THE HUMOUR AND PATHOS OF
ANGLO-INDIAN LIFE
THE HUMOUR AND PATHOS
OF
ANGLO-INDIAN LIFE.
Extracts from his Brother's Note-book,
MADE BY
DR. TICKLEMORE.
EDITED BY J. E. MAYER, M.D.
LONDON:
ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.
1895.
CONTENTS
| NO. | PAGE | |
| I. | INTRODUCTORY—'THE ELEPHANTA' AND HER PASSENGERS | 1 |
| II. | CAPTAIN WHISTLER, AND LIFE IN CANTONMENT AT SECUNDERABAD | 38 |
| III. | MISS B. AND HER PRESENT | 86 |
| IV. | THE DELIGHTS OF INDIAN MUSIC | 103 |
| V. | THE PASSAGE OF ARMS BETWEEN COLONEL I., AND MRS. G. | 116 |
| VI. | MAJOR B.'S WELL-DESERVED DISCOMFITURE | 133 |
| VII. | THE RACE-STAND AND THE FANCY BALL | 144 |
| VIII. | WORSