer s moonl h sm le F i t ig t i ,

There are a hundred c es fair as hou iti t . But still with thee alone all seasons round

Beau and chan in he r own ri h a ound ty ge t i g t b .

VOL . I P a so NOTES FROM A DIA RY r 8 8 3

II

Whole w n er da s sw f ra n l h s desc end i t y i t i y ig t , ’ ide o er the lai n u o n the sw ell n reeze R p p i g b . And in a momentary brightness blend

Walls towers and fiooded fields and lea ess rees , , , fl t

L hts of such lor as ma not be seen ig g y y ,

In the dee nor hern ales nd n a ns reen p t v a mou t i g .

III

Co c tha dos swa he th summer self y ity, t t t y

In w llow l nes and elm a enue i i y v ,

Each w n er comes and r n s some hidden elf i t b i g p , Buttress or cross or gable out to vi ew While his thin sunlight frugal lustre sheds

h h s r ams an e l s r e O n t e straig t t e d y l ow o ie b ds .

w fe wr t n under date of 2 rd e em er My i , i i g 3 D c b , says

As Ham den and re urned the e en n w as er p I t , v i g v y

ea f l Elk ll c ut c learl a a ns a rim rose sk and b uti u . Hi y g i t p y the alle fill n w h lue m s s wh le the af er- low v y i g it b i t , i t g

ll sho e on the ellow- reen of the Mela r ox lom In sti n y g y . the foreground a group of natives w ere gathered round a

l O ne had l h ed a censer from w h ch a little temp e. ig t i

k was curl n ano her holdi n a lam read blue smo e i g, t g b y

sacrifice. The sc ene a lmos on Chr s mas Eve for the , t i t , ’ s rou of associa ions o n m nd brought a curiou g p t t o e s i .

a s : NOTES FROM A DIA RY r 8 8 3

i ” of vis on . T he lecturer is Professor Stokes o f

am brid e C g .

26 . Lawson mentioned at brmkfast that the son o f

“ ” T he Ra ilway King had bee n know n at Chris t Church as the Prince of Ra ils

ro fessor Kue nen of e den ave it a ears the P L i g , pp ,

bert Le tures last ea r and ha e ust een Hib c y , I v j b

lan n a the His conclus n g ci g t m. io has a pec uliar

nterest for me beca use it is so mu h more ho ef l i , c p u and so m uch more in accordance w ith my ow n “ ” views ( see Must we then believe Cassandra ? in

M scella nies P oli ti ca l a nd Li tera r than was a lon , y ) g

letter wh h rece ed from him in su ose 1 8 ic I iv ( I pp ) 75 ,

me nlu k l t l i upon the sa su bject. U c i y tha etter s not in nd a but la d u am on s t m a ers at home I i , i p g y p p

These lec ures deal w th the as not w th the fu ure t i p t, i t ,

of rel i on . But ma be erm ed in conclus on from ig I y p itt , i , the o n of ew w e now occ u to cas a s n le lance p i t vi py, t i g g

rw As lon as na ons remain a rox ma el on h fo ard. g ti pp i t y t e

me le el of soc al and s r ual de elo men so lon the sa v i pi it v p t, g continued ex s ence of he r rel ions if not a solu el i t t i ig , b t y

assured is at leas h hl ro a le. Thi s is th e er reason , t ig y p b b v y w hy the problem as to the future of Christianity is so much more serious than that which concerns e ither Islam or

ddh sm. Th s is w h is so s ec iall serious now Bu i i y it p y , 1 3 3 3 PROFESSOR KUENEN 21 3 '

w hen so much i s ein su erseded and is ass n awa b g p p i g y, when a new conception of the world is spreading i n ever — w ider circles w hen new social conditions are i n the very

roc ess of r h ha aul w r es of h mself and his p bi t . W t P it i

co n em orar es w e ma i n a som ewha mod fied sense t p i , y, t i ,

‘ a l to oursel es for i n us too the ends of the a es pp y v , , , g ’ mee —the ends o f the old and of th e n ew ha has t, . W t Chri stianity to e xpec t from this revolution ? The need

of is keen as e er i s not for less but for more it v . It

Chr s ani ha our a e cries out. Th e ues on onl is i ti ty t t g q ti y ,

whe her w ll be a le to ake to self and find in t it i b t it it , it

ow er for l fe un roken et. For hose who den f p i , b y t i ti y Christianity with the ecc lesiastical form in w hich they

hemsel es rofess h s ues on can hardl be said to t v p it, t i q ti y

The ex ec the w orld to nform to hem . exist. y p t co t

he ha e no ne d to be re s red e ut T y v e a s u or ncouraged. B

hose too — and he are man —w ho ha e no such t , t y y, v

on fidenc e ma be none the less at eace. The c , y p u niversalism o f Christianity is the sheet -anchor of their

ho e A h s or of e h ee n c en uri es ears m h p . i t y ig t t b ig ty w ness to and the con en s of i ts e idence and the it it, t t v high signific anc e they possess are brought i nto the clearest l h b the com ar son w h o her rel i ons We ha e ig t y p i it t ig . v

ood coura e hen . Not et i s the i al ow er exhaus ed g g , t y v t p t w hi ch manifested itself so c learly i n th e ri se of the C atholic Church and again at the Reformation of the s x een h c en ur To h s our ow n e x er enc e ears i t t t y . t i p i b wi ness and th s the fu ure w ll roc la m t , i t i p i ” 4 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3

the afternoon to the bservator w ith M 2 7 . In O y iss

a rt n a ta n A new and Mr. ebster the h ef M i , C p i g , W , C i

Secre ta r We Saw the ome t o f 1 8 1 2 no t at y . c ,

resent a er str k n o e t enus us t now er p v y i i g bj c , V j v y d stant from us Saturn in reat S lendour and i , g p ,

ldebaran as ked Mr. o son ho lon l ht too k A . I P g w g ig

e t us fr m hi erta nl over a hu ndred to com o o m . C i y ” ea rs was the re l but how m u h lon er kno w y , p y, c g , I not New to me too was the luster in erse us , , c P

rend r n of m l r a o a celestial e i g y ta b e the day M . J c b

ame . St ll more nteres t n was Al o ne wh ch ma c i i i g cy i y, we understood be the entre round wh h the un erse , c ic iv revolves . Lady Reay has sent me For : Cla vigera for

o em er 1 88 and uote one or tw o as sa es in N v b 3, I q p g

h us k n descr es the oun tr roun d whic Mr. R i ib c y

Laidlawstiel w th wh h ha e so man leas ant , i ic I v y p associations

T ow ards the o om of a d n le here and here a b tt i g , t , few feet of broken bank may Show what the hills consist of but the great w aves of them rise aga inst th e horizon w hou a s n le eak cres or c left to d s n u sh one it t i g p , t, i ti g i from ano her hou h i n he r rue sc ale of mou n a n t , t g , t i t t i s ren h hea ed n o he h s of 1 00 or 2 000 fee and t gt , v i t ig t 5 t ;

2 1 6 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 3

- ended fa all at . M. to d . He e fr m t y 4 A . ay was a n gro o

the Gold oast and the est alet ever had thou h C , b v I , g

ha e een fortunate in that ehalf He a ared i n I v b b . ppe

m room a t Parell on 1 st to er 1 88 1 and ha e y 3 Oc b , I v

hardl e er en him an order s n E er th n y v giv i ce. v y i g I

wanted w h le he was there seem ed to ha en as , i , pp I

w shed it w thout an th n e n sa d. i , i y i g b i g i — A red su nset clouds half-veiling Venus and the

res ent moon . T he air was ool in the earl er c c c , i

se ent es and from t me to t me w e heard the v i , , i i ,

ur l n cr o f the reat owl the all of the s otted g g i g y g , c p

deer a nd the dr rustle of the alm ra . , y p y

se ond hr stmas nu te r e re ord n My c C i Mi , b i fly c i g the principal changes which have been made in this

res den dur n 1 88 was to-da nall assed for P i cy, i g 3, y fi y p

u l at on p b ic i . 7 a nua ry

1 . . D E Ra uc li u l s hed in 1 6 when he was M p b i 39, twel e ears Old an ed t on o f zl na creon w th a de v y , i i , i dication in Greek to hel eu w ho was his od Ric i , g

fa ther. hen in later l fe he entered nto rel on W i i igi , he destro e d all the o es he ould ex e t one wh h y c pi c , c p ic “ he a ve to a fr end non omme un bon l re ma s g i , c iv , i ” o mme un l re fort ro re et en rel . ha e c iv p p bi ié I v , m ndful o f m P etroni us zlrbi ter ust sent th s fa t to i y , j i c it k nd donor s i .

6 E uro ean a l arr es . . p M i iv

Rutson mentions the sudden death O f the elder

l son f an d adds Doy e ( o H .

o e e a rea fr end of m ne Y u He h ad bec m quit g t i i . o know his gentle w ays and the quiet leisurelin ess that w ent along with the humo u r that delighted so many thousand 2 1 8 S D A 1 8 NOTE FROM A I RY 8 4.

eo le in his draw n s He seemed u e w ell tha p p i g . q it t

e en n and w as alk n abo u the exh on of Sir v i g, t i g t ibiti ’ ” oshua s w h ch is to take lace i n anuar . J , i p J y

Mr ear w r tes from San emo w th a ounts O f . L i R , i cc “ various seeds I sent him to try A grea t many ca me

u but man d ed. Amon ommon adras th n s p, y i g c M i g , Ipoma 'a per capr ar and per tigridis found an early

rave w h le Sola num tr iloba tum has rown ala rm g , i g

’ n l and has een named his ardener Besti a i g y, b by g fi roce

He sa s too —an d on th s su e t he is a first-ra te y , i bj c

au thor t After all there is no more ea ut fu l and i y , b i ” in a stra nge landsca pe than Indi .

’ sends me from Wies baden a Belgian s

acco u nt of a dinner which he ha d had at an English

hotel z! so u one fish three lates and a desert , p, , p

ss all da t n from en e sa s Mi Ly , i g V ic , y

Af er w r n to ou las w en to our S . G or o t iti g y t, I t y i gi ‘ w and looked a votre intenti o h i n the sea eed, , n, at t e sun

se n eh nd the lue Eu anean h lls and hen at en c e tti g b i b g i , t V i

l n ooded in the ros l h . The C am an le i s one yi g fl y ig t p i g , and the little island looks very desolate but there is still the high w all and the gracious Madonna leani ng forw ard

less to b .

2 3 0 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 4. man warriors assin thro u h to an alore o n the ir y , p g g B g ,

t he m of Exer se way o t Ca p ci .

heard es terda fro m a ta n E ans -Gordon I y y C p i v , w ho w r tes from en tral nd a that a lad w hom he i C I i , y,

’ knows was walki n lose to a tso n s otel in om a , g c W H B b y, and e n stru k b the a earan e o f a u ld n , b i g c y pp c b i i g

os te asked an En l sh ma d whom she met w ha t Opp i , g i i ” it was. am not u te su re was the re l but I q i , p y, I think it is the Indian Contingent He mention s also that Miss Stewart having appeared at a an all as a ortra t a er Ga ns orou h a F cy B p i fl i b g ,

oun ava lr O fi cer ser ed Ga ns oro u h m ust y g C y Ob v , i b g have been very hard-hearted not to let her catch him

’ o t t e un l mother I pass ed this n o h yo g ady s .

1 ast Sun da Mr. la k rea hed at the athe 5 . L y B c p c C

r T O-da and esterda ss art n dral o n Esd as II . y y y Mi M i

r d the ook throu h to me has ea b g . I wonder if it occurred to any one to preach a sermon on the follow ing text when the second Empire fell in September 1 870

Esdras cha er xi - 6 II , pt . 4 5 4 .

herefore a ear no more hou Ea le nor th T pp , t g , y horr l e w n s nor th w c ked fea hers nor th m al c o us ib i g , y i t , y i i

h h r f l law nor ll th a n od heads nor t u t u c s a . , y , y v i b y ’ 1 8 84 BA RON DE w i BNER 2 2 1

ha all the ear h ma be refreshed and ma re urn T t t y , y t ,

e n del ered from th iolence and ha she ma hO e b i g iv y v , t t y p ” for the ud men and merc of Him ha mad her j g t y t t e .

1 th lonel er ert t n e m ta r 8 . Wi Co H b o i sp ct the ili y san tar um of oonamallee a out w h h some uest ons i i P , b ic q i

e ar sen hav i .

1 A le tter from ord Am th ll a a l or two 9 . L p i , M i a o announ ed the ro a le ad ent of the old Austr an g , c p b b v i sta tesman a ron de il ner and a tele ram from B H b , g

A rthur Gordon who has su eeded Lon den in , cc g

e lon and w th whom ha e ust een ex han n C y , i I v j b c gi g letters n t mated in the e nn n of th s week his , i i b gi i g i

He de arture from olom o . arr ed th s morn n p C b iv i i g, es orted from his essel b a ot and found us at c v y B g ,

n ersat on soon turned u n t breakfast. Co v i po in eres ting th n s and he ment oned efore we had r sen from i g , i , b i ta le that the fam l of r n e Mass mo was des ended b , i y P i c i c from the oun ts of T us ulum who w ere themsel C c , ves

m n Ani ia He did n sprung fro the Ge s c . ot seem to have heard the reply attribu ted to the Prince Massimo of that da w ho when a oleon asked him if it was y, , N p true that he was des ended from a us ax mus is c F bi M i ,

re orted to ha e sa d anno t ro e it but it is a p v i , I c p v , rumour which has prevailed for the las t thousand years NOTES FROM A DIA RY in m fa m l U s tai rs in m eranda h w e fe ll y i y p , y v , talk n o f A us trian oliti s and he s oke er h hl i g p c , p v y ig y , amon st others of e nr h la m Martin itz the g , H i ic C , great Speaker in his section of the Conserva tive pa rty .

Inter a li a he told m e too that ettern h had sa d , , , M ic i “ to him lon efore the ras h of 1 8 8 cam e fores e e , g b c 4 , I ” that all th s w rll tum le do wn and ur me in its ru ns . i b , b y i

. n li sh l arr 20 E g Mai ives.

Ru tson writes :

We dro e o er to al on all the ho use of a er on v v W t H , W t t , and of man Watertons efore him for he w ere rea y b , t y g t

eo le once i n the es d n Now e en al on ha p p W t Ri i g. v W t s

e en sold bu t the w all tha a er on u l to ro ec hi s b , t W t t b i t p t t 1 birds and beasts (like our fri end the Raj ah of Bh urtpore)

ll ow ers abo e h e o her ark w alls al on is a sti t v t t p . W t s a el house on an sland i n a lake of som e l le s ze t t y , i , itt i ,

h h e slo s fr m e er s Mr d w n to w c th land e o de . o i p v y i . ’ Wa terton s all c ruc fix s ll faces the fron door and t i ti t , dom na es the anc en land n - lace s ll marked b th e i t i t i g p , ti y ru ns of a S x een h-c en ur or al ha lf ur ed in ew s i i t t t y p t , b i y ” h ll es and o i .

’ k a H u bner s recollections go bac very long way .

He met Montalembert in Rome in 1 83 2 w hen he

1 Notes n Indian ourne Lon on 1 8 6 See of a j y d 7 .

3 3 S M A D A 1 3 3 4 NOTE FRO I RY 4, W for it. e remem ered as we reathed the s o ft b , b

’ del cious air eats s des r t on o f th s e en n in a i , K c ip i i v i g northern climate

’ — St. A nes eve Ah er ch ll w as g , bitt i it

The owl for all hi s feathers w as a-cold

The hare lim ed rem lin hrou h the frozen rass p t b g t g g , " And s len was the oc k in w ooll fold i t fl y .

learn the wa that the l ttle ow l who makes I , by y, i ,

so mu h no se here at n hts ears one of the ro u des t c i ig , b p

names in the an mal rea t on : Athene ra ma if o u i c i B , y — please nothing less

tho u hts turned as the ften do in m resen t My g , y O y p

os t on to the oem ofA nas tas us Grii n w h h e ns p i i , p i , ic b gi

“ ’ A end s a die Girandolen ammen im eschmii c kten b i t , fl g l Saa ,

Im C rystal! der hohen Spiegel quillt vertausendfacht ihr ” Strahl .

T hat descr es a s ene fam l ar enou h to ou ib c i i g y , I

r Ah es e e en n of m l fe said to Hilbne . y very v i g y i ” at one t me he re l ed and no w onder for he was i , p i ,

rou ht u a t the feet o f ettern h whom the b g p M ic ,

r marka le oem from wh h uote des r es. It e b p , ic I q , c ib will be found in the Spa zierga nge eines Wiener

ns and is w ell worth tu rn n to . Foete , i g 1 8 8 D S C S 2 2 4. ONO O ORTE 5

After had ome a k fro m a Le slat e followed I c b c gi iv ,

the usual Exe ut e o un l and had n shed m by c iv , C ci , fi i y

las t a er ss art n read to me the on lud n art p p , Mi M i c c i g p of the brief notice of the life of the Marqu is de Valde

amas onoso ortes re xed to the translat on of g (D C ), p fi i so me o f his w ritings pu blished in three volumes at

i 1 Paris n 877 . When w e had got into the train an d had started for

an alore sa d to Hii bner Did o u e er an B g , I i , y v , by y ” han e ome a ross onoso ortes ? O h ! es c c , c c D C y , “ he re l ed was w th him when he d ed p i , I i i Another su bj ect of which w e talked this afternoon

was the r n ess L e en . He ut far a o e her an d P i c i v p b v , a o e all w om en who m he had e er know n as a ol t b v v , p i i ca l ntell en e the o untess de Lebzeltern a uss an i ig c , C , R i lad w fe of an Austr an d lomat st an d mother of y, i i ip i ,

Alexandr ne de Lebzeltern w ho w as a reat fr end o f i , g i

atal e ar s hk n an d marr ed the omte des Cars N i N i c i , i Vic .

2 A om an ed b aron de il ner and some 3 . cc p i y B H b of m staff rea hed earl th s morn n the an alore y , I c y i i g B g

es den w here w e are the uests of Mr. L all R i cy, g y , bro ther of the Lieutenant-Governor of the North

est and of m tra ell n om an on fi'om erl n to W , y v i g c p i B i

o er in o em 1 The da went ma nl in D v N v ber 8 75 . y i y L VO . 1 Q 2 2 6 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 4 a s t of eremon to the ahara ah of sore an d vi i c y M j My , in an inspection of the Camp of Exercise bu t I ha d t me also for a ood deal of on ersat on wi th il n i g c v i H b er .

’ In reply to my qu estion how he cha nced to be presen t at the death of onoso ortes he ex la ned th D C , p i e c i r

c u mstances . He had one w th his russ an ollea ue g i P i c g ,

o unt Hatzfeldt to as k for onoso ortes w ho C , D C , was

en n mbassador in ar and kn th Spa ish A P is, ow n to be

r i The rea hed his house the con ier ve y ll. y c ; c ge was a ent T he entered the hall— not a reatu re to bs . y c be

e n resentl a hell was run olentl n s e . P y g vi y a d the

Smur osal e who was nurs n him ame dow n sa n R i , i g , c yi g,

All the servants are one . His Ex ellen is d n g c cy yi g . There is no one to go for the doctor Co unt Hatz

l t undertook that dut wh le aron de il ne fe d y, i B H b r

d the Smur and was w th the reat ora or follow e , i g t

i last when he breathed h s .

We fell talk n th s morn n a out T h ers 24 . i g i i g b i ,

ner related how when Th ers was res dent and Hilb , i P i

e u l he had one to d ne w th the reat of the R p b ic, g i i g

ersa lles in a house wh h he onl used f r man at V i , ic y o

n ments . Arr n so mewhat earl and nd n entertai ivi g y, fi i g

at the door he walked u sta rs and esta l shed no o ne , p i , b i

f th re th wl-l ht r sentl h himself be ore e fi in e o ig . P e y e

2 28 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 4

was near the end of the rocess on and on m I p i , y

extrem e left was Sir reder k o erts then Sir F ic R b ,

onald Stewart wh le on m r ht w ere eneral D , i y ig G Hardinge ( the Comm ander-in-Chief of the Bombay

Arm and on his r ht the ahara ah of sore y), ig M j My . Behind us es me a large gathering of general ofi

from all arts of nd a and then m ersonal staff. p I i , y p

T h s ns e t on o er w e eantered back to the i i p c i v ,

lu t n - o nt where the whole for e mar hed as t sa i g p i , c c p

8 o fi cers and m en— the nfa ntr omin rst 733 I y c g fi ,

then the a alr and Art ller . T he wind wh ch C v y i y , i

w as ha l eh nd us lew awa the dust of wh ch ppi y b i , b y , i

there was a undan e . stood in front w th the three b c I , i

e -in- f u h nd T he e Command rs Chie j st be i . ffect of kee n the e e on so lar e a od of m en in mot on pi g y g b y i , w th su ffi ent atten t on to answer salutes was that i ci i , e er th n for a l ttle after the mar h- ast was o er v y i g, i c p v , seemed to swim before one ; but the sensation soon

w ent o ff.

T he military men present w ere much pleased with

e earan e of our adras troo s who are tho u h th app c M p , g t

ha e done er w ell in the manmuvres so was to v v y , I — lad to be resent and if it be true that the three g p , - Co mmanders-ia Chief met to-day for the first time in 1 8 84 POLICY A ND FORCE 2 2 9

all o ur annals on an o as on of th s k nd— it was , cc i i i

tt n eno u h that the the re resentat es of for e fi i g g y, p iv c ,

should meet round the o ernor of Madras who as G v , , ruling the oldest and for a long time back the most

ea eful of our res den es m ht be ta ken as the p c P i ci , ig symbol of that policy w hich is the other and even more — powerful stay of our supremacy in this cou ntry even

more o w erful sa for a nearer ns e t on has onl p I y, i p c i y

dee ened the on t on wh h ex ressed in 1 86 p c vic i ic I p 9, when m aking m y first Indian financial sta tement “ It is impossible to keep too continually before us the

fa t that nd a was not won is not held and ne er c I i , , v

w ll be held for e alone . It was won it is held and i , by c , ,

it alwa s w ll be held wh le our Em re las ts artl y i , i pi , p y by ” for e but lar el m u h more lar el ol . c , g y, c g y, by p icy

2 u h on ersat on w th u ner. He s oke 5 . M c c v i i H b p

er h hl of the o hem an noblem amon st others v y ig y B i , g

of eor e Lo kow tz. Alto ether the o un er G g b i g , y g genera tion of no bles in Austria seem to be taking d much more to serious pursu its than their fathers id.

ment oned to him in the o urse of the da the I i , c y, amus n stor true or false of the entleman who i g y, , g appeared at the Co urt of Vienna w earing a su perb order wh h uzzled e er one extremel A t len th the ic p v y y . g , 2 30 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 4

Em eror who had failed om letel to d sco er w ha p , c p y i v t it was consultin ar ous ex erts had the stran er by g v i p , g

resented to him and on ratu la ted him on the eau p , c g b ty ” of his decoration . Gla d our a est li kes it was y M j y , the re l of the Amer an w earer n ented it p y ic , I i v myself ! I cannot remember who was my authority for th s an e do te ertainl w ell ma ned if not true . i c c y i gi , He had not heard a story which I repeated to him

’ of Persi n s lea n a oleon in a ra e wi th the g y vi g N p III . g , w ords Ad e u s re ou s serez endu ar ould u , i , i , v v p F , j gé

ar T ro lon et en du ar a nan bu t o n th s he p p g, p p M g i re o n sed the ca chet of reat ro a l t heard it c g i g p b bi i y . I in ar me w en r P is so t ty yea s ago .

He told me in the ourse of our walk the follow n , c , i g remarkable story w ith regard to a man whose name

1 w ill be fo un d in thes e notes under the da te of 1 86 .

O n the I St to er 1 8 8 enna surrendered to 3 Oc b 4 , Vi

h T he n da here as a lar e t e Imperialists . ext y t w g

reakfast at etzendorf beh nd SchOn runn e er one b H i b , v y

n h s r ts hen it w as present being of course i hig pi i . W o er il ner strolled in the arden and fall n in v , H b g , , i g

h the Auditor o r l ta r ud e w as told him wit Mi i y J g , by

hat ix oun men who had een fou nd attem t n t s y g , b p i g

r u the sold ers n them mone were to co r pt i by givi g y,

2 3 2 NO TES FR OM A DIA RY 1 8 8 4

’ ' d Aflairea at Dresden had become Pri me Min ister . ,

Baro n de Hubo at w ho o osed his forei n oli sa t , pp g p cy, down in the ear 1 88 1 after mak n a lo n s eech , y , i g g p a ains t it in the ele a tions w hen after the a la use g D g , , pp of his own fri ends had su bsided a vo e fro m ehin d , ic b

Ha merle was heard to sa aro n de Hii bner is the y y, B most inconsi stent o f men he saved the Pri m e ” Minister in 1 8 8 and he has k lled him now 4 , i .

lle d him of course oliti all the s eaker m ea nt Ki , , p c y, p ,

1 b t e eno u h e oor die ard u sur g th p man d very soon a fterw s. I gathered from Hiibner that the three prin c ipa l e ents of A ustrian olitieal h stor in wh h he ha d v p i y, ic taken an

( I ) The bringin g of Prince Felix Schwartze nberg

from tal to enna in 1 8 8 after w h h I y Vi 4 , ic

be accom pan ied the Empe ror Ferdinand to

O lmiitz walk n m os t of the w a on foo t , i g y w ith the present E mperor ( 2 ) the acco mmodation with Hun gary after KOniggratz

the fall of Andras s ( 3 ) y .

1 In 1 887 I went to Vienna and ma de Hu bn er take m e over the scene of t is anec ote . A s w e a e he sai I re e ber the s a o h d w lk d d, m m h d w ” ic fi ure cast as I ran across t is iece of roun wh h my g h p g d . 1 8 84 LA DY REA Y 2 3 3

l h l 25 . Eng is Mai arrives . Jo hn Webster of Edgehill writes

I am c harmed w ith your bri ef reference to Bossuet and his rand Orairon on C ond as no le and sus ai ned a g é, b t c om os on as human l s e er u ered No h n w as p iti ip v tt . t i g ever more dignified than the c onc lusion ; and did you recogni se i n the fine passage desc ribing Condé i n battle

‘ ’ S em la le a ces hau es mon a nes th e erm of G old b b t t g , g ’ sm h s lof s m le As som e all it ty i i , t

Lady Reay writes

“ ’ We c ame here from ec kfor on Lord T ollemache s P t , very fine modern castle on a high-w ooded hill roc k c om mand n the c oun of Chesh re o er wh ch w e ook i g ty i , v i t lon dr es g iv . “ When I arrived one even ing late i n the dimly-lighted hall and s on e corridors hou h was in a monas er t , I t g t I t y, and ha m bed of dark car ed oak llars w h a cano t t y v pi , it py far aw a in the c e l n mus ha e se en the las solemn y i i g, t v t sleep of m any an Abbot ! bu t th e castle i s modern i n e rec on hou h ver old in hou h and associa ion ti , t g y t g t t , ” e n Edward an in ar c er b i g i ch a t .

26 . T alk n w th . de u ner a out w ealth i g i M H b b , I repea ted to him the happy saying that there is no co untry in the w orld in which a poor devil of a

millionnaire is so badly o ff as in England ; and he 2 34 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 4 . told me a remark ma de to him by the la te Baro n

’ ames oths h ld Fo ez fous l ar ent es t une on ne J R c i y , g b

’ chose q uand on ne l a pas He mentioned also that the Prin ce of a t

ome show n him o er his ala e had o nted to a R , i g v p c , p i

’ ture and sa d Ma rand mere ma i resse de pic i , g t Robespierre He mentioned also that si tting betw een a n d

he had one da sa d to the latter u i est cc y i , Q “ ’ la n et t homme est heure ux was the vi i p i C , re l ue ous a ez adress ette uest on a moi sa p y, q v v é c q i femme et non a la r n esse as mere , P i c

He told me too that the r n ess ettern h was , , P i c M ic

re orted to ha e sa d one da to a oleon . when p v i y N p III , “ he om la ned of heada hes do not won der at c p i c , I

ur ha n heada hes erha s if o u o u ed yo vi g c . P p y cc pi

o urself w th our ow n affa rs o nl an d not also w th y i y i y, i

those of other eo le ou would ha e few er. p p , y v It is to this Princess Metternich that is attributed the ha des r t on of the n sters of Edu at on ppy c ip i Mi i c i ,

u l o rks and War as the n sters of Instruc P b ic W , , Mi i ” ” “ t on u l ue onstru t on u l ue and De i P b iq , C c i P b iq , ” stru t on u l u c i P b iq e.

We talked too of the eaut ful r n ess , , b i P i c

2 36 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 4

d stant arts of the w orld. ore he said amon s t i p M , , g the wo men than amongst the men and then went on to give a mos t interesting account of a yo ung Str ur de la har t who had nursed him thro u h a rhe uma ti C i é, g c fever in Paris when he w as writing his Sixty : de scribing her holding a bove him an autograph letter of

h l . whose difi cult hand he S elt o ut as he la P i ip II , p y

flat on his a k b c .

2 . He ment oned too one of these da s ha n 9 i , , y , vi g gone up at the time of the last Paris Exhibition in the

Ballon Ca t f It oated o er the urnt unroof d p i . fl v b e

T u ler es and look n down he saw the whole n i i , i g te

ears of his d lomat l fe in ar s as s efore him y ip ic i P i p b , in the very rooms in which each of its even ts had occurred

1 Sir onald Stewart a om an ed o lonel 3 . D , cc p i by C

ha man and Lord Alw ne om ton arr e. C p y C p , iv

had as on the 1 th mu h on ersa t on w th Sir I , 3 , c c v i i

nald but now as then it was lar el of a us ness Do , , , g y b i

ara ter and ass it . ch c , I p by

' The ero Lad on and a la r e stafl la nd n Vic y, y Rip , g , i g this afternoon w ith a ppropriate ceremon ies and am idst an enormous on ourse dro e w th me to Gu n d c c , v i i y,

ere the house and ardens were l hted u and the wh g ig p, 1 8 84 A RRIVA L OF THE VICEROY 2 37

r n l eo le me to meet them We sat dow n p i cipa p p ca . - to d nn er a art of fort three . i , p y y

Februa ry

- 1 . efore u bner left us to da was lad to be B H y, I g a le to Show him that altho u h we ha e l ed in s u h b , g v iv c

d fferent a m s the onl t me e er had o as on to i c p , y i I v cc i

m ent on him did so in a er om l mentar wa i I v y c p i y y . T he follow ing passage occurs at page 1 72 of my

Studi es i n E uro ea n P oliti cs u l shed in 1 866 ust p , p b i , j before the ou tbreak of the war between Prussia and

A ustria

Bach w as d sm ssed in Au us 1 8 and w as succeeded i i g t 59, b C oun Goluchow ski a man of muc h nfer or a l y t , i i bi ity ,

w ho had een G o erno r of G al c a bu t w ho did not do b v i i , anything as Mi nister to j ustify the respec table reputation wh ch h e rou h n o the G o ernm en M de u n i b g t i t v t . . H b er

ec ame at the same me M n s er of ol c e and show ed b , ti , i i t P i , , d ur n hi s shor enure of office far more cons dera on for i g t t , i ti the ress and far more des re fo r reform han his re p , i t p

dec essor. Bo h he and the ore n M n s er C oun t F ig i i t , t

ech er are elie ed to ha e seen e en at h s er od R b g, b v v , v t i p i , tha t c onc essions to H ungary had become absolu tely nec es

sar ndeed M. de u ner is sa d to r . ha e es n d y I , H b i v ig e his portfolio i n conseque nc e of the rej ection of his plans ” for effect n some h n in th s d rec ion i g t i g i i t , 2 38 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 884

ha e athered fi'om re ent on ersat ons w th I v g , c c v i i

Hii bner that if e h er had stood firm a n ae om , R c b g , c

modation w th un ar m ht ha e een arr ed at i H g y ig v b iv .

The ero de arted in state for derabad Vic y p Hy ,

n r o n w th him H ub e g i g i .

. At noon on the and left adras a om an ed 9 , I M , cc p i

se eral mem ers of m staff m ollea ue by v b y , by y c g

as ter the h ef Se retar the Under-Se retar in M , C i c y, c y

the ol t al de artment the he auk A ent the p i ic p , C p g ,

lad es of our art and others en route for lar i p y, , Bo u m

near dera ad wh h w e rea hed in some th Hy b , ic c irty

ho urs .

The eremon of n est ture wh h took la e in c y i v i , ic p c

the du r ar hall of the ala e on the morn n of h b p c , i g t e

th rather d sa o nted me . Th s o urt has d s arded s , i pp i i c i c ,

oo m u h for tu res ueness the barbar earl a n d t c pic q , ic p

old ha in e ome if not Euro ean sed at leas t g , v g b c , p i ,

Sta mboulised.

T he illumination of the city and the H ussa i n

a or T ank near it at n ht was er fine that S ug , ig , v y ; — w ithin the pala ce magnificent in its way I should

as a le It wo uld ha e een di u think unsurp s b . v b fi c lt to

h te mar le sta r ases reat latforms of the use w i b i c , g p

ter al l ht darkness water ar h te tur same ma i , ig , , , c i c e

24 0 NOTES FROM A DIA RY a s,

The o ula t on is nterest n and var ed bu t looks p p i i i g i ,

n the th far les s barbarous than I had expected. O 7 we attended a t night an enormous dinner given to the za m the En l sh res dents here w h h is Ni by g i i , ic memorable to me as having been the occas ion o f my sa n ood-b e to aron de Hiibner w hose so et yi g g y B , ci y , although I have enjoyed many things very m uch S ince

ame to adras has een n om ara l the reates t I c M , b i c p b y g

W me pleas ure I have had since I left Eu rope . e t several t mes after we rea hed dera ad but alwa s i c Hy b , y am dst the storm and stress ofa reat u l oceasion i g p b ic , so that his w ords to me before he left G uindy w ere only too true

Di e schOnen Tage i n Ara nj uez ” S nd n un zu Ende i .

He left on the morn ing of the 7th for Poona wi th

Sir ona ld Stewart D .

O n the morn n of the same da the zam w ho i g y Ni , had re o usl s ted the ero a me to see me p vi y vi i Vic y, c , accompanied by Salar Jung (j ust made Prime Minister at three-and-tw ent the eldest son o f the ersona e y), p g

know n to E uro eans as the late Sir Salar u n one of p J g,

h e houses w r o u n b old w w os e a e cc pyi g, y the De an 1 8 84 G OLCONDA 24 1

- - eshka r b Kurshid ah the A m r i u r a nd others . P , y J i K bi

In the afternoon returned the s t arran ement , I vi i by g at the Mir A lu m T ank a o ut w h h the ero , b ic Vic y,

’ our ow n art ad Anne lunt ron s rand p y, L y B (By g

dau hter and her hus and— who S n e the d ned g ), b i c y i w ith u s at G uindy have been travelling in Northern

— ea ed h o me t me Far India s t m w it the Niza m for s i .

' o fl rose the tu res ue fort o f Gol onda w h h pic q c , ic , tho u gh fa mous in the Muha mma dan annals Of So uthern

nd a is more famo us as the mart for the d amonds I i , i

wh h w ere foun d in urnool ellar an d ar ous ic K , B y, v i

o ther la es O f w h h Gol onda tself w as not one . p c , ic c i

T he o urne a k was er hot an d did not as j y b c v y , ,

on the 2nd take us throu h the tures ue alle s , g pic q v y

of orth A r o t da l ht. T he w de tanks the N c by y ig i ,

ntense reen o f the r e-fields w th the re to us i g ic , i p cipi irregular pea ks and walls of the Cuddapa h Q uartzi tes

tow er n a o e them were er str k n as w e i g b v , v y i i g

assed northwards and w e sto ed on that o as on p , pp cc i to see at Balapally the cage in which the po intsman

is ke t re ers n the usual order of th n s to ro te t p , v i g i g , p c

him from the t er who wanders thro u h the forests ig , g

at his own sw eet w ll In m ourne last e i . y j y w ek

throu h these was a om an ed Mr ens g I cc p i by . Higg ,

voL . 1 24 2 NOTES FROM A DIA RY a s, who o nted o ut to me Ano eissus Ia ti li us one of p i g fi , o ur m ortant trees wh h ha e howe er not et i p ic I v , v , y seen distinctly or gained sa tisfa ctorily from the

eternal darkness . n n at udda ah w e w ere Di i g C p , ta lkin g about the roots and stu mps of P teroca rpus sa nta Ii nus wh h o ur forest ffi ers are send n n to , ic O c i g i

the market . “ here do the o to ? asked. Chicfl W y g I y, ” “ re l ed Mr. ens to E uro e T o ma ke red p i Higg , p . ” nk n l u es e N i ? no ent s d. o s ir he I i c y gg t , , “ re l ed ch e el e e to make laret p i , i fly, I b i v , c

efore as s n from o ur dera ad ex ed t on B p i g Hy b p i i ,

o to t a r I ught note tha w e p id a Short visit to M s .

e lle the w fe of a or e lle who ommands the N vi , i M j N vi c

’ za m s reformed troo s and in whose om an Ni p , c p y

Mrs re then ss lson m w fe and s ent . G g ( Mi Wi ) , y i , I p

a s n ularl r ht and am us n e en n in the i g y b ig i g v i g,

f 1 a t T r este Her fa harl Au ust o 1 8 . ther es g 7 i , C

e er who was then onsul-General at tha t lace L v ( C p ),

enr Sm th an d Gre are all now one H y i , g g . Mindful Of her having told us then that she ha d

t shot a ur lar a nd therea fter nursed him thro u h firs b g , g

illn ess asked her if she had shot an more ur lars , I y b g ” No she sa d but ha e arrested some , i , I v

2 44 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 84

this Ho use should look to the agricultural interest ;

this House should loo k to the commercial interes t ;

this House should look to the shipping interes t ; this

Ho use should look to the moneyed interest ; this

House should look to the landed interest ; but this

’ ’ ouse sho uld not for et o ur ol rel on H g y igi .

T he follow n in a letter from k i g, Gas ell to his

mother a e 1 is not ea le the man who , p g 45 , ic b ,

th the ex e t on of er ert is more deser w i c p i H b , vedly

ular than an one know— ann n of pop y I M i g Balliol.

nn n is er unassum n and erha s the . Ma i g v y i g, p p bes t ” xf rd info rmed man in O o .

a e 1 6 in ano ther letter from the a O n p g 3, s me to “ he same are these wo rds ha e had a lon le t , I v g tter from Gladstone : he is very bitter against the Reform

ll and la ments o ur d fference of o n on . Bi , i pi i “ 1 O n page 1 64 occurs this passage : Herbert and

made a r omforta le a reemen I have ve y c b g t . I have undertaken to shelter him in my cellar during the

nwealth on ond t on that he makes me Commo , c i i a ” n the eneral amnest after the estorat on Sharer i g y R i .

n a e 1 in a letter from Arthur allam O p g 74, H to “ askell we ha e the follow n : In some th n s G , v i g i g

Later Lor Her ert of s d b Le . 1 8 84 A RTHUR HA LLA M ON GLA DSTONE 24 5

’ he i e la dstone is l kel to be o st nate and , . . G , i y b i prej udiced bu t he has a fine fund o f high chivalro us

T or sent ment and a ton ue moreo er to let it y i , g , v , ” l se th. th nk he ma do a ood deal oo wi I i y g .

ad ea w r t n fi'om etw orth sa s that a lad L y R y, i i g P , y y

’ having asked one O f Lady Leconfield s children “ hat is o ur name e nald ll am he W y R gi Wi i , ” re l ed. Ah sa d the other tho u htfull ll am p i , i g y, Wi i is a reat name in o ur fam l the allus on e n g y i y i b i g, ” O f o urse to Sir ll am ndham . Y es c , Wi i Wy , remarked the bo there is ll am the footman y, Wi i , ” and ll a m the under- oa hman Wi i c c .

’ We reached G u indy so mewhere abo ut 7 o clock th s morn n not so d la dated as w e m ht i i g, i pi ig ha e een after a ourne SO ra d and so m u h v b , j y pi , c locomotion over an d a bove the actua l journey ; for the re alen e of holera in and aro und the es den p v c c , R i cy

om oun d at dera ad sent the ero to the C p Hy b , Vic y

ola ru m es den and us to the house ha e B R i cy, I v alread ment oned w h h w as lose to it y i , ic c .

ro m the th to the th n lus e we erta nl F 4 7 i c iv , c i y did not cover less tha n from 1 30 to 14 0 miles in dr n to and fro ivi g .

1 . O n the e en n of the th the ero w th 4 v i g 9 , Vic y, i 24 6 NOT ES FROM A DI A RY 1 8 84 his su te returned and rema ned w th us at i nd i , i i G u y till the 1 th l 3 .

ro m an alore there eame to meet the ero F B g Vic y,

and to sta w th us Mr. and Mrs all wi r y i , . Ly th Majo

l e the Ass stant es dent Wy i , i R i .

We ha d as man y people at dinner as w e co uld mana e ex e t on Sun da the 1 0th w hen we had g , c p y , a u et l ttle art of tw en -e h q i i p y ty ig t.

O n the th 1 1 th and 1 2th res ecti el w e sat 9 , , p v y, do wn fift -one fift -three and fift -o ne y , y , y . A large number of persons also enme to breakfas t on se eral of these da v ys .

T he house and gardens of G u indy w ere

llum nated e er n ht wh le on the 1 1 th w e had i i v y ig , i

r d Ma lean and h 1 a on ert d e te Dr. c e on t e 2th c c i c by , a all w fe als o held a re e t on n the 1 1 th b . My i c p i o

in the rounds o f Go ernment ouse adras after g v H , M ,

1 T hose who arrived and departed with Lord and Lady Ripon were r H Pri rose Private Se reta r a tain Lor i ia M c . . . W. m , y C p d W ll m for th L ncers Mi itar ecretar Sur eon -Ma or Beres V .C . a S . . d, , 9 , l y y g j J erson I E The R v a er Ker Post a tain retire R N n C . . . e . F t . . A d , h , C p ( d) n on ra Har r uar s Lieu tenant a tai the H ou e . o Scots G . . . C p bl C b d, d , A D C St u intin Ben a ta ff or s Lieutenant R Burn F S . . S ...... Q , g l C p , A D C C , s L eu enan t en R o a En ineers H sars i t Po . . . 8th u . . , A D C . ll , y l g , A D C Mr uran ctin Secretar to the Govern ent of In ia in the . D d, A g y m d ,

Forei n e art ent. a tain Hext Ro a Nav irector of In ian g D p m C p , y l y, D d Marine Lieutenant - o one Hen erson Ma ras Sta ff or s . C l l d , d C p ,

S ecia Po itica O fli cer re aine it us a itt e on er. p l l l , m d w h l l l g

24 8 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 84

l ersons ar ous ma tters of my know edge of p . V i

us ness ha e een settled or ut in the wa of b i v b , p y settlement wh le another ste has een taken in , i p b the ol on wh h ha e all alon a ted of p icy, ic I v g c , bringi ng this great province into closer relations w ith

m ernment ha also ked u the Supre e Gov . I ve pic p vario us facts which w ill all fit into their pla ces ; but the ra er of hten er l e er Gott etwas p y Lic b g, O i b ,

’ ” auf s Zettel hen has not een a undantl answered c , b b y

ad on told me that mmed atel efore the L y Rip , i i y b

oulo ne attem t o u s a oleon was o u n B g p , L i N p cc pyi g ’ her father-in-law s ho use in arlton ardens A C G . ho usema d w ho ha d een lef b the fa m l ke i , b t y i y, pt w riting to them that these foreigners w ere clearly up

to so me m s h ef. ar e uant t es of arms w ere she i c i L g q i i , sa d e n ro u ht nto the ho use an d the had i , b i g b g i , y also ot a tame ea le w ho was tau ht to er h u on g g , g p c p a o ked hat ha n a ece o f meat la ed u n c c , by vi g pi p c po

it. Th s reature was us uall ke t elow bu t was i c y p b , som et mes wh h the housema d ons dered h hl i , ic i c i ig y

na ro r ate rou ht u sta rs i pp p i , b g p i .

Her letters were treated as Of no onse u en e but c q c ,

urned out ro heti t p p c .

’ ather Ker the ero s ha la n w as in the F , Vic y C p i , 1 8 84 STEER IN 24 9

Navy before he became a priest and a member of

t f es s S ea k n of usk n and his the Socie y o J u . p i g R i

athol S de he sa d to me hara ter st all Ah ! C ic i , i c c i ic y, ” ho e he w ll steer i n efore he d es I p i b i .

ord ll am eresford of who m in the rush L Wi i B , , and hurr saw less than ould ha e w shed a e y, I I c v i , g v

' to some o f my sta fl a very interesting acco un t Of his

nd havi ng fou the body of the Prince Imperial.

T h s morn n r A lexander A ass z ame to i i g M . g i c

reakfa t harles orton ro to me some t me b s . C N w te i a o a o ut him and w hen saw him at olarum he g b , , I B , led me to hOpe for a visit of some length bu t having

een su ddenl re alled to A mer a he o uld on l b y c ic , c y

s are an hour or tw o for u nd He s oke h hl p G i y . p ig y o f the dau hter of the Em eror of raz l h e on g p B i , c i fly

’ her father s au thor t and had l ke man een m u h i y, , i y, b c s tru ck w ith the curiou sly isolated position o f that

monar h c .

S eak n O f some em nent ersons w ho want or p i g i p ,

are tho u ht to wa nt n t at e he used a hrase w h h g , i i i iv , p ic

was new to me and is ex ress e T he ha e no , p iv , y v ” sna in them p .

He had found O otacam und curiously like the hills

near San ran s o in wh h o ens the olden ate F ci c ic p G G . 2 5 0 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 84

n Han ti n Mr. b d 1 Th s mor r ll ams an Mr. 9 . i i g y Wi i

A therton who o ned m sta ff as extra A des-de , j i y i

am w hen the ero wa s ex e ted and w ho ha e C p, Vic y p c , v

done the r w ork er w ell lea e us . T he rst is in i v y , v fi the rd xfordsh re ht nfantr and was an (4 g ) O i Lig I y,

D t eral a mle at T el-el - e r r A . . C . o Gen i w he e H y K b , he h d a horse shot u nder him T he se ond is in the a . c

1 2th an ers and is a son of Sir ll am Atherton L c , Wi i , who was for a time Attorney-General in the las t

al ers on Adm n strat on P m t i i i . “ 2 2 80 great has been the recent Sturm und

ran that ha e not had a u et half ho ur in the D g, I v q i

arden for so me five w eeks T h s an d esterda g . i y y morn n how e er walked there and o ser ed w hat i g, v , I , b v

n u plants w ere most co spic ous .

awson dat n on the 1 th tr es to ma ke me L , i g 9 , i understand the w eather the are now en o n there y j yi g , “ by saying : Imagine yo urself standing w ith yo ur face to the east on the coas t o f D urham in March ” f a t l w ith the w ickedest o e s w inds b ow i ng.

He tells me too that the late frosts ha e not onl , , v y

n u red the n hona and e en the co ffee but ha e i j Ci c v , v

l re burnt in many p aces the shola t es .

It is true there are alle at ons for he adds T he vi i , ,

2 5 2 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 84

’ vi e au tiere est rempli e par la tache d écrire pour tou s c eux

ui eulen en rer en commun ca on a vec son es r t q v t t i ti p i .

s s vr Ma na o Ses ra es le res c c son e l es . s cr ez as v i tt , t i i y p ’ ’ ’ ' qu il n aime pas ses ami s de l aflec tion la plus constan te ii leur donne a ec son ca ur ses fr uen es ens es o u e v éq t p é , t t ’ un ar id al ui st e u -étre cc u l a d e lu s r el e p t é e q e p t q i y p é . Que de fois en parti c ulier nous parlons de vous po ur q ui il a une si rare estime ! Que nous voudrions etre en cc momen au res de ous au G u nd non as au G u nd t p v , i y, p i y de la Bre a ne m lancoli ue ue nous conna ssons m a s t g é q q i , i a o re eau Gu nd de Madras u e nous nous fi urons v t b i y , q g si lum neu x Si chaud si s lend de ue nous a m er ons i , , p i Q i i a i re sous o re c el m er e lleux a asser des ou rn es v v v t i v i , p j é en re eri es en fac e de la lus elle na ure n errom u es v p b t , i t p par de longu es causeri es sur les c hoses intelle ctuelles ; ’ c es le laisii d n ar excelle nc e et nous a ons ard t p ivi p , v g é un si attachant souveni r de celles q ue nous faisions quand vo us veniez nou s voir et de celles q ue no us avon s recom mencées s wi c kenham ue nous oudr ons en en o u r T , q v i bi j i ’ ro au me de l Inde dans votre y . ’ Mais hélas qu el moyen d y arriver quand on est h e ’ colle e de rance a 1 Academic a m lle ra au x nu g F , , i t v ” au xquels la vi e ne sufli t pas ?

He sends his Address a t the Lycée Lou is le Grand

st Au ust in wh h o urs a assa e on ess m sm la g , ic cc p g p i i

me mer t o f q uite supre i .

er wr tes o f ada as ar 23 . Dy i M g c 1 8 8 4 MA DA G A SCA R PLA NTS 2 5 3

English missionari es seem to have got a firm footing i n the n er or a nd are our n u on us a erfec ava i t i , p i g p p t lanche of ma er als As the sland has alw a s een a t i . i y b terra i nco nito to the o anis the amoun of no el is g b t t, t v ty

er rea A as box arr ed a few w eeks a o wh ch v y g t . v t iv g , i surv ed the om ardmen of Tama a e iv b b t t v . “ I have taken pleasure in stirring up my excellen t

collea u e . G . Baker w hose s ec al de ar men i s the g , J , p i p t t nd an Oce an to w ork u w h all s eed the new collec I i , p, it p ,

ons for u l c a on The rench sa van s ad er i sed ti p b i ti . F t v t

Ma lon a o a o ra of ur us But as . G . B. sa s g g fl iti . J y , ra he r r ml can onl now be w orked u at Kew t g i y, it y p .

O f m own So u th nd an enw is he sa s : Seeds y I i , y ha e des ended u on u s in a erenn al Sho er The v c p p i w . fountain was mostly sealed to u s till yo ur vigorous

d o e the ro k O f se lus on We ha dis wan sm t c c i . ve tri ” uted the res due un tuall as ou w shed. b i p c y, y i

ur dr e took us th s e en n to a n i 28 . O iv i v i g poi t n the oonamallee road w hen e we wandered for half P , c an hou r amon s t the r e -fields and etel-to es w th g ic b p , i scant results . “ T he new moon w ith the O ld moon in her arms

was ex eed n l ea ut ful o er the af er- low and c i g y b i v t g ,

n star under the eveni g .

In the loud sk es of S otland th s henomenon c y i c , i p , 2 54 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 134 h e er so fam l ar is rare and asses for a ortent . I i i , , p p re membered T he Grand O ld Balla d o f Sir Patric k ” S ens p .

Ma rch

1 T o the O ser ator soon after sunset. T he b v y, new t o e t t m rs o uld no t es bj c o e was Ma . I c distinguish the snow which my w ife saw distinctly at one of his les Po .

loo ked a a n at en us but as I g i V , ,

ha l obser es here is an anno n la re and ppi y v , t yi g g ” m h false olour n a out the lo el la d uc c i g b v y y .

2 En l sh a l arr es . . g i M i iv

A letter from n lake tells me that a ward Ki g H y ,

whose name so often a ears in hese a es assed pp t p g , p

r an u ll on the m rn n f 2nd e ruar away ve y tr q i y o i g o F b y . T he devotion and kindness Shown towards him were

t extraord nar something qui e i y .

O ne e en n dur n his llness but efore the v i g, i g i , b

t me when he took to his bed he sa d and i , i , ” m hatieall re eated We know noth n T hen e p y p , i g. ” after a ause he added T here is someth n reat. p , , i g g

Lu bbock w rites : Fancy their having found in

2 5 6 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 84

A few morn n s a o a man ro u ht a fine s e men i g g , b g p ci

f th lar but non- en o e e omous P t a s mucosa s . A g , v , y

’ ussell s er was sla n in the ark su os ed to be R vip i P , pp our fr end of the 22nd e ruar and a hu e o ra i F b y, g c b wi th twenty eggs was dug ou t from under a B anyan

near the house .

. Euro ean a l arr es 7 p M i iv .

allet who altho u h his name rarel a ears in M , , g y pp these a es has een th nk s n e left En land p g , b , I i , i c I g , the mos t constant of my many admira ble co rre s ondents wr tes to me us uall a out nd an ol t cal p , i y b I i p i i matters or a ou t urrent En l sh ol t s oth s u e ts b c g i p i ic , b bj c wh h ex lude as far as oss le from these otes ic I c , p ib , N .

B th s a l howe er he sen ds me from Ant es y i M i , v , ib so me extracts fro m the corres pondence of his grand father allet du Pan one of wh h o , M , ic I c py

“ T HE FRE NCH PEOPLE

“ Le Cardinal Mazarin c onnaissait bi en les Francais ’ ’ ’ lors u il d sa a ils cl antent our s/a a ils a ent. q i it, g p g p y “ ’ ’ rd hu la C on en on dit de mem e a ils Auj ou i v ti . Q ’ ’ ’ leurent et me ma udissent oar wc a il r n osent as m a tta aer . p , p g p g “ Simultaném ent cruelle et frivole (le c aractere n onal ser le et l cenc euse m ueuse dans ses ati ), vi i i , i pét

la n es et les ou l an le lendema n sans mo ifs . Auss p i t , b i t i t i 1 134 T HE FRENCH PEOPLE 2 5 7

' le ere dans ses souflranc es ue dans sa ros r in g , q p pé ité, ’ ca a le de r o ance et d aucune réflexion enda n p b p év y , v t le matin comme les sauvages le lit oh elle doit c oucher le

‘ so r elle fut de ou em s ce e na on elle on la re o i , t t t t p tt ti , t v it ’ en ce momen elle elle sera us u a la fin des s ecles t, t j q i

kersteth tells me that as soon as the news of Bic ,

the death of C etewa o arr ed at the olon al ffi e y iv C i O c , Herbert and Meade pa id a visit of condolence to

E el n A shle who nha ts s u ose m old v y y, i bi , I pp , y

room . n d n him ou t the left on his ta le the r Fi i g , y b i

ards w th dee mourn n orders and drew down c i p i g b , his blin ds My Sister writes

We are ha n a sor of m racle win er The vi g t i t . primroses I have had brought hither from Lausanne are

i n ow er and m rass i s full Of snow dro s Bo h w ould fl , y g p . t

o r i n urse f na r — ome fiv ek la er fl w e the co o tu e s e w e s t . “ It is a sad fac t that the wi nter climate of Weimar

c auses one as far as e e a on is concerned to look ac k , v g t ti , b w i th ten der longing to Aberdeenshire

ha e s en e h ears in sorrowful ex er men s I v p t ig t y p i t ,

and d sco ered ha no e er reen shru can sur e sa e i v t t v g b viv , v

B erberis a a olia So make the mos of ha . It i s a g if . I t t t

eau ful shru at all e ents All m iv has to be b ti b v . y y

mumed u i n fir ranches The clear Vinca minor p b . , — fetched i n great quan tities from the w oods is cheering

VOL. I S 2 5 8 NOTES FROM A DIA RY a s,

to l d r n r — row ell The rass ook at u ing the w i te g s w . g c an b no means he urned n o an thi n bu t—h deo us , y , t i t y g i

' ra 8 0 ram i t full of snow dro s and Lenc a m g ss . I c p g verna rn of r mroses and ole s c roc uses h ac nths ear l , p i vi t , , y i , y scarle and la e cr mson ul s s n le daffod ls S cilla t t i t ip , i g i , siéi rica w n er acon e and Gladi olus commanis h us , i t it , , t turning the horrible grass i nto a bit of southern coun try to the amazemen f ll e ar t o a W im .

o — I have planted my w hole house w ith creepers an d

clema s at i n er als all round it— lor ou s ow ers some ti t v g i fl ,

ale mau e some wh e some dark ur le come o ut i n p v , it , p p ,

mos x n w a i n the e nd of Ma E er h n the t e c iti g y y . v yt i g

n lan s kes hree w ho ea rs s i cb za besi nnen o e p t ta t le y . The beautiful standard roses of Thuringi a borcben ga r ’ lan e . as the arden ers sa but he come at las in the g g y, t y t

h rd or four h ear t i t y . “ The brilliant Aza lea mollis has th e blessed qu ality o f

s an d n h s w n er and P rnnas eni nensis and the lo el t i g t i i t , , v y

e an ra Sib ri C b . “ As to C don a does not ow er for fif een ears y i , it fl t y

W a t sus d w Fors tbia Dentzi a ei eli C i all o er ell . y , , g , y v y I am trying to ei nbiirgern the Genti ana a caulis an d the

lamen Cyc . “ In shor make m self del h full unh a and t, I y ig t y ppy ” i arden happy n my g .

Yule w rites regretting that he had not seen

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O all e ud es of the earth y j g ,

’ hose hands w th r s ned W i b ibes are tai .

O n which Alexander turned to G urney and said By — ’ God they ve found us out

’ 8 ha l . I ve been oo king over Henry Greville s

Dia r u l shed b ad E n field and ha e fo und a y, p b i y L y , v

ood deal that has nterested m e He tells g i . the sto ry ’ o f T hiers s on ersat on w th Sir enr ulw er in c v i i H y B ,

I 8 0 rather d fferentl fi'om n la ke who re eated 4 , i y Ki g , p

it to me. T h s is m ers on of it Th ers had een i y v i . i b talk n in a er mena n a a ou t war ulw er i g v y ci g w y b . B heard him to the end and then sa d er w ell , i , V y , I may tell my Govern m ent you said to me tha t if s u ch ” and su h ha ened o u wo uld de lare w ar No c pp , y c . , sa d T h ers do no t sa that told ou so sa ou i i , y I y ; y y rea d i t i n my countena nce !

Good too is the stor wh h re eated to , , y ic I p

a end sh of his ran dfather ord u rham who C v i g , L D , ,

hen he went to anada took w th him so lar e a w C , i g number of m usical instru ments as to as tonish the

’ ” t n on t ou know sa d S dn e Sm th ow . D y , i y y i , that he has gone to make Overtures to the Canadians 1 8 84 PA PER NEVER REFUSES INK 2 6 1

Mrs urnell who is sta n here told us that an . F , yi g ,

A ustral an horse dealer s eak n o f the ht n i , p i g fig i g

ual t es o f erta n fox - err ers sa d The at q i i c i t i , i , y fly

’ ea h other s throats and then the hold on u te c , y q i

u etl ust l ke a ra er meet n q i y, j i p y i g

1 A letter from m w fe tells me that oor 2 . y i p

ann al has een m urdered It is exa tl two H ib b . c y years an d five mon ths to-day since he invaded the

R ome off the Ba of artha e fated l ke his reat y C g , i g

a me ke o die f ' dose f n sa t ar fi o m his native land. A o — po ison at Libyssa ; a cat a t Ootaca m und si c tra nsit glor ia

- 1 . A lad talk n to m e to n ht uoted her old 3 y, i g ig , q

r sh athol nurse defen d n her hu r h from some I i C ic , i g C c as ers ons as ha n used the hrase u e new to p i , vi g p q it

’ me P a er never re uses i nk don t believe a ll ou , p f y

rea d .

“ 1 . Som e one as ked at reakfast h h is the 4 b , W ic snake of wh h the nat es sa that w hen it tes ou ic iv y bi y , i t does no t wa t to as erta n the effe t bu t oes i c i c , g 1 stra ht o ff to the urn n round l m s a tree ig b i g g , c i b , and sees the last of yo u ? The m ost conspicuous flow er at this mom ent in

1 f h No er 1 886 See infi a under date o a 7t vemb . 2 62 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 4

the ark is the rett Ca r issa a r da s It i P p y C a n . s nearl rela ted to the er w nkle not at all to y p i i , the

essam ne of wh h its l t j i , ic i tle white stars nevertheless alwa s make one th nk y i . “ T he a kals are exh t n a sho k n ta men ess j c ibi i g c i g .

O ne stood in front of us as we rode to-da an d shoo k , y,

h mself l ke a do . In the nterest of o ur fawns the r i i g i , i nu m ers should be d m n shed a e b i i i . H v I anywhere ment oned tha t when the rs t w ere shot the renc h i , fi , F cook as ked Evans-Gordon how cc gibier 15 was to be cooked

1 . T he sunset ex urs ons not ed a o e and 5 c i ic b v , others wh h ha e not een not ed to the was te ic v b ic , re on near the latt e r d e to the forsaken gi ic b i g ,

' un alow at Pulikani to the ountr eh nd Sa da b g , c y b i i

et ha e had su h s ant botanieal results as to ha e p , v c c , v led me to the on lus on that at leas t at th s season c c i , i , walks in the ark oor as is its later te so l are mu h P , p i i , c more ro ta le In it too one has alw a s leasa nt p fi b , , y p

hts— a rou of s otted deer a herd of the la k sig g p p , b c an elo e a m un oose ross n the road a lar e O wl t p , g c i g , g

ed out o f its tree o u r a roa h and SO on . startl by pp c ,

T he coo ing of the pretty little doves belongs rather

n r d s than to our e en n alks to our morni g i e v i g w .

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s ster w r t n of a German lad w ho w as My i , i i g y, re e n a lar e a rt of la eunesse sa s c ivi g g p y j , y

O ne of her oun En l shmen w as ell n her a s o r y g g i t i g t y,

i h e of s d h er Now sh r and s tting on t s a be i e . e p ides h e r self on her En l sh and mus ha e heard ha the En l sh g i , t v t t g i , ’ when sur r sed occas onall sa O h dear ! O h dear ! p i , i y y ,

sh n to encoura e h er oun En l shman She w as Wi i g g y g g i , heard by all the young people to say sw eetly to him as he

old her th e s or O h darl n ! O h darl n t t y, i g i g

Presided in the Senate House in my capa city o f

han ellor of the Un ers t of adras a nd adm tte d C c iv i y M , i

nd dates the r de r es the ca i to i g e .

It was ment oned b the Sur eon-General in the i y g ,

o urse of the ro eed n s that out of 1 6 ra dua tes c p c i g , 34 g , — 8 are rahm ns a s n an t fa t . T here are 99 B i ig ific c , I

th nk onl Mahomedan raduates but I 1 nat e i , y 7 g , 7 iv

s Christian .

th Mr . r e the olle tor o f h n le ut 2 . 9 Wi P ic , C c C i g p ,

to Vellicherr ust o uts de one of the ark ates y, j i P g ,

where saw the Mone ar or headman the arnam I g , K

or a o untant the T aliari or ol eman the etr or cc , p ic , V i

atherer of re en ue and wat hed a otter a w ea er g v , c p , v ,

a ar enter and a ew eller w ork n at the r res e t e c p , j i g i p c iv

trades . 1 8 84 THE VELLICHERRY POTTER 2 6 5

T he first made me think of Oma r Khayyém

For I remember stopping by the w ay To w atch a potter thumpi ng his w et c lay

And w h its all-o l era ed on u e it b it t t g , ’ murmured G en l rother en l ra . It , t y, b , g t y p y — — Lis te n a momen t liste n o f the same Poor earth from w hich that h uman whisper c ame

The luc kless mould i n w h ch mank nd w as cas i i t,

os nd called him b th name They did comp e a y e .

Later in the day I re-read the last part of the

oem and m thou hts wan dered to the w n dow of p , y g i the asa Paolin elli and the wat her w ho sat there in C , c

r r Feb ua y 1 836. It was on the n ight between the 1 2th an d the 1 3th that she w rote

Nous somm es assurément vi S-a-vi s de Dieu mo ins

' ue la a e don le o er fa diflérentes choses ou la c re q p t t p ti it , i

u e le s l eur fa onne a son ré e su s mo ns d a q cu pt c g . J i i ev nt

D e u ue le ra n de ouss ere ui ol e de an moi i q g i p i q v tig v t . ' Ne dois-j e pas lui é tre tou t au ssi indiflérente ? “ ’ ’ J avais de pensees pareilles hi er assise sur la fenetre de an ce e e lle vu e et alors souffleés eu -étre ar un v t tt b , , p t p ’ des an es ui s intéressent a moi son en ues 5 mon es r g q , t v p it c es paroles si consolantes que le nombre de nos cbeveux est 2 66 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 4

T O-night w e lingered on the terrace till Orion had

one do wn an d ano us was almost elo w the g , C p b

' hor zon . Mr. Stifle the ort ffi er at al u tta i , P O c C c ,

o nted out the orthern rown w th a - oroa m p i N C , i C show n er r ht ust lear o f the ho use as w e i g v y b ig , j c ,

stood lose to the arden ate near the reat entran e . c g g , g c

T hen ame A r turus w h le e o nd him h h u and c c , i b y ig p towards the so uth w ere the four bright stars o f

r u s T he So uth rn ross and oth its o nters Co v . e C b p i w ere alread u e fore we w nt o ur rooms S r us y p b e to . i i looked es e all eaut ful seen thro u h the del a te p ci y b i , g ic f l a of the as uar na o i ge C i .

efo re reakfast to ns e t the a er atter 2 . B b i p c N pi b y.

All the three atter es w h h ha e een ress n o n b i , ic I v b p i g ,

e now as ood as n shed Ea h is armed w th ar g fi i . c i

el e-ton uns tw o tw v g .

En l sh a l arr es . 3 . g i M i iv w rites Have yo u heard a clever translation

’ l fe w orth l n T hat d ends on the l er o f IS i ivi g ep iv .

’ La vie en vaut-elle la peine C est une ques tion do

foie ( foi )

2 68 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 3 34 as the are for the matter of that of stran e d es y , , g y ,

’ stran e owers or w ork o f he h n d r h g fl t artist s a s, o t e

’ ” fa e of one s fr end 1 c i . W 8 . e left u nd esterda af ernoon and G i y y y t , rea hed o a - c O tac mu nd to day .

1 e r t u h arde 0 . Ev rything is terribly bu n p ; t e g ns in a ad ht s plig .

1 1 E uro ea n l arr es . p Mai iv .

Mrs . S dne uxton who has een tak n n n e y y B , b i g i fi it pains to promote emigration from the most w retch ed

arts of the w est of reland w r tes p I , i

Th s m w f m r d sh ar n d han e er T o i ti e e elt o e i e te e t v . s ar wi h the B sho of the D ocese ssued a as oral to t t t , i p i i P t be read from e er al ar in w h ch w e w ere descr ed as v y t , i ib

ul ures and hou h am o und to sa his ow n oc k v t , t g I b y fl

fi ured i n as carri on s ll ha was but oor c onsola on g it , ti t t p ti

She also m entions that when some one sa id to that sending a common friend o f o urs to Constan ti nople w ould be rather like putting a bull i nto a china “ sho she re l ed Y es but if one wants the h na p, p i , , c i broken

Mrs . Gre w r t n under date of 1 th a r h g, i i g 9 M c ,

r he HOtel des A ants wh ch stan ds at the f f o m t v , i oo t

1 t ” See S udies in tbe Renaissance onc usion. , C l 1 8 84 MA LLET DU P A N 2 69 o f the ent du am an des r es ont le ur when e D J , c ib M F y c She had j us t moved

” To the lef She sa s w e looked dow n u on t, y , p

Ch llon and th e del a o f the hon e w h the ma n ficen i t R , it g i t

Den du M d ow er n a o e and to the r h on the t i i t i g b v it, ig t l l Mon r ux Clarens and e e o el le a s of e . v y itt b y t , , V v y Facing us on the opposite shore of the lake w as a grand

le of moun a ns ar n as moun a ns do w h e ver da pi t i , v yi g t i it y y ” and ever hour o f the da y y .

1 8 E u ro ean a l arr es . p M i iv . Mallet w rites

“ “ W Malle d an e i e. he and Ac on alked of u P . , . t , t t

Ta ne has w r e n a refac e w h c h h as een u l shed in i itt p , i b p b i

’ the Deba ts and i s adm ra le He sa s four men under , i b . y s ood the e olu on — arol Malouet G ou ern eur t R v ti Riv , , v

M rr s and Malle — the las the es The ook w ll be o . i , t t b t b i out i n a w ee k and shall tr o n m re urn to send ou a , I y y t y

c/oral b M de e s re co . am read n Ri . L c u er py I i g , y , v y

n eres n did not know h e w as so cons dera le a i t ti g. I i b

man Ac on a rees w h me a ou Am el but did not . t g it b t i , ” know him .

w rites

Huxley Observed to We have now to study ’ not th e law s of d nam cs bu t of d namiti cs . y i , y 70 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 3 34

’ ha e een loo k n at A micl Fra ments d u n 1 9 . I v b i g g

0nrna l Intime to w h h Mrs . ard and alle have 7 , ic W M t

lled m attent on . ha e marked these amon st ca y i I v , g other passages

’ La parti e nega tive de l muvre des Humanistes es t

onne elle d o u llera le Chr s an sme de ou e u n e b , ép i i ti i t t coque deven ue extérieure ; mais Ruge et Feuerbac h n e ’ e u en sa u er l h umanité Il lui fau des sa n s et des p v t v . t i t ’ r Oeuvr des h loso h s La sc en c e héros po ur c ompléte l e p i p e . i ’ ’ ’ est la puissanc e de l homme et l amo ur sa force l homm e

ne dev en homme ue ar le c oeur. Sa o r a mer et i t q p v i , i ’ u o r es 3 l vi e c om le e po v i c t 1 a p t . ’ Le Ma r al sme u l a re le en-e re ar de l idolatri e té i i ti it i , bi t i , de la cha r et du moi du em orel et de Mammon so n -i ls i , t p t le erme de nos e ffor s ou e la rec om ense rom se au x t t , t t p p i ’ l eurs de no re rac e ? e ne le c ro s s L idéal de ab t J i pa . ’ ’ l h mani té est ou au rem en hau Ma s l animal reclame u t t t t t. i ’ ' le rem er e t il fau d abord ann r la souflran c e su erflu e p i , t b i p ’ ” et d ori ine soc ale a an de re en r au x ens s r u els g i v t v i bi pi it .

oo k n at the Anecdota l Histor o 20 . L i g y f P a rlia ment

’ th s morn n lit u on a no e of srael i i g, I p tic Mr . Di i s ” s ee h in 1 8 2 a out the exhausted ol anoes p c 7 , b v c . I

do not think I have mentioned that when som e one

ask T orren w a t e f ed Mr. s h t h leader o the Opposition “ meant by speaking of the Ministry as exhausted

2 7 2 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 4 and 2 th in ents at Sis a ra a nd a a n las n i ht 4 t p , g i t g a A alan he oll n sw orth w as wi h t v c . Mr. H i g t u s

thro u ho ut essrs. awson a nd Ga m le w i th g ; M L b ,

Mr. edder urn A t n ead Ass s tan o llec tor W b , c i g H i t C ,

ur n most of th time d i g e .

T he ew s o f ala ar and the W naa d fro m the vi M b y , ridge that leads up to Sispara pea k a nd other po i n ts

alon ou r rou e w ere e ond all ra se . g t , b y p i

o el too w ere three l tle w oods nea r A alan he L v y, , it v c , as to w hich I copy a pas sa ge fro m my longer accou nt

O n the morn n of the 2 6th w e rode on c e m o re i g ,

throu h hese lo el w oods . ho u h as w e did so h ow g t v y I t g t, , unlike they w ere i n their bea uty to thos e desc ribed by Heber

So r ch a shade so reen a sod i , g , O ur English fairies never trod

Yet w ho i n nd an ow ers has s ood I i b t , ’ “ But thought on England s good gre enw ood

And lessed en eath the alm shade b b p y , Her hazel and h er haw thorn glade And breathed a prayer (how oft i n vain To gaze upon her oa ks again — Here there w ere no palms not one blade — grass b ut the most exquisite evergreen foliage of 1 8 84 T HE A VA LA NCHE WOODS m

h The wi hered lea es alon h s ades. t v g t e path carried my ’ mind to Faber s lines on Bagley

But th ma n lor i s ha win er w ood y i g y t t t , ’ h i ts dead fern and holl s Chr s mas reen Wit y i t g ,

And mosses ale and rees ha ha e not s rew ed p , t t t v t

Th e r wi hered lea es wh ch et erchanc e are s een i t v i y p ,

S ru l n to reach the s r n as thou h for hem t gg i g p i g, g t ’ New sa w ould r se from out th e ra eful s em p i g t t .

O ur route this morning lay across spa rkling streams alon h lls des and throu h leas an t w ood , g i i , g p

’ land s ener ast the s ot know n as McIver s und c y, p p B .

had throw n n o m des at h box efore I i t y p c , b start n a am hlet wh h rofessor Asa Gra had i g, p p ic P y sent m e conta n n a re ew Of a ook De , i i g vi b by

an dolle . In it found esterda afternoon the C , I y y 1 etymology of the French word for our not less

d erusalem rasole A rt h k T abs urdly nam e J ( Gi ) ic o e . he

Heli a nthus tuberosus is indigenous to the valleys o f the Ohio and Mississipi ; but the French imagined

at it ame from the raz ls and alled it after the th c B i , c

T nam a a r e in that ountr w th wh h upi b , t ib c y i ic

ns they had rela tio .

r edder u rn ment oned that he had heard M . W b i

1 To ina o r p mb u .

VO L . I 2 74 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 4

ow ett sa in a sermon A man who had l e d J y , iv throu h the e htee n hr st an entur es w ould ha e g ig C i i c i , v

m un ated h mself tw o o r hree mes o er exco m ic i t ti v .

We found on our arr al the En l sh a l iv g i M i .

’ It had brought my w ife s article on the Investi ture ” f the zam wh h a ears in Ma cmilla n for th s o Ni , ic pp i month ; also a very in teresting letter abou t Balliol

fi' m ll am reman le w ho is now a le r o Wi i F t , ctu er

re as w ell as anon o f anter ur the , C C b y . He says that he thinks the study of modern

stor and ol t al E onom makes w a as does Hi y P i ic c y y,

also that of Law . T he T heolo al School in wh h gic , ic

men can now ake the r de ree is st ll small but t i g , i ;

he el e es it w ll e ome more m ortan T b i v i b c i p t. he - old Litere H uma nior es school still retains its pre

em nen e and the est m en in it are er ood. i c , b v y g

May

I ent to Show m self as usual at the ell n ton W y , , W i g

a es an d saw a end sh w in R c , C v i very prettily on his

ra on orreze A b p y C .

2 E uro ean a l arri es . p M i v . Rutson writes

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resources of oice the sw f alternation of sunshin e v , i t ,

hunder Cloud and l h n n o er his fac e the su le t , , ig t i g v , bt and vehemen es ures the ra c c as of a fac e ha a rd t g t , t gi t gg ' b illness —all made an eflect ha ou can hardl ma n e y t t y y i gi . I thought to myself that I should never have such a ha lf ” l e a n hour in my if gai .

ollo k ment ons that rown n w sh n o P c i B i g, i i g t

u ld a house too k ste s to find the r e of e b i , p p ic a pi ce

f a ens n ton n learn n o land t K i g . O i g that it was

6000 he told the a ent that that was mo re , g tha n he

ould afford. T he a ent re orted th s to the ow ner c g p i ,

a ondon ta lor who re l e d hat Mr. rown n L i , p i , W , B i g, the poet of whose works I am so fond ! He Shall have the land for

’ Pollock proceeds to quote Milton s lines abou t ” the reat JEm athian on ueror and to as k as g c q , , getting a house bu ilt is ass uredly more than getting one s ared— whether row n n is ndeed reater p B i g , i , g than Pindar or E uripides ?

l e that he was resen He also te ls m p t, the other da when in the la orator of the o al nst t ut on y, , b y R y I i i ,

ne was for the rs t t me rodu ed in a l u d ozo , fi i , p c iq i state It is of a dee lu e colour and is a mos t . p b ,

dl od n alm d stru e a ent ra orr ost allsu stan es . e ctiv g , pi yc i g b c 1 8 84 A RETROSPECT 2 7 7

In a lon letter from Kew full o f nterest n g , i i g

th n s Mr. orr s ment ons that Ci cer a ri eti num i g , M i i se rets ure oxal a d in lar e uan t es and also c p ic ci g q ti i , tells me that it was unknow n in the West Indies till

our own t mes . He h mself ntrodu e i here i i i c d t t . My sister writes

“ How del h ful soc e would ha e to row to be as ig t i ty v g , charming as an even ing w ith Schiller or Goethe or

Shakes eare or e en an e en n of enu ne lau h er at a p , v v i g g i g t clever Lustspiel ’ And here one c an see Wallenstein s Tod and ha e , v th e es lac e in th e house for hree sh ll n s Th e b t p t i i g . poor pay sixpence

I is exa tl w o ears and a half th s morn n 5 . t c y t y i i g

n e took m seat as o ernor As to u l c Si c I y G v . p b i affa rs it w ll be for others to sa after mak n i , i y, i g themsel es a ua nted w th the fa ts whether ha e v cq i i c , I v

’ ’ or have not remembered the saying : L ho mme d état est un messager s q ui le temps présent est remis en

’ depot pour étre rendu tel qu il est ou meilleur au ” em s a en r t p v i . T he great machine has m oved with less friction

han had an r ht o ex e t collea ues ha e t I y ig t p c . My g v been agreeable and helpful ; mos t of my leading 1 7 3 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 4

o fi c ials ood and some excellent. T he seas ons hav e g ,

een lenteo us the re enue uo ant and ha e ha d b p , v b y , I v no difi c ulties ei ther wi th the India O ffice or the

Government of nd a I i .

As for rit sm if ha e m fa r share of it c ici , I v y i , I have not at fifty -five to learn the tru th of the warn ing

Sollen di ch di e Dohlen n c h umsc hrein i t ,

M ss n ch no f auf den Ki rchthurm se n u i t K p y .

th re ard to r ate affa rs ha e thus far Wi g p iv i , I v no t the slightest reas on to complain o f the Fates and the est n es who m u h a a nst m ow n w ll sent m e D i i , , c g i y i , to nd a ha e seen and learned m u h ha e I i . I v c . I v dro ed sa e thro u h dea h not one m ortant l nk pp , v g t , i p i in m Euro ean rela t ons an d am more nt ma e y p i , i i t w ith some of my in tima tes than I was w hen I w ent o u f he T ham es The a era e health of o ur t o t . v g

l en a l as in Euro e househo d has be t eas t as good p . I

f t n n r have pushed the or u es of some deservi g pe sons .

ha e made ho e and h n k more than one fr end I v , I p t i , i , tw o and four-legged ; while in my intercourse with the less -agreeable portion of the society amongst w h h m lot is ast ha e at leas en o ed the ic y c , I v t j y

2 8 0 NOTES FROM A DIA R Y 1 8 8 4

May ( conti nued)

6 ss oxon has een rea d n to m e o m . Mi M b i g s e

’ ’ Cha ters o f ax m e Du am S o eni r li ttera i res p M i C p s uv s .

T he follow n a oun of his mee n w th A u er i g cc t ti g i b , the om oser then e ht -six in Ma 1 8 1 am ds t c p , ig y , y 7 , i the horrors of the omm un e is one of the few th n s C , i g which interested me m uch

’ Nous parlfimes de l heure présente ; il levait les épaulcs avec un geste oh il y avait plus encore de

‘ ’ degout q ue de découragem en t il me disait J avai s n euf ’ ans e m e a s sau da ma as n de mon ere ui ta , j t i vé g i p q é it ’ ’ marchand d es am es et ai vu asser la o ure danS t p , j p v it

s X I le 2 la uelle a t enferm Lou V . 1 an i er 1 q ét i é i , j v 79 3 . Je me rappelle bien la révolution nous ne mangions pas tous les j ours a notre appétit le pai n manquait souven t a ’ ’ la ma son : c étai t s n s re ma s C é tait mo ns cr m nel i i i t , i i i i ,

’ ’ ’ ’ était mo ns bé te ue c c ue l on fa au ourd hu C i q q it j i .

Lon em s nous causfimes e n le u an e lui di s gt p ; q itt t, j

‘ ‘ Au re o r Il secoua le e e Non ad eu e su s v i t t , i ; j i sur mes fins le vi eux cerf est forcé j e mourrai merc redi ’ o u eud rocha n . 11 ac n arole le eud 1 1 mai il j i p i ti t p ; j i , ’ a mor doucemen comme un homme i s end r ét it t t, q u o t de

‘ fa ue. La ache de la lon ue ourn e est finie il est tig t g j é , ’ ’ ” em s d aller dorm r a di t Shakes eare . t p i , p 1 3 3, MA DA ME DE FORBIN 2 3 .

olonel Winsl d ned h re last n ht and left 7 . C oe i e ig with m e his paper on the siege of the little fort at

Po tche fstrom tw ent five ards s uare wh h he , y y q , ic defended a a n t he r It w as u l shed in g i s t Boe s . p b i

Ma cmilla n for 1 88 and es a lear a ount o f a 3, giv c cc most m em o ra le f f arm b eat o s .

. E n l sh l arr es 9 g i Mai iv .

sends th s Charm n a recia ti on of her fr end i i g pp i ,

’ a da me de or n w hom rs met at . de un s M F bi , I fi t M M in 1 875

“ Remember h er as one who used to be partic ularly fond of ou and follow ed our for unes w h the rea es y , y t it g t t

n eres She w en to ome h en to Na les in an uar i t t . t R , t p J y,

l n Shadow In e ruar she c ame home to St. ivi g . F b y

M r l h l h n 2 8 r a ce and t e w e o ut on the th D . , ig t t , ’ Doll n er s r hda She w s s u er or to her ooks i g bi t y . a p i b , her surroundi n s her art and h er des n w h c h g , p y, ti y, i mean her to l e and die in deas a nd red udic es mos t iv i p j , t of wh ch she exchan ed for an nde endenc e of ud men i g i p j g t, and n ellec ua l su er or w h ch made her del h ful i t t p i ity , i ig t ” and su es ve i n a r r ree gg ti a e deg .

' Rutson sends me fro m Duflryn some very pretty lines which the au thor of the Epi c of Ha des has addre s d A erda e s e to b r . T he first eight run as follows 2 8 2 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 4

ha shall be w r en to th e man W t itt , ’ Wh o hrou h l fe s m n led ho es and fears , t g i i g p , Attai ns to-day our little span O f seven ty years

Who wi h force undim n shed s ll , t i i ti ,

A Nes or s a nds amon his eers t t g p , ’ ull of ou h s fire and daun less w ll F y t t i , At seven ty y ears ?

- T he re a i n is ke t u thro u h the ten erses fi p p g v ,

’ some of which Show great insight into their hero s

Chara er but A erdare is ha l onl s xt -n ne ct ; b ppi y y i y i , not se ent v y .

n l a l arr s in less han n netee d 14 . E g ish M i ive t i n ays fr m ond — e l es ha een o L on th ear i t I ve yet s .

Mrs sho wr tes . Bi p i

C ambo—a real aradi se Wh are w e not all Bas ues ? P . y q

he mus be su er or t the Ar ns Such farms and T y t p i o ya . fru - rees and order and ros er t and res e all round it t p p i y p c t . We drove a pony-c haise to the Pas de Roland a nd fo und ferns and flow ers carpeti ng and c urtain ing the gorge made ” b his S ear y p .

er w r t n under date of 1 th A r l sa s that Dy , i i g 4 p i , y some o f the seeds I sent in March have gone to

emerara an d adds Y ou w ll ha e left our mark D , i v y

2 84 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 84

As a w a e asses o er another w a e as a n ew leaf v p v v , comes for h u on the naked ranc h as n ew s ars s h ne t p b , t i for h i n the mmens of the h ea ens so do n ew t i ity v , generations aw ake to life and change th e scene of the w orld and ra se al ars to the deas for wh c h he r fa hers , i t i i t i t ' ra sed sc aflo lds and con er the i c ms of es erda n o i , v t v ti y t y i t

ri es s and o e n the fanc to the rea h of new llusi o ns p t , p y b t i , th e sen iments to the lo e o f new ho es the s r t to the t v p , pi i fa h in new de s it i a .

2 . St Loe Stra he sends me the last 2 . Mr . c y Qua r terly containing an excellent article by hims elf

l h nstone r. Stra he o n Mo untstuart E p i . M c y was a Ballio l contemporary of my eldes t son or nearly so a fa h makes one feel an ent ct w ich ci .

2 . re e ed th s morn n from m O ld fr end 4 I c iv i i g y i ,

the Rev. . rne who w as one o f o ur ead n J . R By , R i g

art at an in 1 8 0 an un ut o of the fir P y Ob 5 , c c py s t edition o f the Fortunes of Elphi n by my acq uaintance

of lon one da s Mr . ea o k. g byg y , P c c It bore the following inscription

Viro admodum honorato

M E G R NT DU FF . . A Apud Indos exsulanti Proc onsuli pri vatus Quantulum quanti desiderii monumentum 1 8 84 CHRISTOPHER NORTH 2 8 5

Hunc libell um

d. d. B J . R . .

Ad x111 kal Ma MDCCCLxxxIv. . ii

olonel lson d n n here a few da s a o C Wi i i g , y g , mentioned that he had seen a good deal of his un le hr sto her orth in his old a e He ne er c , C i p N , g . v

’ s o ke of ol t s bu t olonel lson s m ress on was p p i ic , C Wi i p i

u ld n on that he had given p his o opi i s .

’ lllliss oxon reads Mat A rnold s ost n 25 . M B o

le tu re on Emerson . T he rst few a es wh h c fi p g , ic are auto o ra h al are e u l arl nterest n to me bi g p ic , p c i y i i g , for the Oxford therein des cribed w as the immediate

of that wh h knew ame u ances tor ic I . I c nder the

’ fas ci nation of New man s w ritings before my college da s— as fa r a k as 1 8 - and arl le had mo y b c 44 45 , C y re in fl ue nce on me before than after I w en t u p to Balliol

’ merson s Essa rea in 1 84 7 . E y s I d then and w ith some adm rat o n bu t the ne er whether throu h the i i , y v , g ir fault

o r m ne sa d m u h to me . i , i c

’ Here is Mat Arnold s des cription of Newman

“ Who could resist the charm of that spiritual a ar on l d n in the dim af ernoon l h h pp iti , g i i g t ig t t ro ugh ’ the a sles of St. Mar s ris n n o the ul and hen i y , i g i t p pit, t , 2 8 6 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 84 i n he mos en ranc n of o ces reak n the s lenc e w i th t t t i g v i , b i g i w ords and hou h s wh ch w ere a rel i ous m us c— su le t g t i ig i bti ,

‘ sw ee mournful seem to h ear him s ll sa n Af er t, I ti , yi g t the fe ver of l fe af er w ear nesses and s c kn esses fi hti n s i , t i i , g g and des ond n s lan uor and fre fuln ess s ru l n and p i g , g t , t gg i g succ eeding ; after all the changes and Chan c es o f this

ro u led u nheal h s a e — at len h come s dea h at t b , t y t t gt t , len h the wh e hrone o f God at len th th e b eatific gt it t , g ’ v on isi .

an u ll am s men t oned at rea kfa st 26 . H b ry Wi i i b that he ha d known a fox hard pressed ta ke refuge in

’ a a d er s earth and ett n eh n d the ad er fo r e b g , g i g b i b g , c i to ht his assa lants t fig i .

28 . a ot o n rm ed a end sh m ent oned at B g , c fi by C v i , i

- d nner that Mr. G llan a w ell know n mas ter or i i , hou nds in S otland had lea t a water- u m of th rt c , p j p i y n ne feet i .

En l sh a l arr es . 29 . g i M i iv

ohn arren w r tes w th referen e to an a s u rd J W i , i c b “ s t n -c ard wh h had sent him as the rst fru ts vi i i g ic I , fi i of the boo k-plate movem en t in this Pres idency

The co nfusion betw een the ex-li bris and the visiting

Card is not confined to nd a ranc e and En land l I i . F g supp y ab ndan ns ances In h s c oun r h re re u t i t . t i t y t e a several of these intermedia s from the hand of Bar olozz re te t i , p tty

2 8 8 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 33,

it di vidi ng his forty-two years of work i nto four dec ades

‘ i n h s res ec and end n w h a modes l le nunc t i p t, i g it t itt

s ster wr t n o f a oun a tress to w ho m she My i , i i g y g c ,

is mu h a tta hed sa s c c , y

Yesterday tow ards even ing I w as c alled out from

en er a n n ues s at af ernoon tea and fou nd in t t i i g g t , t ,

m dro m—he han s u ll Of ld ow rs y be o r d f w i fl e .

She sa d ha e een in the G oe h e Gar en i , I v b t t I ’ alw ay s go there to as k Goethe s blessing before I dare to

la Gre c hen—and now ha e co me to et ours a nd p y t I v g y , ’ hese ow ers ar m hi s arden fo ou t fl e fro g r y . “ I kissed her forehead and her eyes and the lips tha t

- — had so much to say to all w ho w ill hear to night and she

en l w — l k le h ld w t quiet y a ay loo king i e a litt c i .

’ Bossuet s Ora ison Funi bre on the Duchess o f

r m orn n Statel as it O leans w as read to e this m i g. y ” “ ” is w th its adame es t morte its e le sa s and i M , J i , mu h else there is noth n in it to e ual Les mor ts o f c , i g q ” Lammenais Ils ont auss assé sur ette terre or i p c ,

’ the w onderful cri de l i me which I re-rea d here on the 2 th its fort -e hth ann ersar as read it 5 , y ig iv y, I in the or nal in ar s ten ears a o igi , P i , y g

n r u d s s nu et o r Seig eu au trefois j e vo s i ai it j u . 1 3 3, EMILE DE LA VELEY E 3 3 9

It is credita ble and su ggestive that even in this

o ur age can mo re than hold its ow n w ith the

J une

fte un e 4 . A r Co cil Miss Moxon rea d to m the sermon preached by Bossuet on the profession of

a e d la ad m e all ere ust 20 ears a o th s da . M V i , j 9 y g i y

T he nes t art of it is after all the text Et d x t fi p , , i i

u i e eba i th o— no a fa a q s d t n ron Ecce v cio omni . “ 5 as ked last n ight at dinner What is the differen ce betw een te mptation and etern ity T he

first is a wile o f the devil ; the second is a devil of a

’ ” le w i .

En l sh a l arr es g i M i iv .

tells me that Lavele e w ho w as in ondon y , L “ w hen he w rote s eak n of a llet sa d il me sem le , p i g M , i b

’ ’ ’ qu il po usse des sou pi rs moins profonds q u a l ordi

na re i . My Sis ter w rites

Those w ho have never assisted at these Faust eveni ngs are far from being able to co nceive wha t an even t in life

h e are and th e o f ener one has assed hrou h he m t y ; t p t g t ,

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he rander the m ress on from ear to ear h nk t g i p i y y . I t i I

h f n es now hrou h s must ave been fi tee tim t g Fau t. “ ohlvers anden ! The Second ar is the re a er W t p t g t , a nd O o Devri en t whose Bear e un has made the er tt , b it g p formance oss le is h mself Me h s o Me h s o incar p ib , i p i t , p i t — nate the inc arnation of the mi schi evous man of th e w orld sans deals as aus ecomes the man of th e w orld , i , F t b and of ac on w h deals ti it i . “ The second eveni ng of Faust i s o ne of th e greates t of all n ellec ual mnas cs and of oe c a bew chmen s i t t gy ti , p ti l it t surel the rea es in the w orld y g t t .

8 . A da or tw o a o ss oxon read to m e the y g , Mi M

’ follow i ng very striki ng pas sage from Sain te-Beuve s account of H orace Vernet

“ O n était au mardi 2 2 février ; il avait audience du

roi Lou s h l e au x u ler es . orac e di t au roi en i P i ipp T i i H ,

’ ‘ l ui parlan t de cc depart qu il deSIrait retarder : Mais il ’ ’ y a de l émotion dans Paris je suis Ofi ci er de l etat maj or de la garde nationale ; j e désirerais ne pas quitter au mo ' ’ m en Oh il eu a o r des rou les a re r m r o t p t y v i t b p i e . Qu i ’ des rou les ! mon Cher orac e r ond le roi ‘ t b H , ép it ; y - ’ pensez vous Au meme moment quelque c hose d in usité ’ ’ appel a l attention du roi ; debou t a l une des fenetres de s on c a ne nu noc le sur les eu x Lou s h l e cher bi t, bi y , i P i ipp ’ cha a se rendre c om e d un mou emen de rou es it pt v t t p , ’ d un e espec e de Charge de cavaleri e q ui Se faisai t autour

3 9 . NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 13,

l wh n he sinks i n o the ra e and the En el years o d e t g v , g schaaren sing

‘ Wer immer s re end s ch bemiiht t b i , ’ Den kennen wir erldsen.

I think you must be strebend dich bemuhend more ” h n a s e e did out there amon our h r mill ons. t a F u t v r , g y t i ty i

h ten n th h le i t as T is was w rit o 20 May . W i w

’ finding its way hi ther I was saying in my Queen s birthday speech

I am quite aw are tha t although our adminis tra tion

ecomes ever more i n ell en the mos anx ous s ud at b t ig t, t i t y, once of the fac s of nd a as as w ell as resen and of t I i , p t p t, the conclusions of the w isest statesa and politi cal phi lo so hers in the mos ad anc ed coun ries of the world is p , t v t , W — a solu el indis ensa le . e mus ne er res ne er as b t y p b t v t, v ’ rulers—sa to the momen S a hou art so fair y t, t y, t .

A ur ous co n den e or rather ons der n ou r c i i ci c , c i i g

relat ons to ea h other not a ur ous one. i c , c i

ad ea r t W 1 2 . L y R y w i es : e go next week to

’ mert for ten da s se lus n d O phe — y c io an the enjoyment of aal l hts the effe ts of sunl ht loud-l ht W ig c ig , c ig ,

lo u d re e t ons on that eau t ful r er c fl c i b i iv .

1 Mr. a son one of he 8 . t est nd D vi , b I ian orni

tholo ists reakfasted w t s e th n k g , b i h u . H i s that the r 8 84 LISZT 2 9 3

nd an rds ma nu m er a o ut 2000 s e es that I i bi y b b p ci , there m a be on these h lls 00 s e es or at leas t as y i 5 p ci , man as in all Euro e h le on the il r latea u y p , w i N gi i p there ma be o er y v 300. — Only tw o species are pecu liar to these hills the so-called lau h n -thrush wh h is no thrush bu t g i g , ic

' Trochrlopteron ca chinna m and the pretty little pipet

P i a sm manta rmr wh h has h therto onl een ( p ) , ic i y b fo u nd lose to o amund Its nearest all is an c O tac . y

A fr an e ic pip t. My sister writes

“ Last night I saw old old Liszt direc t his own Salve

L le as lo e his mus c did adm tha h s itt I v i , I it t t i com os on is a oem O ne does hear and see a s ec ral p iti p . p t ’ ’ na on—fran call res s n an n h la on i n one s m nd s ti ti y i ti g i i ti , i

e e w h ls the music is o n on . y , i t g i g “ And th e old man—the hos o f h mself fee l d rec g t i , b y i t — i ng w ith the right hand that onc e had s uch cunning the lon lack ha r of the as now snow -wh e and the g b i p t it , ungovernable mouth now feebly smili ng

ss oxon has n shed read n to me Le 24 . Mi M fi i i g

Sainte-Beuve says of Massillon : Il pla ira a ceux S M A D A 2 94 NOTE FRO I RY 1 8 84.

’ ’ q ui n ont pas les impatiences d u n gout tro p s uperbe o u tro d l a t ni les rom tes fievres des adm rat ons p é ic , p p i i

’ ardentes q ui n on t po int s urtout la soif de la surprise ni e u e e d la déco v rt . — I suppose I ha ve one or other o f these pro ban the las t for ass llon es me no leas ure , M i giv p . For tha t matter the amplificare rem ornando which Cicero ca lls summa la us eloq uentiae n ever

does .

My tas te in scenery is very different from my tas te in l terature for can en o no t onl the hone i , I j y y R ” “ m tueux bu t the ours tran u lle du fieuve fran i pé , c q i

a s de la ro ale Se ne a nan t les r es de lus en c i , y i b ig iv p

’ lus lar es d une ormand e fiorissante to wh h p é gi N i , ic las t the reat r t ha e ust ted er ro erl g c i ic I v j ci , v y p p y

om ares the st le of th h le m n t c p y e goo d Bis op of C r o .

’ Som e one q uoted at dinner to-day a Scotchm an s

’ acco unt o f himself : I m open to conveec tion but

’ ” I m a dour deevil to con veence .

es terda an d to-da ha e een sur ass n l 25 . Y y y v b p i g y

eau t ful. w sh some oet w th the k nd of e e for b i I i p , i i y s en er that a er had w o uld des r e these h lls and c y F b , c ib i the r mar ellous lou d tures A new and stood i v c pic . g I the other da u nder a lear sk w hen as awson y c y , L

2 96 NOT ES FRO M A DIARY a s,

We drove stra ight to the swimming bath and

admired on the wa ba ck to the ho m e the ra nd , y , g

Ca rria rtula wh h is loaded wi th its fai ntl fra ra nt fi , ic y g

r t w fl wers T en da the clusters of g ea yello o . ys ago s ecta le would have been even more deli htfinl fo r on p c g , so me trees many o f the clus ters are partly wi thered

In the afternoon I o pened the new draina ge w orks

la k T o ed an addre an d k i for wn recei ss s o e n re l . B c , v p p y

ater ave a small d nn er at the dras lu L I g i Ma C b.

Mr. h tes de w ho was one o f the uests m ent oned W i i , g , i that his un le o f the sam e name w th w ho m sat lon c , , i I g in the ouse of o mmons w as dr vi n on one oceas i n H C , i g o

with Mr. ust e eo h after he had become nu J ic K g ,

o ular T he ass ed the monument f n l p p . y p o a ear y ” fr end of that ersatile ol t an . Ah wonder i v p i ici I , he sa d what k nd o f a stone the w ll e e i , i y i giv m ” Brimstone was the en o ura n re l . , c gi g p y

7 fd}

T he Euro ean a l meets us at Kondi uram 2. p M i p . I 8 84 A N EPITA PH 2 9 7

w fe w r n to m e from ondon tells me My i , iti g L ,

’ that of on fellow s hree da u hters ment oned i n the L g t g , i lines w hich I have so Often repeated

Grave Alic e and la ughi ng Allegra ’ And Ed th w h olden ha r i it g i ,

the last is dead but the t o others are at ew n ham , w N

in am r d e o er w h h w en t w th the A rthu r C b i g , v ic I , i

ussells in 1 8 . R , 79

lara sa s tha t x e one of the a r O f on es who C y Pi i , p i p i ,

lo n efore she w as o rn a me to Eden from Shetland g b b , c — in I 866 too u nso phisticated to know that oats were good ! and who is still alive at Winwick Warren in Northa mptonshire (after having lived w i th us at

am den ne worth and ork o use — follow ed H p , K b , Y H )

her al o a an Old fr e d l ab ut s i n . My sister sends me from Weimar an epitaph new to me 2

Ci - lt ui fu t ou ours sens le doux fidéle g q t j ib , , , ’ Et us u au om eau des am s le modele j q t b i . Il ne me quitta pas quand j e perdi s mon bien ’ ’ C a u n homme un u e las c étai t mon chien ét it iq Hé .

In ano ther letter by this mail she says

ha e o t m w r n - a le i n a corner now I v g y iti g t b . 2 9 8 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 4

i - h At h s It s covered wi th dark red silk plus . t i Pfings t-tide it has a bank of splendid c rimson peonies ( th e

P n rtrom r of German and ellow ir s —b eh nd i t r s n fi g y) y i i , i i g a a ns a ack round of the eau f l Main g i t b g b ti u . “ The Main: is a small rc h- ree w h ch is lan e d i n bi t , i p t the rooms on the morn n of m s ten w h ls o her Maien i g g , i t t are lan ed efore th e oor of th hous s p t b d e e . About the room I have huge posies of iri s a nd d ark red double hawthorn and groups of ram dc Meaux and o f ” bl rnflo ue co w ers .

er w r t n a o u t some rahm n eads made o f Dy , i i g b B i b

Ocimum sa nctum ha d sent to Kew sa s : Do o u I , y y

’ know Gu bernatis s boo k on P la nt M thology ? T he

' Tula n uts a reat ur in it T he as l lan is c g fig e . B i p t the centre of a perfect w eb o f myths runn in g dow n to

’ ” Kea ts s P ot qf Ba sil in E u rope of o u r ow n time .

In am at a a hot th s afternoon read in 4 . c p R y c i i I

’ Gle i s Li ? Sir T. Munro tw o le tters da ted fro m g ! qf ,

th s la e wh h is howe er ra ther w ldl s el . i p c , ic v i y p t

T o his rother on the 1 2th e ruar 1 80 un ro b , F b y 4, M “ We are now om lete m as ters o f nd a an d w rites c p I i ,

nothin g can shake our pow er if w e ta ke proper ” o on rm it meas ures t c fi .

T as ust after Assa e as to w h h w r t n o n his w j y , ic , i i g

e ruar to eneral ellesle he sa s : w ll 6th F b y, G W y, y I i

goo NOTES FROM A DIA RY m 4

E sch lus the oth survi e to tell the tale wh h y , y b v , ic ,

in the mouth o f a less -rel a le narrator m ht ha e i b , ig v provoked the ca ution w hich I heard given the o ther

da w th referen e to an e uall true but e uall y i c q y , q y

startl n statement : th nk he should not tell that i g, I i story w est of Suez W . e found as w e walked a small snake wh h 7 , , ic

r looked like Hypna le nepa and was sla in ; bu t M .

Ga m le fou nd on exam nat on the lorea l shield wh h b i i , ic

i e ert a f h d ta l s th c ific te o op i ian respec bi ity .

- Mr. T heo ald sa d to be a fi rs rate au thor t b , i t i y, “ o ser es : O n a snake e n ro u ht in the rs t b v b i g b g , fi

o nt to as erta n is w he her or no it has a lo real sh eld p i c i t i ,

or the rule i s a bsolute a nd w ithout exce tion tha t ever f , p , y ” sna he os e i lor l s i eld i ha rmless p s ss ng a ea h s .

As how e er it re u res some ra t e to handle a , v , q i p c ic

snake and s me kness f e e to determ ne w th o q uic o y i , i

erfe t erta nt whether the loreal sh eld that is the p c c i y, i ( ,

h eld eh nd the nas al s h eld or sh elds be resent it s i b i i i ) p ,

is hardl sur r s n if most ersons when the see an y p i i g p , y

unknown sna ke act u on the romwell an max m , p C i i

” Stone dead hath no fellow or ado t the ra t e , p p c ic which my old friend Colonel Jago form ulated to me in the words When I see a snake I make tracks 1 M G S o t 8 84. ONTE ENERO O g

I o En l sh a l arr es . . g i M i iv

’ arren who is lara s odfa ther ment ons t hat J . W , C g , i m rede essor in th s o ernment ord arr s w as y p c i G v , L H i , — his dfather a ur ous r u to us l nk. He tells me go c i ci c i i , too that ranks has nher ted in the r t sh useum , F i i , B i i M , the who le k n dom of the eas ts rds and Shells i g b , bi ,

ha e m rated t o th ens n ton w hich v ig o S u K i g .

Mrs re w r tes from onte Generoso wh ther . G g i M , i She w ent to meet Lubbock and his bride :

wonder if ou know his lace ? You mus and et I y t p t, y

remem er w hen ou w ere here We are in the I do not b y . midst of hills all fresh and green w ith early summer w oods and meadow s w h ch roll and oss hemsel es in o e er , i t t v t v y conce a le sha e as if to ell of the del h w h w h ch iv b p , t ig t it i

he hold the lo el lue lakes i n he r em race Be ond t y v y b t i b . y rise the more d s an ur le ran es sof and calm and i t t p p g , t — beautiful and the whole is clasped by that wonderful ci rcle of snowy ramparts beginning to the south-eas t w ith the great w alls of the Engadine and rangi ng through the peaks of the Oberland round to the Matterhorn and Mon te

osa The circle is onl roken to h w R . y b t e south here the plain of Lombardy spreads itself out wi th Milan i n the

mid-di s ance wh le far awa the snows f th A t , i y o e pennines

m n l e w h the c louds These las i g it . t I have to take a little

on rus but all the res is clear even to m vision and on t t, t y , l a morni ng ike the present I thi nk it is the mos t beautiful 1 30 3 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 8 84.

f doors an d n ha e e er be held. I am w r n o ut o sc e e I v v iti g , have only to lift my ey es to see a large po rtion Of this ” w d r anora m o n e ful p a .

Ge o r e o le w ho has s ent so me t me th s s r n g B y , p i i p i g at Pau tells me on the a u thor t of ada me Ga llard , , i y M i , tha w th referen e to the Sal s ur r ular o f a few t, i c i b y ci c

ears a k Ga m etta had sa d to her w h a s h y b c , b i , it ig , I sho uld l ke to ha e w r ten it for it has een a ow e r i v it , b p for a quarter o f an ho u r

He w r tes too at len th a o ut a ward and adds i g b H y ,

I w ould give many a sugar-c ane ” Mat Lew s w er al e a a n i e iv g i .

S eak n o f rere he sa s He told me hat he p i g F , y , t ha d know n moments a t the u t n t me w hen he , M i y i ,

ho u h all w as o er and had to fa e the ues o n o f t g t v , c q ti ” the ex use for men w ho end the r l es c i iv .

’ h referen e to reder k a u r e s Li e latel Wit c F ic M ic f , y “ u l shed b his son he sa s : ro u ht a k t p b i y , y It b g b c o me a certain hot evening in Red Lion Sq uare w hen the ork n olle e s heme w as laun hed and whe W i g C g c c , n

Maurice after a long speech ended w ith my Father

ork th h t e o nd ork — nderfu l w e i h rt a I w wo l y . I was

0 NOT ES F M A DIAR 1 8 3 4 RO Y 8 4. the elder brother of the ra ent Lord Sher orne w ho p b , was killed soon after leavin g Oxford by an accident o n the en ern W g Alp.

’ He declared after listen n to one of owett Ne w , i g J s

t ow ett main d t aul used th tha J taine tha St. P e w o rd

i w es in seven senses in the rs t it meant Go d a nd p ; fi , in the last the Devil

I The Euro ean Ma l ra ched me at Amma a 7. p i y

e earl m rn n nayakami r in th y o i g.

M sister returns to the su e t of her arden and y bj c g , “ writin on a rd u ne sa s : O ne of its rea t g 3 J , y g

us now is the fam l f lematis interests j t i y o c . O n e

ets ex ted a out th s fa m l it is so var ed and so g ci b i i y, i lovely in its Erschei nungen Since it has been develo pe d

n T here m ust a by educatio . be clematis Girto n

so mewhere these owers are so oin ahead. have ; fl g g I , in th s bedev lled l mate alread mana ed a erandah i i c i , y g v covered with great thin gs as lovely as pass ion flowers nearl Some are dark some l hter v olet som y . , ig i , e

alest l la some wh te and olet some nk sh so me p i c, i vi , pi i ,

nkish wh te and so me l ke wh te a mell as al pi i , , i i c i mos t — dou le and all lo el . b , v y

1 last mail eame several am fr 9 . By p phlets om Asa DA A A L 0 1 8 84. KO IK N 3 5

ra to w ho m ha e een send n i l r and G y, I v b i g N gi i o ther seeds see he re kons the hanero am . I c P g ic species of North America as probably be tw een eleven

d e tho san d an tw lve u .

A t oda kanal w h h w e rea hed on the e en n K i , ic c v i g

of the l th we sta ed for fo ur da s w th Mr. Levin e. y , y y i g

At his ho u se met ather St . C r an old ren h I F y , F c

Jes u it w ho had in early life kno wn Ravignan ; but

h n s l d on the Palanis for man ears as bee ett e y y .

T he e eta t on rese m les that of ota amu nd but v g i b O c ,

h s m ur o us d fferen es E u enia Ar nottia na w it o e c i i c . g ( of w hich the w ell-known Umbrella - tree near

Marlimun d is a tolerably favourable specimen for the

il r s is here a ant O ne s e men is amon st N gi i ) gi . p ci g

the lar est trees e er eheld and a ffe ts most ‘ g I v b , c

curiously that peculiar buttressed grow th which is so

ara te r s o f so me o f the en u s ermi na lia ch c i tic g T .

2 T he En l sh a l rea hes us at Erode on o ur 3 . g i M i c ,

wa from the Palanis to ota a mun d y O c . writes

ha e los a dear fri end la el if ma sa so in I v t t y , I y y , Re verend Mother of the C onvent of the Sacred — Heart a t Well -born and bred a beauty and a

eneral fa our e in her da at ome where her fam l g v it y R , i y

VO L. I X 30 6 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 4 .

l ved she a e u all to se le dow n to the humdrum i , g v p tt

eac h n of oor ch ldren for s uch is . ha e seldom t i g p i , it I v know n a person who moved so e xac tly and easily as Sh e did in o edi ence to th e Moral Law as a lane to th e b , p t

h s c al . Su ch an une en fu l l fe but she w as to b e P y i v t i , ra ed l ke S Theresa for wha she was and no t for w ha t t , i . , t , sh e did Ma uo e from memor the e ram o f . y I q t y pig ’ Schiller s I am so fond of

‘ Adel ist s uch i n der sittlichen Welt gemein e Naturen ’ Zahlen mit dem w as si e hun edle mit dem w as si e s nd. , t , , i

She di ed in the full belief that I was on the high road

to con ers on and had not the hear to u ndec e e he r. v i , I t iv Bu t as I said to this i nvolves the enormous assump ti on of an authority conferred by w hom ? by a member of th e Godhead on w hom ? on some S r an easan s ; y i p t , who transmitted it to c ertai n ecc lesias tic s of the Dark a nd

‘ M ddl A es Bar a nf n es know n so l t le a s i e g . b ti i a t i g i t ’ h e did of the mode of na ure s o era ons how an d t y t p ti , w hat could they know of the infinitely more abstru se m s er es of th e os ion and des n of man and th e y t i p it ti y , relations betw een him and G od ? And then pass the ’ hr eshold and ou are confron ed wi h a c c le of m rac les t , y t t y i .

No h n l ke runn n hese h n s to ear h to he r i nc e t i g i i g t t i g t , t i p tion ; nothing like a Dogmengeschi chte for a solven t o f ’ f h in do mas The did not dro down fr one s ai t g . y p om

n to us in th eir resen sha e or e m mak n heave p t p . F giv y i g ’ ns But as one rows older d you hear sermo . g an th e

0 8 S M A D A 1 8 3 NOTE FRO I RY 8 4 . t on w ho ante w as re l ed A od in the n ferna l i D , p i g i ” re ons gi .

G . unsen wr t n of m s ster whom he had B , i i g y i , ” seen at e mar sa s she is ueenl in her eaut . W i , y q y b y

As she was orn on 2 th A r l 1 8 t m e ma b 7 p i 34, i y be sa id to have dealt kindly w ith her ( see these N otes f 1 x f s s or 85 7. I wonder if our Venus Vi ctr i o tho e day is as well preserved

O f the Em eror he tells me that his h s ans p , p y ici had used their eloquence in vain to i nduce him to abandon for once and all the idea o f attending the tw o

reat ara es of th an d oth Ma on horse a k g p d 29 3 y b c .

‘ ’ Let me r in ar He rode orS t y the P k. his bes t h e

' in elle ue ar dens bu t the cflect was d sastrou s B v G ; i .

ell now our a es w ll onsent to em lo a W , , y M j ty i c p y

’ arr a e sa h r on t o ur a t c i g ? ys t e docto . W y M jes y rem ember that Frederick the Grea t did the same ?

‘ “ I know perfectly that he did ; but only i n seinen

' a llerletzten Lebensj a hren I !

rs o le née ordon of Ellon sends m e M . B y ( G ) her — D ays a nd Hours i n a Ga rden an extremely pleasan t

Mrs A d r d me a ook wh h . w r ea to t Gu nd th s b , ic y i y i

n spri g. T he following passage relates to the month of July 1 8 84 THE VINE 30 9 — in which she despatched it from Huntercombe near

a denhead—t e s te of the arden des ed M i h i g crib . I select it on acco u nt of the reference to the clematis

’ Purple draperi es o f clemati s (Virgin s Bow er) i n man shades from the dee es ole sof en n n o ra y , p t vi t t i g i t g y, make the old bric k w alls beautiful or the same c lematis droo s from rell ses or clam ers u th e rees in man p t i , b p t y

ar s of the a rden Almos alw a s so ha ens h p t g . t y it pp t at the ender reen of i nes m n les w h the ur le There t g v i g it p p . i s somethi ng almost u npleasing i n the arrangement of the ’ four pe tals of Clematis j a chmanni but much must be for i en for th e sake of suc h rand colour n No g v g i g. c limbi ng plant comes near the vi ne perhaps i n perfec t

l Th e fru f l n s del h grace and beau ty of ine . it u vi e give ig t to the e e in far lar er measure han r n a c re e er or y g t Vi gi i p , an o h er of our re en han n s u on the w alls of a house y t g gi g p .

T he i ne is more o ed en and et more free and i ts v b i t y ,

re r h nk n o f the n o i n telligence is g ate . T i i g vi e as f a

erson one w ou ld sa ha her fol a e show s all the p , y t t i g

of en s Sc arc el w ll o u find tw o lea s vari e ty g i u . y i y ve

h r s or lour The oun s le alike i n s ape o ize co . y ge t aves are

lf rans aren and olden reen or re ddened b h ha t p t g g , y t e

n some the l h l es cold and ra If the i sun ; o ig t i g y . v ne i ra ned rou nd the w ndow the lea es seen from w h n s t i i , v , it i

s read a a ns the l h low l ke reen fires The o ut p g i t ig t, g i g .

r shad es recesses of the v ne are full o f l h And ve y i t i ig t . then the tenderness and strength of her slender beautiful NOTES FR OM A DIA RY a8 84 tendrils ! How they reach out like sentient ha nds ! And when the have found how stron and firm their c las ! y , g p

w d n d v th ri us aro ma Th en, ho oes o t know an lo e e cu o of her small reen flowers brin in ack to memor the g , g g b y smell of a Sou hern vin e ard ? er soon now autumn t y V y , su ns wi ll sw ell th e clus tered frui and ur le loom wi ll t, p p b

e i n to show be ween the leav s A vi ne i s one of the b g t e . only plants whose every lea f w ell nigh may be pai nted wi th care in a pic ture and yet not seem too mu c h mad e

Yet el in e d an human nd iv o ut. rar y d e c ha g e the fin e ” nn and el n x r o f a vin e l f thi ess yi di g te tu e ea .

do not th n k ha e noted the fa t tha t o e r 5 . I i I v c v

the pla ce w here poor Hann ibal lies I have pu t the

l nes ada ted fro m d i , p Ovi

ann al hue Lib cis ales deduc tus ab or s H ib , y i , O ccidit exseq uias i te frequenter aves

T hree more months o f my Indian life gone by : — six months less to pass here than I have pas sed e ven if I stay o u t my time

1 2 S M A D A 1 8 8 3 NOTE FRO I RY 4 .

the effe t that so me one as ked in a sc holarsh c , ip exa mination w hat speeches produ ced th e m os t re

marka le res ults in an ent and in modern t m es b ci i ,

’ answ ered In an ent t mes Let there be l ht in , ci i ig , l modern t mes U uards and at them l i p, g , “ ussell w ri tes We reakfas ted w th Gla d A . R b i

stone th s morn n . lla s w ho was there las sed i i g Mi i , , c the five follow i ng heads u nder the same type :

eneea Sa onarola ante ard nal ew man S , v , D , C i N , ” r e El ot Geo g i .

s ster w r t n of her otta e in the T hur n er My i , i i g c g i g

wald sa s , y

From every w indow w e see the hills and th e fores t

w s Morn n and e en n th and the green m eado . i g v i g e c ow s go by to the upland pastures w ith the cowherds a nd de ar

en l do s We feed the do s at o ur a e u nder th fri d y g . g g t e

shes The c ow ells nkle and clan dem eilen w eeping a . b ti g ” e w hen th e ull mar h b w e c lose the gat b s c y .

1 1 . on t nue to ur hase nd an o ns an d hav I c i p c I i c i , e j ust acqu ired a very han dsome gold co in o f Shir Shah

—the Af han k n o f elh efore w hom u m a un g i g D i, b H y

f A He re ned rom . D an fled. to . d is sa d ig , i

1 e nevert e ess It was to to the or us Profes s r h It is tru . o t e , h l ld C p by — E a iner i se f 1 8 8 . x m h m l . 9 8 A DS I 8 4. GL TONE 3 I 3

to have received his name from having killed a tiger

th one sword-cut w i .

En l sh a l arr es . 2 2 . g i M i iv A letter also ca me to me to -day from the State

did not kno th Ho use of Massachusetts . I w e motto

Ense b l er a e u e em petit placidam su ib t t q i t .

o hn e ste r of Ed eh ll wr tes from the ou se J W b g i i H ,

u nder date 2 1 st July

“ Let me sa of Glads one w ha b e w ell deser es He y t t v . i s m aster of the situation ; he could with a w ord or tw o have Opened the flood-gates of agi tation and sent the stream

full a a ns the e ers . He did no such h n and his g i t P t i g,

w hole s eech and a ude e er s nc e the Lords did he r p ttit , v i t i

w ork ha e een i n the h hes de ree s a esmanl ke and , v b ig t g t t i

c on l a or ma be sa d ha he could not ha e done ci i t y . It y i t t v

o herwi e ut a n fi an as de from him w ould ha e t s . B sig i c t i v

een cau h u at onc e as much as o en s eech and he b g t p , p p

has done e er h n ha e en h e w h hi s une ualled v yt i g t t v , it q

n u enc e o er the eo le he r unres r c ed unmo ed i fl v p p , t i t i t , v

confide nce in him wh ch ha e alw a s ns s ed on in ( i I v y i i t ,

w r n to ou as the chief u de in es ma n our iti g y , g i ti ti g

mmed a e fu ure ha e en he wi h all his elo uenc e i i t t ) , t t v , t q

a nd s m a h es and command of the na on cou ld and y p t i ti , should have don e to kee th e una o da le a a on i n a , p v i b git ti

safe c hannel. 3 1 4 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 84

O ne sees lem shes in him as a ac i c an and ver b i t t i y,

er rea m s akes i n Eas ern ol c ha of cou rse is v y g t i t t p i y (t t, , onl m o n on b ut the ow er and ch arm of the man y y pi i ) , p

are wonde rful.

I never had a finer opportunity of w atc hing him than

hi r n O fli c e s e h las w eek w as d rec l i n at s Fo eig p ec t . I i t y fron of him and the e x ress on o f his fac e of hi s t , p i ,

mar e llous e es of his w hole coun enanc e the d n v y , t , ig ity ,

calmne ss of man ner the rac e and command o f e er , g v y fitting phrase as it c ame sponta neously from him w as

ca ch n rres s le . Trul here is bu t one Glads on e t i g, i i tib y t t

nd he has no ro h a p p et. He is w orking w ith fiery materials and w ith som e workmen not eas to ke firm i n hand Bu th e l y ep . t y a l

know w e all know ha th e eo le are w h hi m and wi h , , t t p p it t

no od else and ha con c on kee s us all s ra h . b y , t t vi ti p t ig t I am not s ure that he is one w ho attac hes any clienti le o f

ersonal fr ends from a achmen to h mself nd idu all p i tt t i i iv y ,

as some men ha e done but w h the L eral eo le of the v , it ib p p nati on he is absolu tely and more enti rely th eir idol than

e en in 1 8 8 0 v .

“ Dyer writes : I am glad to hear the d rra ca cha

arr ed safel and ho e in ood order. It is a iv y , I p , g historic feat to transfer a pro duct of one w o rld to the other e en if it is no more than a hu m le , v b ” t escu len .

NOT ES FROM A DIA R Y xsu ho mes for His children ; bu t mine is within tbose rails

” l t ri ht sunn lan d and t n b g y .

’ S un lacr mae rerum et men em morta lia tan u n t t i t g .

Mr. ees has been readin H a tia an d I R g yp , as ked him to copy for me the lines which I recollec t

uo tin in to er 1 8 fro m memo r nea rl ri h q g Oc b 5 7 y y g t .

I ha ve never ha ppe ned to see the boo k s ince ; bu t I have learne d to believe that he was one o f the w i ses t o f men who in d in left as his a d e to mank n d , y g, vic i , ” f uo ati ns The as a e runs as Veri y q t o . p s g and still seems to me very admira ble

Tha t last drear mood

O f en i ous sloth and roud decre ude v , p pit

No fa h no art no k n no r es no God it , , i g, p i t,

h le round the freez n foun s of l fe i n snarl n r n W i i g t i i g i g,

e rewo o d C rouch d on the ba rn s ,

Ba l n a ou the u nre urn n s r n bb i g b t t i g p i g,

And w h n n for de ad ods who c anno sa e i i g g , t v , ” The oo hless s s ems sh er to he r ra e t t y t iv t i g v .

26 eu ter tele ra hs the terr l sad and to m e . R g p ib y , ,

’ r u ed n f ill s death altogethe nexpect ew s o Ampth .

r ees read to me the other da an am us n 2 7 . M . R y i g

fro m a ook b r on er ll ams th passage b y M . M i Wi i w i — regard to tw o of o ur Vishnuvite sects the men o f 1 8 - A ND - A 1 84. VA DA G A L I A TEN G LA I 3 7

— the northern and the men of the so uthern school the Vada-gala i and the T en-gala i

’ ’ Af er Ram zm u a s dea h his nu merous follow ers t j t , c orru ed his each n i n the usu al manner n roduc n pt t i g , i t i g doctrin es and practic es w hich the founder of the sec t had

not en o ned and w ould not ha e sanc oned . h en j i v ti T ,

a ou six h undred ears a o a learned Brahman of b t y g ,

Kan i varam named Védéntai c ar a ut h m s elf forw ard j , y , p i

as a reform er v n out tha he w as comm ss on ed b the , gi i g t i i y — god Vi shn u him self to pu rify the faith to sw e ep aw ay

c orru ncrus a ons and res ore the do c ri nes of the pt i t ti , t t

or nal founder hese doc r nes he affirmed had een igi . T t i , , b mo re carefully preserved by the Northern Brahmans than

b hos e in the South enc e rose rreconc la le y t . H i i b ' diflerences of o n on wh ch resul ed in tw o rea pi i , i t g t — antagonistic parties of Raman ujas o ne c alled the

nor hern school ada - ala for ada - kala Sanskr t , V g i ( V i, it

ala the o her the so u hern sc hool T en - ala for K ), t t , g i ( ” “ T en-kala he are he O serves far more o osed i) . T y , b , pp

as The to each other than both parties are to Saiv .

nor h ern school ac e he nskr eda The sou hern t c pt t Sa it V . t ‘ ha e c om led a eda of h e r ow n called the four v pi V t i ,

housand erses Nala i ra wr en i n am l and held t v ( y ) , itt T i ,

to be older ha n the Sanskr eda but reall ased on t it V , y b

i ts an shad or on In all he r worsh the re ea Up i p ti . t i ip y p t

selec ons from hese am l erses ti t T i v . “ An m or an d fference of doc r ne caused b i p t t i t i , y 1 3 1 8 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 8 84 .

' ’ difieren t views of the n ature of the so ul s depende nc e

on is hnu se arates the two ar i es . The v ew ta ken V , p p t i b the ada - alais corres onds in a manner to the y V g p , , ’ r an o i n of r -will The so ul sa the A mini d ctr e f ee . , y y , la s h ld o f the u reme Bein b i ts ow n will ac t and y o S p g y , , ’ eflort us as h o n monke clin s to i ts mother. , j t t e y u g y g

- r M k n zi a T h e This i s ca lled the monkey theo y ( ar a ta y y ) . vi ew of the Ten-galai s is a coun terpart of tha t o f the

al vinis I all s led the cat-ho ld theo r C ts. t is technic y ty y

Mar i ran a a The hum an so ul he ar u e rema ns ( j y y ) . , t y g , i

assive and hel less un il ac ted on b the S u reme S i ri p p t y p p t, j us t as the ki tten remains passive an d helpless un ti l sei zed and tra ns orted nolens vela r from lac e to lace b the p , , p p y - ” moth er c at.

2 . En lis h Mail arri ve 9 g s. John We bs ter w ri tes

I find my love of dogs qui te broad and deep enough to h ave embraced three pe ts but an imperious member of a fam l alw a s ets his w a and the Dac hshund e ts i y y g y, g hi s here He does re a m a ne a i on b a ood deal o f . p y y b g t y g ' aflec ti on es eciall at meal-t mes Does C c ero b the , p y i . i , y

w a rec kon the charm of the societ of do s mon the y, y g a g pleas ures of old age ? I shall rummage over my beau tiful

co of the de Senectute the ar orum ed ion of py , V i it

Graevi us ound b Bedford ! w hen ha e done , b y H . I v .

Did boas to o u—I su ose I mus ha e boas ed of I t y pp t v t , my acquisiti ons thi s spri ng a t the sal e of that renow ned

NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 84

O n the 2 1 st of an uar 1 60 at fo ur i n the m orn n J y 9, i g, ’ he fell aslee in Heinsi us s rms The as r n S r p a . pi i g pi it

asc ended efore the nfin e The mos r chl s o r d b I it . t i y t e in tellec t which ever spen t itself i n ac quiring know ledge ’ w as i n the resence of th e Omn sc en p i i t .

re e ed las t ma l fro m r water a letter I c iv by i M . By “ in w hich he mentions that Shortly before the end her hus and nt mated to Mrs att son that she b i i . P i w as

‘ ’ to read T e mensorem to him She d ned ha . ivi w t

’ he meant and read him ora e s ode to Ar h ta , H c c y s

‘ ( T e maris ac terrae

ha e ust read it in the ua nt old ora e I v j q i H c , which my gran d-uncle gave to my gran dfa ther w hen he left S otla nd for e den in 1 86 and w h c h c L y 7 , i ,

o n w th him to adras in 1 88 retu rned after g i g i M 7 , , twent -se en ears to Eu ro e and e entuall found y v y , p , v y

n se its way back to this Pres idency i my pos ssion .

‘

rs . Lafian lent m e so me da s a o a oo k b 6. M y g b y

a er on the Blessed Sa cra ment u h o f F . W . F b . M c it says no thing to me ; bu t here a nd there one re o n ses the sort of harm that there is in his oetr c g i c p y .

ere for exam le is a senten e a ou t the feas t H , p , c b o f Corpus Chr ist:

“ The world o er the summer air is filled w h th e v , it ’ 1 8 MA S D A 8 4. THE RQUI RG ENSON 3 2 1

o c e of son Th e ardens are shorn o f the r fa rest v i g. g i i

lossoms The s ee les are reel n w h the lan of b . t p i g it c g bells ; the cannon are booming in the gorges of the Andes and the Apennines ; the pomp of royal or

re u l can arm es s lu es he n f n s p b i i a t t Ki g o Ki g .

and this abou t O ur Lady

Th ere is hardly a feast in the year so gay and bright

as th s of her Na vi t r h in the hear of the ha i ti y, ig t t ppy ’ har es as hou h she Were as ndeed she w as earth s v t, t g , i ,

hea enl es row h w hose c radle w as to roc k to the v i t g t , ’ ” measure of the whole w orl s n a e son s d vi t g g .

R -read 7 . e in the Ca useries de Lundi a happy

’ “ phras e of the Marqu is d Argenson : Il faut pla ire

pour réussi r ; les hommes sont plus difi ciles que les

It was he who s ea k n o f the rst half of the , p i g fi

e hteenth entur in ran e sa d ig c y F c , i

“ L e c oeur est un e fac ul don nous nous ri ons té, t p v ’ ’ ’ cha ue our fau e d exercice au l e u ue l es ri t s anime q j t , i q p ’ cha ue our O n cour a l es ri t on Io c ul e on q j . t p , tiv , ’ ’ e en o s r el es l es rit oin au c oeur ui d vi t t ut pi itu . C t p j t q ’ ’ forme l héroi sm e le c oura e le su l me et d ou r sul e , g , b i , é t ’ ' le n e a u e d aflec ti on et de la facul cord ale c c gé i . F t té i , ’ ’ r a - — us d am s o ume c i r ra e le r d s . O n n a l y pé i j p é i p i ,

VOL. I Y 3 2 3 NOT ES FROM A DIA RY 1 884

’ on n aime plus a mai treaae comment aim erai t on as ” pa tri e ?

1 The follo wi n ver strikin 0 . g y g passage is quoted

’ by Sain te-Beuve from a novel ealled L Emigr t by

M Senac de Meilha n. It refers to the day on whic h

“ Je me rendis da ns un e maison voisi ne ob se

’ rass e mblait ordi nairemen t l éli te de la soc iété mon c a u r

étai navré mon es ri obsc urci des lus sombres t , p t p nuages, ' et j e croyais trouver tout le mo nde aflecté des mem es se ntiments ; mais écou tez les dialogues interrompus des ’ e rsonnes ue trouvai ou ui arriverent suc p q j y , q c essi ve ‘ - ’ ‘ men : Avez vous vu ass er le roi disai l un . Non t p t , ’ ’ a la m di e Mole a-t-il ou ? j ai été Co é . j é Po ur mo i ’ ’ ai obli e de raster aux Tu leri es il n a as j été g i , y p eu ’ ’ o d en sor ir avan neuf heur s ous ez m y en t t e . V av done

‘ ’ vu asse r le roi e n ai as i en d s i n u ii fa sai p J p b i t g é, i t ’ ’ ui Un au re Il faut u l ai t mi s lus d e si n t. t q i p x ’ ’ our venir de e rsai les D autres ra n heures p V l . co tai en t

ent uel u es i ons En ui : froidem q q c rc tanc es . s te Jou ez ’ vous ao sobist e ouerai a res so u er on va serv r J j p p , i .

uel ues chuchota es nu ai r de ris esse assa e r O n Q q g , t t p g . ’ d anon ‘ Le o l-de- l entendi t u c . r i sort de l HOte Vi l e ; ’ ils doiven étre en las . O n sou e ro os n errom us t bi p ; p p i t p .

O n oue au trente-et- ua rante et ou en se romenan e n j g , t t p t,

a endan le cou et surve llan sa car e on di t uel u es tt t p i t t , q q

‘ ’ mots : C omme c est affreux et quelques-uns cau se nt

NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 84

' 8 Lord Du flerin has ecome a mon st o h r ( ) b , g t e

th n s han ellor of the u h ero o f the i g , C c D c y, Vic y

o m n on an Earl Am as sador at St . eters ur D i i , , b P b g,

Am as sador at onstant no le and no b C i p , w Vicero y elect of India .

O f the five other mem ers ollock has been b , P alw a s urel a le al o fi cial and a man of letters y p y g , never having anything to do wi th political life ;

ena les took his mmense a l t to the s lver V b i bi i y i , no t the old ta le ontent n h mself w th mak n g , b , c i g i i i g a lar e fortune wh le the other three— rede g , i F rick

Leveson Gower Arthur ussell and enr o er , R , H y C wp altho u h in u l l fe elon essent all to the g p b ic i , b g i y class o f men fo r whom priv a te life has done too m uch to al he to be am o u T h a low t m biti s. ey h ve contented

ms h e n s e ta o the elves w it b i g p c t rs . That is a very curious record of the fortunes o f o ne very small so ciety gathered together for merely

so al ur oses. In it ever one who ever was a ci p p , y mem er o f the lu is re resented ex e t four men b C b p , c p

ho are dead—S meon Sir Edmund ead St rl n w i , H , i i g

Maxwell and Sir ohn e fe re all of whom w hen , J L v , , ele ted were near the end of the r areers ro ude c , i c ; F

he s o an who retired and three m en wh r t hi t ri , , o we e 1 3 34 A TRUE LIBERA L

' ele ted when Dufle rin Lansdo w ne and e ame c , , I b c

a sent m em ers . O f these Gos hen efore he e a me b b , c , b b c a mem er refused the ero alt of nd a a rl n fo rd b , Vic y y I i , C i g is now ord res dent of the oun l w h le the th rd L P i C ci , i i ,

T re el an is now Se retar for reland. v y , c y I

En l sh a l arr es g i M i iv . “ Mrs sho r es had a del o us three da s . Bi p w it I ici y

in ar s almost alto e her w th Mrs ra en . e er P i g t i . C v N v was she more su er -an l She looked th n and p ge ic. i

ra e bu t g v ,

’ Sw ee er sw ee er han an hin on earth . t , t t yt g

After des r n a d nner a t hmond she c ibi g i Ric , continues

’ Florence s little dog got clandesti nely under the

a le and af er some er s ron sen men fro m t b , t v y t g ti t

‘ ’ Mr suddenl arked a ro al ear hear . y b pp v . H , , c r ed Mr Mundella i n a o use of C ommons o c e i . H v i , and af er tha the do w s handed from la to la as t t g a p p, a ru e L eral— l ff i a w h le ua l t ib final y running o w th o q i .

S ren hened b the s o l h e roceeded to en a e t gt y p i , p g g in his firs fi h on the errac e w h a Ble nhe m t g t, t , it i ' re resen a e of an eflete ar s oc rac w as all p t tiv i t y . It amus n and the dr e hom e under a sul r moon i g, iv t y

er leasan for D an herself has een sul r A a . v y p t, i b t y 3 2 6 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 84 man from Ec uador says Londo n hea t is wo rse than hi s ” ar i c ular rand o l r p t b f ca o ic .

’ ’ enan s new olume of Etudes d Hi stoi re R eli ieuse R v g ,

’ announ ed in his wife s letter ment oned a ove c , i b , reached me efore w ent on to ur and ss oxon b I , Mi M has read a good deal of it to me at various times s n e return i c I ed.

I i t n n the er rs t t s full of in eresti g things . O v y fi page is the excellent story o f Buloz le mo ins ” o uddh ste des hommes to w hom a uddhist in B i , B ” esh and l nadm s le A fl b ood parut chose i i sib . tou tes mes reu es il r ond t in flexiblemen t Il p v ép i ,

’ ’ n est pas possible q u il y ait des gens auss i bé tes q u e

’ ela c . A couple o f paragraphs low er dow n is mentioned the Capu chin who said that the author of the Vi e de

i sus o uld be sa ed b S ran s but the term s 7 w v y t. F ci ; in which Renan told me the anecdo te a re slightly

ar ed. A s remem er them the words w ere II a v i I b ,

arl tres en de St. ran o s et St . ran o s arran era p é bi F c i , F c i g ” tout ela not St ran o s lo sa u era . c , . F c i v Miss Moxon has also recently read through to me

’ h ll r s a llenstei n w as de oted as a bo Sc i e W . I v y to the

’ tw o las t arts of the tr lo in oler d e s ers on p i gy C i g v i ,

3 8 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 88 4

We travelled via Co imbato re and Pothanore to

ollachi w hen e w e rode to a ro u o f fores t huts in P , c g p

the Ana malais whi h have been hr stened o un , c c i M t

Stuart.

T hen ce w e returned to the ra ilway and ran down

to Shora nore fro m w h h la e w e dro e to T richore , ic p c v ,

and went on b the a kw aters to Bal ha tt where y B c g y, we remained several days and then retra ce d o ur s teps

to T richore and o ta a m und w here w e arr ed on O c , iv

r 3 d October .

All th s is deta led in a T our nu te the tenth o f i i Mi , its k nd but record here as usual so me ma tters i I , , w hich did not find their na tural place in i t .

We did not m eet w th the n l zard D ra co i flyi g i , — vola ns not un common on the lower part of the r d u h f Mr so oa b t w le we were talk n o it . a n ; , i i g , D vi told me that they had secured at the Z oologieal

Gardens in London a specimen o f Heloder ma horr idum

-the onl sonous l zard kno n y poi i w . I as ked him abo ut the little wagta il which I o ser ed when r d n erda It is a m ra o b v i i g yes t y. ig t ry bi rd which arrived from Central A s ia o nly a w eek ago

— t o n the 9 h.

Mr. ees wh le read n to me an address from R , i i g 1 8 84 TENTH TOUR OF INSPECTION 3 2 9 so me S r an hr st ans asked me wh the r sho s y i C i i , y i bi p too k the t le f hen ex la n n th s to him it o Mar . W p i i g i

’ uoted St aul s ell-kno n ex ress on Let him I q . P w w p i , be anathema— aranatha that is to sa Let him M y, — be accursed the Lord is a t hand

Mrs sho r e f s raven to Mr . . w tes des r o Bi p i , by i C , tell me that her husban d had a paralytic stro ke on

22nd A u ust at Monabri near a usanne where the g , L , y

ere sta n n had w yi g w ith Princess Wittgenstei . I w ritten on 28th A ugust to w ish them joy on their

- Golden edd n He is se ent e ht . W i g. v y ig My S ister writes : I can indeed this su mmer say

‘ Was man i n u end s ch w ii nscht hat ma n im Al er di e J g i , t ’ Fulle .

“ L uther-Fest in Jena ! Pars ifal in B ayreuth ! a pe r | fect s u mm er in the Thii ringerwald T hat is a ll ” er eaut fu l v y b i .

We n - t far more eaut ful 20 . pe etrated to day in o a b i po rtion o f the fo res t than that w hich we had visited

esterda Termi na lia tomentosa rose to the he ht o f y y . ig so me 1 0 feet and we saw one tea k w h h was 2 8 5 , ic feet round and ha d ro a l l ed thro u h some five , p b b y iv g

entu r es c i . 3 30 NOTES FROM A DIA RY I S84

The bear has been rather to the front s ince we ame her We saw h s morn n the m arks c e . t i i g of his paws on a Ca ssi a fistula w hich he had been

l m n w th a v ew to on ert n to his own c i bi g, i i c v i g

h f n e o f Mr . uses t e sweet contents o its pods . O

’ Davison s men saw a couple yesterday very near our eamp.

1 We walked dow n the hat in the earl 2 . g y

morn n . r av son alled our attent on to the i g M . D i c i large holes made in a tree by the greater w ood

e ker Thri ona x Hod soni and ment oned tha t he p c , p g , i ne er atta ked trees wh ch w ere in a sound state bu t v c i , only those w hich had already been inj ured by the

eetles on w h se la r a: be f d A l ttle la ter w e b o v e . i heard him a t his o era t ons ta n a tree to fin d p i , ppi g

w here it was hollow . av son th nks that he Mr. D i i

r useful is ve y . — He told us that a nother species the So uthern — chestnut w oo dpecker cuts a hole in the nest o f the

er v o us l ttle red ant and l ves there a aren tl o n v y ici i i , pp y

o r w th h s n u perfectly go d te ms i i eighbo rs .

After d nn er last n ht Mr . a son showed u s i , ig , D vi the skins of various birds w hich his men had bro u ght in dur n the da almost all of them er r ll ant in i g y, v y b i i

3 3 2 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 88 4. and it may quite possibly have dropped a torto ise u po n

e d f I us the bald h a o Eschyl .

The lammer e er does not o ur here but i s g i cc ,

dan t in the mala a a bun Hi y .

here did l ht u on the stor of the 23 . W I ig p y

aha ra ah o f T ra an ore not the resent one who M j v c ( p ) , , fond o f u u es as o f on ons and see n an adver j j b b b , i g tisement to the effect tha t a large co nsignment o f

u ons had arr ved at adras um ed to the con j p i M , j p elus on that the elon ed to the same eate or and i y b g g y, beca me the ow ner o f I know not how many do zen steel crinolines

’ I loo ked for it this m orning in Day s La nd of the

erma uls but lit ne ther u on it nor u on the P , i p p

Malayali proverb which I also connected with that book He who has seen a dead monkey ; he who has fo und the nest o f a paddy bird ; he w ho has ome u on a stra ht o oa-nu t tree o r has c p ig c c , fathomed the de e tfu l heart of woman w ll l ve for c i , i i ” ever !

It was to-da that w e were o l ed er relu t y b ig , v y c antl to i e u our ourne to eermade on y, g v p j y P , acco unt of an o u tbreak o f cholera in the neighbou r hood but as it ha ened the fresh urst of the so uth , , pp , b S S D B K 1 8 84 MR . Y NEY U TON 3 3 3 w est monsoon wh h mmed atel follow ed would , ic i i y , ha e made our ourne th ther u te un ro ta le if v j y i q i p fi b ,

m le not i possib .

dne uxton es an amus n a ount of Mrs . Sy y B giv i g cc some boo ks prepared for certain I nfant Schools in the United States

O ne of the exercises consisted of sentenc es w ith a w ord left out to be supplied by the imagination of the

nfan and the sen enc e at wh ch Lou s o ened the ook i t, t i i p b ’ w s ‘ B ll sa s is so l o -da ou s ha a i y it co d t y . L i s

ano her fri end a cler man . Th s cler man has a smal l t , gy i gy

do w h ch w ould del h our soul . is acc us omed to g, i ig t y It t slee w h his ch ldren but ne er knows i n whose bed as p it i , v ,

he fi h for e er n h O ne e en n all the house t y g t it v y ig t . v i g hold had one out to some func on lea n he r su er g ti , vi g t i pp (consisting of meat pi es and little cakes) on the kitchen

a le and on e n home hese had all d sa eared t b , g tti g t i pp .

hen the ch ldren w en to bed each ch ld found under its W i t , i coun er ane a mea ie and a li le cake laced here in t p t p tt , p t , i ts uncer a n b the do so as to be re ared for all t i ty , y g, p p ” emer n es ge ci .

We also came suddenly into an enclosure sacred to - ser ent worsh in wh ch Mr . Hann n ton saw p ip, i y g

erta nl one and ro a l t o r c i y p b b y wo c b as .

O n land n a a n at B l h t r i g g i a g at y M . Gamble took N T ES F M A D AR 1 3 34 O RO I Y 8 8 4.

me to see H dnoca r us i nebri a ns no w Wi htia na y p , g , which was row in near the ho use hen as ked g g . W I

awso n the other da whether the H dnoca r us w e L , y, y p fou nd on the roo was i nebr ia ns a vend sh w ho D g , C i , “ was resent said T o ud e b the nu mber o f broken p , , j g y

ottles we fo un d under it at the lace w here e b , p w

’ lunched should sa es , I y y

W earl h 2 . e started at a er our and la nd n 5 v y y , i g

’ at Ernacolu m drove out to reakfast in the a ah s , b R j bun a low e ond T ri oontera h wh h sta nds on a lo w g b y p , ic

It is a lovely land everywhere the cocoa-nu t a bove

Thr and great sheets of rice below . ough these last

leam the w ell na med l Vm ha ea stella ta Villa rsia g y p ,

Iudi ca and the far lo elier Villa rsia crista ta w th its , v , i

d l and olden- entred o er fimbriate peta s g c fl w s .

6 En lish a l arri es . 2 . g M i v “ Dyer writes : I have been very m u ch in terested

f han ounda r ex ed on i n the pro posed A g b y p iti . Afghan

re e ts its l t s It is th ista n in its botany fl c po i ic . e most

nteres t n meet n round o f Eas tern es tern and i i g i g g , W , ” e and elements Northern in fl u nces .

All night it rained fu riously in ches at

rna olum an d resu me at least as m u h here . E c , I p c

6 ES M A 33 NOT FRO A DI RY 1 8 84.

o erned as th s i s and mus lon con nu e to be is g v i t g ti , it highly desirable that the Eu ropean rulers of every degre e should come as much as po ssible i nto contac t w ith the

ruled Thanks to the m ro emen o f commun c a ons . i p v t i ti ,

the a sence of fam ne and o her causes has een m b i t , it b y good fortune to see more of the Presidency than any

o f m rede essors ha e done in an e uall shor m e y p c v q y t ti .

In nearl a hundred addresses w h ch ha e een collec ed y , i v b t

n o a olume ha e sec ured a erfec ho o ra h i t v , I v p t p t g p of w hat the most arti culate portion of the people w ere asking from the chi efs of the administration in 1 8 8 2 an d 1 8 8 3

In m re l es w h le reco n s n the ood sense of a y p i , i g i i g g

er lar e ro or on of the re ues s made oo k the v y g p p ti q t , I t greatest possible c are not to commit my colleagues or my self to almos an hi n and am ar cularl lad to be t yt g, I p ti y g a le to Show b h s a er to the ersons who cam e to b y t i p p , p see me w h wha scru ulous care e er one of h e r , it t p v y t i w shes has een exam ned and how er lar el erform i b i , v y g y p ” anc e has sur assed rom se p p i .

T he ra -r ord r u h t 29 . in ec was b o g t o me this morn

— ° ing 7 2 inches in the last twenty -four hours and small prospect of improvemen t “ A frien d w rites : I had not know n of the centi

ede mot. It is er ood e n reall a mo h p v y g , b i g y t w ich

rr e h le ar ument w h t ca i s a w o g it i . 1 3 3, T HE BRITISH LION 3 3 7

T ha t refers to a wonderfull ha hrase su ose y ppy p , I pp

’ of orle s in a re en t Ma cmilla n to wh h ha d M y , c , ic I

’ called my co rrespondent s attention : Bu t England cannot pu t her foot down firmly in a dozen places ” at on e T he i e t de . c . B ritish lion s not a c n ipe

We o k e een he 30 . t o advan tage of an interval b tw t hea showers to dr e a m le or tw o from the town vy iv i , and stru k a ross a e e of land wh h was e n c c pi c , ic b i g

on erted nto a ark to the o en astures . The lark c v i p , p p san a o e the turf razed b herds of the small g b v ; , g y

Mala ar attle w as smoo th an d w e en o ed a erfe t b c , , j y p c

o tan al de au h b ic b c .

As w e ad an ed found that w hat had taken for v c , I I a e e o f ex osed ro k on the ed e of a r s n round pi c p c , g i i g g , w as really a cou ple of acres of Impa tiens ba lsa mina in fu ll o W e e om e u te hardened to fl w er. e hav b c q i plunging thro ugh the sensitive plant which is here not less decried as a pest than is Glori osa superba in som e

a rts of the W naad but arr ed at the ed e of th s p y , , iv g i lovel arden felt the s ru les o f andor when he y g , I c p L tossed his cook out of the w indow and pen itently ” ex la med Good od had fo r otten the olets . c i , G , I g vi

VOL . I 3 38 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 4

October

I . T he morn n daw ned r htl and started i g b ig y, I , a co m an ed r a m le and a n an ur c p i by M . G b C ptai H b y

ll a ms to resume o u r ram le where w e left it of? Wi i , b ,

esterda w th no t less r ll ant results . y y, i b i i

T he E uro ean a l met us at al hat and ha d p M i P g , I

rett well n shed m letters efore we had o t to p y fi i y , b g “ the Walliar stat on where the t er was not um n i , ig j pi g ” a o ut u on the la tform tho u h dou tless in th b p p , g b e woods hard w h ch looked en hant n l reen an d by, i c i g y g

ut ful bea i . Capta in Hanbury Williams has been readin g

hVilhelm Meister to m e dur n o ur t u r T he i g o .

follow ing passage from my s ister came in therefo re very appropriately

We lef th e Thuri n erwald look n m o ss l t g , i g i p ib y ‘ eau ful on the I st of Se em er. All th e ha w as b ti , pt b y — down a second c ro . The woods the h lls the s len p , i , —p did meadows durchsonnt e the ai r a bliss to breathe all

rness We w ere le n s w e dr perfume and all clea . si t a ove

hro h ur ha w oods all feel n ha a rare ime o r t ug o ppy , i g t t t

r pleasantness was ove . The fourth in our family party was my young friend

34 0 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 8 4

O do o m ned i n so won derful a manner rare ua l t es c bi q i i , necessary for success in Berlin durin g a difli c ult ” r o d pe i .

6 Mr. a son ro u ht some of his s o l the . D vi b g p i s, ora n e m n et the olden or ole the fa r lue g i iv , g i , i y b

rd e n amon st the most ea ut ful He has ascer bi b i g g b i . tained that the birds of the A nam alais are s imilar to

ose of the Pala nis e ther he nor his n ha e th . N i me v u to th s t me met w th an new S e es p i i i y p ci .

A tele ram fro m ul erden ells 7 . g C v t me that

n A u gustus Crave is gone .

In an tra t fro a letter to Mrs sh ex m . o sent on c Bi p, to me last ma l his w fe sa d by i , i i

He i s hardly rejoic ed w hen h e is told that he w ill

r fro his a ac k is a rea er effort of o r recove m tt . It g t c u age to bear this su dden passage from w hat looked still like

i orous heal h to the mos a nful i nfirmi ties of old a e v g t t p i g , than w as requ ired w hen h e thought h e could not survi ve ”

It.

- r t n to Nl rs . ra en on th s s u e t to da W i i g C v i bj c y, I chanced to open her boo k precisely at the words

a e 60 (volume ii . p g 3 )

Elle me la ssa leurer me re ardan lon em s sans i p , g t gt p ri en d re O h ! uelle ex ress on e vis alors dans son i . q p i j 1 8 84 STUA RT RENDEL

’ re ard ! C était lus ue du coura e lus ue de la sé g p q g , p q ’ réni té . C était res u e de la o e Enfin elle me dit T u p q j i .

leures arce ue no re O l a va aller au ciel et mai n p p q t g , ’ enan u elle est res ue hors de c c monde tu oudrai s t t q p q , v ’ l ramener Dis-rmoi d ne uelle onheur tu as a l i y . o q b u ” assurer su r erre t .

arren w r t n of endel sa s er ha l W , i i g R , y v y ppi y “ He is s n ula rl a t in his mots it is not w it no t i g y p ; ,

e ram bu t a ow er o f h tt n the on ersat na pig , p i i g c v io l ” na l exa tl on the head wh h he ossesses i c y , ic p .

This mail also brought an extremely agreeable

letter fro m the author Of Blue a nd Green to w ho , m

had w r tten ex ress n the leasure w th wh h I i , p i g p i ic I “ had r i k He r tes fro m T he erm ead h s boo . w i H itage

n -l - ear Chester o Street. My sister w rites :

‘ I am very much attached already to our G rand ’ ’ Du k s oun r The Dorfer w h the nvar a le rea e c . t y , it i i b g t

Dor -Linde the ret old churc h the nes rai ned on f , p ty , vi t

the house-w alls the w eal h of Remontant roses the w aln u , t , t

rees the red- led roofs and a les are so eundli cb so t , ti g b fi , ' '

human the T annenwalder the Laubholzwalder so oe c . , , , p ti

is in a w ord us the hear of G erman h s hu r n i a . It , , j t t y t i T i g ' i h r of aflec tio na eness O ne lives n an atmosp e e t . “ Af er such a lon sunsh n ro ress hrou h the land t g i y p g t g , 34 2 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 84 one goes in the evening to the dear little Hof-theater and ’ ” b ears Goe h s asso t e T .

And again

came this week u on a c ur ous household I p i . ’ By a village some hour-and-a-half s drive from Wei mar l es a small es a e w h a Schloss old cour s old i t t it , t ,

ardens l i n b the Ilm. eland ou h and s en g y g y Wi b g t it, p t man of the las ears of hi s l fe there y t y i . There the lo e of his ou h she w ho ecame So h e Laroche cam e v y t , b p i , to visit him ; there her daughter became dear to him as thou h his ow n a nd h ere i n a u e shad nook in his g t , q i t y

ark of O smannstedt b the wi nd n murmur n Ilm h e p , y i g, i g , , his w fe and his oun rl who d ed in his house li e i , t y g gi , i ,

uri ed u nder one and the same monument a lonel and b , y ” s h n o mo t touc i g Sp t .

She then proceeds to give a long account of the

resent owner a S o t hman of the name o f Grant p , c c ,

nearl related to the Glenmoriston fa m l marr ed to y i y, i d a T huri ngian la y . - 1 2 . A new to da slew onl a out 1 00 f e g y , y b 5 e t

’ elow ota amund a la r e ussell s er. had n b O c , g R vip I o

dea that the ame SO h h u i y c ig p.

- 1 . found to da near the e nn n of the 5 I y, b gi i g

S a nish G s a assa e in wh h had a S e al p yp y, p g ic I p ci

34 4 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 8 84

French Emperor and who le army surrendered ’ ri soners n russ a a oin s res denc e p . Ki g P i pp t i . “ C an there be a fitter plac e and tim e than those i n whic h I was to receive in telligence of the fate of a Napoleon The same hand w hich reared up these maj es tic 1 mountains and commands these fearful storms disposes of ’ h d s n f d o t e e ti i es o Napoleons an Caesars . L uis Napole o n s ’ ra es n of hi s uncle s areer has een but too c lose t v tyi g c b . ’ ’ His cou d etat has een at las deser edl rewarded p b t v y .

The l mate th s ear althou h not SO ood for c i , i y , g g

the ow ers has een far more a reea le for the fl , b g b

o rd nar ur oses of l fe than e ther 1 882 r 1 i y p p i i o 883 .

T here have been a su fli cient nu mber of peo ple

whom l ke in the la e to make our e en n s ass I i , p c , v i g p

n pleasa tly .

small a ua n tan e w th the ora at a o ut My cq i c i fl , b

000 feet elow th s a ounts for the fa t that 2 b i , cc c I

know only three-fourths of the species figured in

’ i i la nts O f the s e es eas l Wight s Nilg r P . p ci i y acces

s le from ota am und know nearl all. ib O c , I y

During the last fortnight we have had an immense

amount of ra n the Marlimu nd reser o r o n u i , v i g i g p

i man da s T here ha e som e ten feet n as y y . v been

1 His Hi ness w as on or near Mahen dra iri so eti es ca le gh g , m m l d ’ ” The Sai r s a e o orin en he rote t ese sentences . lo C p C m , wh w h 1 8 84 LEA VE OOTA CA MUND 34 5 landsl all un l s aro d but l tt e o r no ser ous dama e . ip , i i g T he fall in the temperature which preceded the storms

a ed a ood deal o f llness Al the h ldren er c us g i . l c i w e su ess el on ned to bed bu t lea e them u te cc iv y c fi , I v q i

- ta l sh d re es b i e .

2 . T h s morn n we left ota amund and met 4 i i g O c ,

h n l sh a l at ettu ala am t e E g i M i M p iy . My sister writes

Mrs Bo le and o h a rec a e the clema s. All . y I b t pp i t ti ‘ she says of the vin e and its Vorn ehmes Wesen is very true she is a fortunate w oman to live i n a climate which

o o er her ho se wi h he e i ne permits her t c v u t t tru v .

Yet at his season—la e Se em er earl Octo er t t pt b , y b

am lad ha our cl ma e se les the ues on for us and I g t t i t tt q ti , gives us permission only to embow er ourselves i n Vi rgi nia cree er in the hard sw ee -smell n i ne wh ch ears no p , y t i g v i b

ra es but akes lo el colours i n au umn and is infini el g p , t v y t t y

ful all the summer hrou h and the c lema is and grac e t g , t cl m n roses for e er w ndow is now framed i n scarlet i bi g , v y i leaves ; the whole house flames in its garment o f scarlet

a es an d tendr ls and rea lue and reat w h le v i , g t b g ite

clema s ow ers look out of h s s lendour. La er on ti fl t i p t , w hen this is o er the sof al e- ellow ne lea es w ll v , t p y vi v i ” h au umn- olour n on the w lls prolong t e t c i g a .

Rutson w rites r 1 8 u s no m s FR OM A DIAR Y 84.

“ - I s ent the ost da at Bas le . I hin k for a ui et p p y t , q ki nd of bea u that old ci of the em i re so ic tu res ue ty , ty p , p q , so a nci en t and at the same time so ros erous wi th all the , p p elemen s of modern ros eri t c ut in two b i ts no ble t p p y, y ri ver so road and sw ft and wi h u iet w oods and en le b i , t q g t

' hills to be seen not far o fl is one of th e mos c harmi n , t g ” i n Euro e p .

Mrs . ra en wr tes under date o f 26th Se tem er C v i , p b ,

recei ved es e rda our le er da ed a 8 th A u us I y t y y tt t g t,

da of m G olden eddi n How as sed ha da the y y W g. I p t t y

M B ho o ell o w ha o u alread know as ked rs . s t u y y . I i p t y t had ha ened o n the zznd o f Au us a nd feel su re o f pp g t, I

o ur s m ath . ndeed have no fr end i n the w o rld y y p y I , I i ” o hos e s m a h r l more r l han u on o urs n w y p t y I e y enti e y t p y .

And again

I tho ught of y o u very mu ch when I h eard of the dea h of oor Odo ussell and fel m self so r e ed t p R , I t y g i v ” for ou for hem all a nd also for En la nd. y , t , g

W rn n e rea hed adras h s mo . 25 . c M t i i g T he Park of Governmen t House is as green as

' e e ould w sh ou r fr end the P lumerza a lba is in fu ll y c i , i flo er and the lo el M lli n tonia hor temis show n w , v y g i g

e its white blosso ms along the av nues .

1 8 8 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 4.

November

A lad ho dined here told me tha t her 3 . y w

o un est dau hter who rofesses to be ne ther le er y g g , p i c v “ nor rett sa s am ou know onl the Am en p y, y I , y , y f h ” o t e fa mily .

T he second half of m bi Sur e nu te 5 . y g v y Mi

assed out of m hands on the rst to er the p y 3 Oc b , ann ersar of m las t land n at o m a w as iv y y i g B b y,

- o ffi all s ned me esterda and ssues to da . ci y ig by y y, i y

It onta ns 2 ara ra hs the rst art ha n c i 5 5 p g p , fi p vi g

onta ned 1 86 in all . T he whole is e ua l in c i 3 3, 5 q size to an o rdinary octa vo volume o f a bo ut 1 76 pages.

a t four ara ra hs I m y quote the las p g p . “ I believe this Minu te and the addresses wi th which it deals w ill be useful to the administra tor at ho me ; and ha e a r ht to sa so for ha n een for I v ig y , , vi g b more han five ears at the nd a O fli ce kno t y I i , I w

ell how useful su h a a er w ould ha e een w c p p v b to me .

I believe that it and they w ill not be w ho lly useless e en to the h stor an for as ha e o ser ed elsew here v i i , , I v b v ,

’ althou h we are onl a ro n al Go ern ment we g y P vi ci v , rule a land lar er than the r t sh sles and co m g B i i I , 1 8 M N — 8 4. SURVEY I UTE PA RT II

— pa red to which the France of Richelieu what do I — — l d say i even the Fra nce of T urgot was thinly peop e . “ Ma ny things that are now familiar as household w ords w ll soon be fo o en e en in nd a We shall i rg tt v I i .

‘ ’ in o ur turn be an ents an d mu h that is now fe s ci , c Li

‘ ’ dullest rose ll fade in the land f drea ms p wi o . “ had often in m m nd wh le draw n u th s I y i , i i g p i

do u ment an n dent of m ea rl l fe . Sho r l c , i ci y y i t y

efore went n to arl ament Mr. El h nstone then b I i P i , p i , in extreme old a e ame to ondon and uest oned g , c L q i me as el e e he uest oned others a out the , I b i v q i , b manner in which the Romans governed their Pro

n es His whole m nd was fu ll of that uest on . vi c . i q i

If onl ha e fre uentl sa d one had een a le to y, I v q y i , b b

ut nto his hands su h a a er as th s e en b the p i c p p i , v y least d st n u shed of ro onsuls and resent n l ke i i g i p c , p i g i th s a m ere ald re ord its er dr ness an d racti i b c , v y y p cality w o uld have made it infinitely more useful to the a ed adm n s ra to r a us tomed to o to the heart o f g i i t , cc g th n s than an amount o f a u e and ornate wr t n i g , y v g i i g

‘ abo ut and abo ut the su bject in w hich he was ” erested int .

’ 1 At t 1 o lo k a end sh ame down f 0 . c c C v i c rom the to of the house and told me that a lar e steamer p , g , S M D 1 3 5 0 NOTE FRO A IA RY 8 8 4.

res uma l the Ka i ser-i Hi nd w as s le on the p b y , vi ib so uthern hor z n twent -five m nu tes as t i o . By y i p tw el e the two uns w h h denote Su-ez were red v g , ic , fi ,

r efo re and soon afterwards we drove to the harbou . B

two m w fe w th E el n l an d Mrs . Aw dr y i , i v y , Li y, y ,

r e ha d returned w ith us to Go ve nment Ho us .

th hem ame to sta here Mr. El o t a o un Wi t c y i , y g

xford man of tw ent -tw o who won the all ol O y , B i , the ertford the reland the ra en and the oden H , I , C v , B

Sanskr t S holarsh s as w ell as a lass al rst and i c ip , C ic Fi

r n t h a T i i y Fellow s ip.

T he w eather wh h has een alarm n l had , ic b i g y so me twenty -five inches of ra in falling in Madras s n e rd em er—has to-da e ome a a n fine i c g Nov b y b c g i . Si nce my arrival in Madras I have made tw e lve

in h earl morn n visits to the Museum t e y i g.

1 2 w rote b th s ma l to Mrs . sho from . I y i i Bi p, whom I had received last week a copy of the greater

r l n l t ra en a part of a ve y o g et er from Mrs . C v t

Monabri as to wh h she m ost trul sa d : Ah what , ic y i

‘ beauty ! Let me die the death of the righteous and

’ l l s nd e i kno ho o u ll et my a t e be lik h s . I w w y wi feel this letter as from one already among the shi ni ng

0118 5 .

3 5 2 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 1 3 34

the r ch w arm ur le shadow s o f h e Valteli n e We i p p t . — had glo rious w ea ther a hot summer s un and bris k — sparkling air and a cloudless sky wi th now an d then a thunders torm and a fresh fall of snow to renew the ” bea u of th e moun a ns ty t i .

1 8 r l ot alled m attent on to a as sa e in . M . E i c y i p g

etron us Ar ter in wh h the s ea ker des r n P i bi , ic p , c ibi g the ures on erta n u s sa s uet m o rtui fig c i c p , y , P i ” a ent sic uti ere u te A n r shman ou ld hardl j c viv p s. I i c y have made a be tter bull

In m o ment oned a o e van is the rea d n y c py, i b v , i g,

mak n ure nonsense . Bucheler a m told has i g p , I , it r ht ig .

1 Mr. El ot men oned that he had heard an 9 . i ti orator in a all ol e a n lub w hen denoun n B i D b ti g C , ci g “ ess m sm s eak of hose w ho th n k of man as a p i i , p t i va in shadow which to-day is and to-morro w is cas t ” n o the o en ! He ha d een resent too when i t v b p , , an Irishman at the Union alluded to those currents of opinion w hich grease the wheels o f time

1 Earl th s morn n a short but olent lon 2 . y i i g vi cyc e

urst o er a dras do n fr htful dama e. It was b v M , i g ig g m u h more fur ous than that of o em er 1 88 1 c i N v b , " but in th s ne h ou rhood lew h e OH the la nd i ig b b c i fly . O 1 3 34 A CYCLONE 3 5 3

Mr . o son makes the elo of the w nd at P g v city i ,

’ - o lo k fo rt n ne m les an ho ur. In the lone 7 c c , y i i cyc of Ma 1 8 it rose to fift -three In the lone y 72 y . cyc w h h so dama ed our har o ur three ears a o the ic g b y g , for e of the w nd in adras had no relat on so far c i M i ,

as ould be tra ed to the fur of the sea . c c , y

T he [Millin tonia suberosa of wh h am so fond g , ic I , does not send its roots dee nto the round and we p i g , ha e l a reat man eaut ful s e men f i v ost g y b i p ci s o t.

22 w fe and w ere esterda read n . My i I y y i g the

P a ra diso and when turned to it to-da in the , I y ed t on of the Divi na Commedia wh h used in i i , ic I

ome th rt -three ears a o found man more R i y y g , I y

sa es marked than re olle ted —I know no at pas g I c c , t — wha t period of my life amongst them one in Canto

X . w h h ame to me w th all the freshness of the III , ic c i un known

’ Ch io ho veduto tutto il verno prima

Il run mos rars r do e feroce p t i igi , Poscia portar la rosa in su la cima E legno vidi gia dritto e veloce Correr 10 mar per tutto s uo cammi no ’ r ne all en r r del a fo e Peri al fi t a l c .

l to the reat Red lls tank wh h O ut ear y g Hi , ic VOL I 2 . A 3 5, ico n s FROM A DIA RY a s,

breached on Frida mornin accom anied b Mr. y g, p y

Pric e the collector m wife an d others also oin , y g g

w ith me.

hile dicta tin a letter to -da rem em ered W g y, I b

that . R. Green the historia n had one da as ked J , , , y, me whic h of all the inventi ons of our day ha d do ne mos t for the working cla s es ? I guess ed thi s or tha t but his ans w er was Beyond all dou bt sixpenny

6 Euro ea n Mail arri es . 2 . p v

You ask me i n your le tter of the a grd ultimo w hat w as m m? MEI‘AE ’ the re al name of . Ah hat s the exac , t t

No od know s hi s nam e now and h as e r hed po int b y , it p is . I n his ow n time he w as so grea t a man tha t suc h a

de ail as his own erso nal nam e w as w ho ll su er uo us t p y p fl ,

‘ ’ so he ut on his co ns i n o f n s the rea S a io ur p i K g Ki g , g t v .

If one as ks a c h ld at u ne the name of the river here i P t y t ,

‘ ’ r an sw er is Wh th r ver o be s ou t ure . y , y i So on a k- l highly interesti ng boo p ate of the sixteen th c e ntury i a c ertai n Ehrardus Vo igt s recorded as the Abbo t h uj us monasterii but the engraver thought it unnecessary to ’ e the monas er s nam e and now giv t y , it canno t be d identifie .

ha e ou h latel a few nd an 28 . I v b g t y I i engraved

3 5 6 NOTES n on A DIA RY m ,

0 I have been in h i lan h the L o . 3 . g c g t roug fc e

George Boyle used to talk to me a bout him m ore

than thirt ears a o and thou h I never knew hi m y y g , , g

ersonall I ca n remember his a a rin before me p y, pp g ,

whea as si ttin on a rivate Bill Committee and g p ,

bein stru k wi his fi res en g c th ne p ce. I note one or two things whi ch have specially

In volume i a l er to lads ne dat d . ett G to , e in

- Au ust 1 8 8 is i en in which Mr. o e Sc ott g 3 , g v , H p

’ mentions a charter of King John s for constituting a High Priest of the Jews ! “ ” ’ It is in the a end x he sa s to o llier s pp i , y , C

His or olu m i ha cclesiastica l t e . a e 2. ve E y, v p g 7 I

’ d it in T ove s An lia nda ica It ran also rea y g 17 . g ts a erta n acobo udaeo de o ndon res b tero c i J J L , p y

udaeoru m resb teratum omn um udaeoru m toti us J , p y i J

‘ Angliae and he was to be considered Dominicus

udaeus noster uem s ecialiter in ser t o nostro J , q p vi i

’ retinuimus . urther he w as to have the r le e F , p ivi g

ne de ali uo ad se ertinente onatur in la tu m q p p p ci , n s coram no s au t oram ea itali ud ar o nostr i i bi , c p j ici i o ;

’ sicut harta e is ard ratris ostr testa ur c R g Ric i F N i t . 8 WMA A ND -SC I 84. NE N HOPE OTT 3 5 7

Here then you have a Specimen in the twelfth centu ry of a o al su rema o er the ew s and of a on ess on r y p cy v J , c c i ” of civil privileges to their high pries t a s such. - In a d ar ke t in German in 1 Mr. i y p y 4 , Hope Scott mentions that DOllinger said that he thought the confessional gave a better rather than a

f hu man nature worse view o .

there is the follow n At page 300 O f volume i . i g

o r o e passage in a letter from Newman t M . H p Scott

I h nk hen ha w e mus be er muc h on our t i , t , t t t v y ’ ns h r al s r e s e s DO gu ard agai t w a t C owpe c ls de pe at t p . you recollec t the sheep in the Needless Alarm

Bew are Of des era e s e s— the darkes da p t t p t y, - ’ L e ll to morrow w ll ha e assed aw a . iv ti , i v p y

r sen We are apt to engross o urselves with the p e t. Think w ha t ups and dow ns any course Of ac tion has ; think how many hills and valleys lie in our way i n a ” r O ne e en lo s out ano her. j ou ney . v t b t t

In the se ond olume there o urs in a letter from c v cc , - Manzon to Mr. o e S ott wha str kes me as a i H p c , t i singularly pretty turn of expression

’ Je n ai c raint pas non plus de vo us choquer en vo us ' ec rivant a ec un ton si fam l er et comme il c on endra v i i , vi it D 1 8 3 5 8 NOTES FROM A IA RY 84. a un anci en ami car il me se mble q ue nous le so mm es ’ ’ I qfi ctiu ct I estia c 1c arc part ct a s grand: bu t? i s In ” votre m l ice sa l cr tem s pa p i Ic p .

T here is at a e I 1 a remarka le letter fro m , p g 3 , b - Mr. o e Scott to ew man in whi h w r n on H p N , c , iti g

oth Decem er 1 8 he sa s : ra e o urself u 3 b 5 7, y B c y p and wo rk on not as if ou must do so me art u la r , y p ic w ork b arc ou die but as if ou m ust do our est gf y , y y b till ou di y e .

- In a e 2 2 is mentioned that Mr. o e S o tt p g 3 , it H p c ,

’ in re l to a fri end who asked him Wh don o u p y , y t y

’ o ou t ? re l ed on ou th nk tha t the w ork in g p i , D t y i Co mmittee gives a man su fficient exercise ? Cicero

” ons dered mak n a s ee h was exer se c i i g p c ci .

remem er on e in u l 1 860 talk n to srael I b c , J y , i g Di i a u r d n He sa d that he us ed to r de in he bo t i i g. i i t morn n s but had en it u e ause it made him i g , giv p, b c “ h r t h do o sleepy for t e est of he day . W at you d “ ” “ now sa d i n the wa O f exer se ? hat , I i , y ci W ” better exercise can there be than oratory ? was his

answer.

“ r t n i n 1 8 2 ew man sa s ha e e er had W i i g 5 N y , I v v

m h n the extremes t sy pa t y for Walter Scott . Whe he was dying I w as sayi ng prayers ( w hateve r they w ere

1 3 60 NOTES FROM A DIA RY 8 84.

a ross a rd w ell -named the ma e ro n and c bi , gpi bi ,

o mmo n in Madras who was treated as adl b c , b y y

hon Linnz us as the Co u ntess o f Chinc .

He is co mmonly know n here as the Dayal.

atham alled him the al and the reat Sw ede L c Di , g , j umping to the conclusion that his name had some th n to do w th the sun hr stened him Co s chus i g i , c i p y sola ris o r meant so to do bu t he o r his amanu ens s , ; i or his r nter made a m stake in the las t w ord and the p i i , poor crea ture has been know n to science ever Since as

o s c sa la C p y hus u ris . “ Eu r l r es . R uts n w r tes A t 4 . o pea n Mai a riv o i :

’ Coutts s yesterday a not Old-looking clerk told me he remembered Lord Dalho usi e co ming there to make h na a d is fi nci l arrangements before he w ent to I n ia .

SO m u h has ha ened in nd a s n e it seems l ke a c pp I i i c , i ” century !

6 w fe a e an af ernoon enterta n men . My i g v t i t to na e lad es in the an u et n all wh h seem s to tiv i B q i g H , ic

ha e en m u h leasure . O f o urse no entlemen v giv c p c , g w ere resent p .

’ I have had Lord Malmesbu ry s Memoirs of a n Ex

M ni stcr re d a to me .

Amongst the good things i n it none interested ’ 1 8 84 LORD MA LMESBURY S MEMOIRS 36 1 me more than the saying attribu ted to the Princes s ’ Clotilde during the Savoy afla ir

“ ’ Quand o n a vendu l enfant on peut bi en vendre le ” erceau b .

Perhaps the most amusing non-po li tical anecdote is one w hich sent me before the book reached these

stant re ons of a ren h Atta h who asked di gi , F c c é w hether la chasse du renard was not bien dan e eu e g r s . “ Ma s o u i re l ed ord almes ur on eut i , p i L M b y, p

’ se asser le cou O h ce n est as ela ue e eux c , p c q j v

” d re re o ned the o ther car o n e ut aller dou ement. i , j i , p c

’ Mais n est-ce pas q ue le renard se défend q uelquefo is et saute a la figure ?

Under the date of 1 2th Ma 1 8 8 we hear of a y 3 ,

er bad d nner at the T u ler es That rem nds me v y i i i . i o f a story to ld by my Old friend B remner (see these

otes fo r who a rr n one da at the HOtel N , ivi g y

r stol w th one of his u ls an d as k n what was B i i p pi , i g the har e for d nner re e ed the re l ons eur c g i , c iv p y, M i ,

our dix fran s o us aurez un di ner ou r n t fran s p c v , p vi g c

ou s aurez un bon di ner ma s o ur uarante fran s v , i p q c vo us aurez u n di ner tel q u e le roi Lo uis Philippe a

uel uefo s m a s la e ne tor a ama s q q i , i R i Vic i j i 363 NOTES FROM A DIA RY as,

Some charming li nes were given to

Mr. Elio t before he left us for a tour ,

T he are r nted he told me on the fl -leaf of a y p i , , y New digate on Iiiez de Castro

Could song repass the portal

here s lent fee are led W i t , O r lovi ng lips of mortal

ra se dul lo es lon dead P i y v g , O r c atch that golden glory

The m s s O f me make dim i t ti , NO sw eeter sadder story

han s r d b him T thi w e e tol y .

Lo e wrou h her l fe and sha ered v g t i tt , Love found and left her fai r Five hundred years have sc a ttered

l r r The marve o f h e hai . Such gifts to th em tha t know him

Love es at las to kee giv t p, Remembrance i n a poem l ” Forgetfu ness in sleep.

Mr. Eliot told me as an llustra t on of the han e , i i c g in the w ay o f loo king at things a mon gst the yo u th o f

the next enera o n that in the rst draft o f h s New g ti , fi t i

d fr end o f di ate M . ho l a on em o rar an g by Nic , c t p y i

m ne hew here was not an allus on whate er to y p , t y i v

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G u nd is no deer but a azelle Ga zella Bennetti i y, , g (

T he Sam ur Of wh h we are all so fond as a et is b , ic p ,

R usa Aristotelis T he ex o f Sis ara more ro erl . Ib p , p p y

alled the il r w ld oat is Hemi tra us H ol cri us . c N gi i i g , g y T he useful and most unj ustly a bus ed m usk-rat is no t

a rat bu t a shrew Sorcx ca crulcsccns . T he and oot ( ) b ic ,

and -ko ku or rat- i wh h ha e seen a o u t the P i p g, ic I v b

sta les is Nesokia i a ntca b , g g . Agnew and I ascertained yesterday that the lo vely

utter so a undant in the ark here and SO fond o f b fly, b P ,

the ow ers o f S ta ch ta r hcta a ma iccnsis is Mcncla idcs fl y p j ,

T he extent to which the tale O f T roy divi ne has been tu rned to accou nt fo r the naming Of In dian bu tterflies is very am using

1 . eu ter tele ra hs that ea su eeds er usson 5 R g p R y cc F g .

(See this Diary for 4 th December What w ere the han es then a a nst m hear n as Go ernor o f c c g i y i g, v

adras that he e n at that t me a oun ut h M , , b i g i y g D c

A ttache w as a o n ted Go ernor of o m a ? , pp i v B b y

1 8 Euro ean a l arr e . p M i iv s . Madame Renan w rites o f her husband

“ ’ Son histoire d u pe uple d Israé l avanc e rapideme n t ; il a deu x me i s n res e ré a m r mer y volu s q u o t p qu p ts i p i . 1 8 84 MA DA ME RENA N 3 65

“ ’ ’ L h ne no us asserons l e e en Br a annec roc a e ne . p i , p t t g

’ ' Au m s d aou dern er mon mar est alle dans son a s oi t i , i p y

’ ’ ’ na al de re u er u l n a ai r as re u de u s res de t T g i , q i v p v p i p ’ uaran e ans . O n l a re u si en a ec an de cord al q t c bi , v t t i ité, ’ ’ qu il veut désormais y passer un e partie de l année aussi nous avons loué une maison pour si x ans au bord de la

mer res de Lannion . Nous serons rés du G u nd , p p i y, ma s as du vbtre don e conser e u ne si ol e ho o i p , t j v j i p t

ra h g p ie . “ Vous apprendrez c ertainement avec i ntérét q ue mon ’ mar en d étre élu r s den de la Soc As a ue i vi t P é i t iété i tiq , - a res la mor de M. Adol he Ré nier ui lui meme p t p g , q

’ u edai s no re ami M Mohl ous sou vien -il des s c c t t . . V t so r es si n ressan es ue nous a ons ass es dans c e salon i é i té t q v p é , ’ le remi er de ous a cer a ns ards et comme nous n en p t t i ég ,

’ reverrons plus dans notre societe divisée et démocratisée a ’ l e xcés

My sister w rites

Talking of colours The other day the Grand Duke having a great desire to see a piec e c alled Dcr Rich er non

Zalansca—i w as to be en t giv .

The cos ume of the hero ne a eau ful and w eal h t i , b ti t y

S an sh easan rl w as a sad uzzle had to be p i p t gi , p . It ' ’ e ol ed o ut of raulein enic ke s nn r o v v F J i e c nsciousness .

She came to me in des a r and w e concoc ed a too p i , t too -peasant dress o ut of a blac k Thuri ngi an petti coat

and one of our Madras a le-co ers y t b v . 366 NOTES FROM A D1ARY I sa,

O ne of your so fa c u shion-pieces; an embro idery i n c olours ecame a eau ful od ce The o her a su er , b b ti b i . t , p b bi t o f olden em ro der w as con er ed n o a s u er er g b i y, v t i t p b

old ca g p. “ And when nez a eared Ab ! ran hro u h the I pp , t g ” hou se .

At the oun l lun heon to-da ment oned C ci c y, i the ease of an eccentric gentleman who had chan ged ” the s ell n of his atron m . He has sa d some p i g p y ic , i “ one taken the o ut of his name and ut it in his , B p ” bonnet.

w fe w th E el n l and A new lea es us My i , i v y , Li y g , v

for ota a mund. After see n them o ff d ned O c i g , I i

h e sho and sle t at u nd wit th Bi p p G i y .

2 Euro ean a l arr es . 5 . p M i iv My sister sends a description of the night o f the a6th November at the Weimar T heatre

A long train of sledges from J ena dash up bringi ng ’ the f enenser B a rscbenscbaflen o ver to Schiller s Rii a ber

s as on tha da one hu ndred ears a o As tbc i ece j u t t y y g . p was about to be in the r n leader of the B arscbenscb en g , i g qfl

um ed u as he all sat round him i n the ar erre j p p, t y p t , commanding Silenti um and the splendid young voic es bu rst out Stosst An J ena soll leben

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How odd it sounds here to hear you talking (like a

‘ rather despo ndent Buc ks farmer does o f hi s tu rnips) of a ’ er fa r cro of cas or Oil am sorr the n ew rd o f v y i p t . I y bi the Anamalais turned out only a yo u ng one w ith u nde vel ed luma hen w as m n a l s of heshi r op p ge . W I aki g i t C e

rds had four or five s m lar d sa o n men s no a l i n bi , I i i i pp i t t , t b y

ifi lt fa l of h w ll w wr n o ur M s the d cu m t e o e s adra St. i y i . Y

G eor e Colonel Da es cer a nl had a lar er aud enc e g , vi , t i y g i

han his redec essor when he slew the ele han who w as t p , p t

‘ ’ under the ban f the Em re C ould not some Madras o pi . Pi strucci numi smatically commemorate the deliveranc e o f the distric t and again

I told Thomas you w ere getting quite an Indian

collec on w h c h leased him much . O course ou ha e ti , i p f , y v

H is a s r f a ba s l n the King of Kings . e o t o An c ri that c i gs round all hoards from nd a and his co ns are in e er I i , i v y

ie here i s ood a er i o r ne numismatic p . T a g p p n u w

rnal on th co ns Of ann al s ru k i n al dare j ou e i H ib t c It y . I say you did not know there w ere coi ns Of Hannibal ?

well no more did hen a ood sol dus of Lew s the ( , I . ) T g i i

Débonnair has een found i n the sle of Man w here b I , it

‘ had no ki nd of busi ness to eventuate any more than ” our alens in the Vai ai r er y V g iv .

I am keeping a separate record of wha t people w r te to m e a o ut m Adm n strat e nute T he i b y i i iv Mi . 1 8 84 CJESA R A ND CICERO 369

follow n howe er from the sa me letter is suffi entl i g, v , ci y am using to find a place in these non-bu siness pages

“ Ser ousl hese records of ours mus be of the i y , t y t greates t use to the Indi a Offic e and to your su cc essors.

Caesar w ould ha e w r en an adm ra le M nu e arr n v itt i b i t , b i g,

fear the h s cal Sc ence But w as not i n C c ero to I , p y i i it i do it he w ould have gone too muc h into flow ery gener alities As to on us la e w e ha e unfor una el no . P ti Pi t , v t t y means of es ma n hi s l erar a l S ll his uad scri si ti ti g it y bi ity , ti q p ” scri si is not bad as far as oes . p , it g

Walpole w rites from the Isle O f Man on a very differen t subj ect

“ nsular no i ce does not roduc e the same com I ity, I t , p parative consequence w ith the poorer as w ith th e rich er

l s s The reason m a ne to be ha the oorer c a se . I i gi t t p classes are (everyw here almost) insu lar i n th e sense that

he ra el l le and see l le w h le our oorer classes t y t v itt itt i p , be n lar el seafar n ra el more and see more han the i g g y i g, t v t ” f her n r es poor O ot c ou t i .

S eak n of nd a he sa s p i g I i , y

What wants bringing out is ( 1 ) the difi erent poli c ies

- w h ch the ch ef Governors G en eral w shed to ursue e. . i i i p , g ,

M n o and or G B C ornw all s ellesle L d . en nc k i , W y, i t , ti , these four abou t illustrate all the ki nds of poli c y ( 2 ) the reasons s ron er han men w h ch forced all G o ernors , t g t , i v General or nearly all Governors-G eneral up to Canning

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' i nto th e same policy and 3) the efiec ts of Briti sh ru le i n

nd a Surel h s c ou ld b e done i n a form wh ch w o ld I i . y t i i u be i ntelligible to English readers w ithin the c ompass of an ” o olume octav v .

6 a ta n a o t re eated the other da a sto 2 . C p i B g p y ry

w h h he had heard when latel in ondon of a ic , y L ,

ren hman sa n to a German w th referen e to the F c yi g , i c

Iron Cross : I wo nder at yo ur w earing a deco ration ” “ ” wh h is worth onl a few ent m es . tho u ht ic y c i I g ,

re l ed the German that it had ost o u tw o p i , c y ” a l ns N po eo .

’ Du flerin wr tes from a l utta under date o f a l st i C c , “ December : I left the Breakfas t Clu b in anything

T e d a u r u but a w eak state . h y ha cq i ed q ite an Imperial Rom an mien from the conscio usness of ” d n for h so man k n s to o ern the world sen i g t y i g g v .

2 ha e een tu rn n o er the a es o f e 7 . I v b i g v p g th

Dia ri es o a La d ua li t w h h a ward ed ted f y of Q y ic H y i . I o bserve that Mr T ho mas Grenville thought the

monu ment to u nro w h h w e ha e on the slan d at M , ic v i

Madras the nest e ues tr an statue in the world. , fi q i I w ill bear that in my m ind when I next see my dis

tin u ished rede esso r w th a k te s tt n on his hea d g p c i i i i g , ' — ' which is his u s ual fate M 1111“ Govind a evidently

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2 w fe w r t n from ota amun d sa s 9 . My i , i i g O c , y , — Su ch heavenly w eather j ust and speakin g o f l who s n e w e left En land has een ro u ht Li y, , i c g , b b g u p at Smithhills in Laneas hire and at Winw ick in

ortham tonsh re adds : oor th n her o a t N p i , P i g, j y

ndin a dandel on was u te tou h n as if some fi g i q i c i g, ” th n m l had n rea hed t last i g fa i iar bee c a .

0 . r n e en de au ci n Lu cin e his n e hew 3 P i c R é F g y g , p

r n e A mon and aron ou s de la Gran e who P i c y , B L i g , came to stay with us on the afternoon o f Christmas

Da lef G u nd th s m orn n . y, t i y i i g

The fir t -nam ed is a man Of fort -th ee He s y r . ser ed in the tal an a at ssa an d sa w the v I i N vy Li ,

at r he to k a rt i an o Palestro blo w up. L e o p n the Fr c W German ar.

He told me that a t C ustozza a son Of Cesa re

’ Balbo s who w as an met a od o f troo s in , b y p

d r mm n er He fu ll flight heade by thei co andi g O fi c . re u ked th s man and was told to m nd his o w n b i , i

us ness w hereu on he a e the runawa a sa bre-c ut b i , p g v y

a ross the fa e. T he hero w as howe er afterwards c c , v , decorated for a woun d received before the enemy He mentioned also tha t Cavour had been literally k lled the foll o f a r ald n lea n the i by y G ib i . O vi g 1 8 84 THE MA DRA S A FTER-GLOW 3 7 3

Chamber after having been exposed to a furi ous attack

’ from that uar er he sa d to . de au n s rother q t , i M F cig y b

- ’ in law Ils me tueront alla n . est tro , , P vici i C p

’ d in ratitu de and hi er ut too ro het g s w o rds w e b p p ic.

an Of the eft in ar s w ere he a ers er M y L P i , v , v y hard hit w hen the Du c de Ct bo rd re fused the

row n . T he had s e ulated and hea l for the c y p c , vi y,

1 rode w th Mr. e s er and a ta n an ur 3 . I i W b t C p i H b y

lliams towards the sea turn n in me to en o Wi , i g ti j y all the beauty O f the after-glow in front and of the

l n h nd T h former a no t u te so fu l moo be i . e w s q i

’ lo el as that o f esterda when C astelar s u te un v y y y, q i

translatable phrase abou t the Virgi ns Of Murillo amidst

the Arreboles de increada luz kept coming back and back to me.

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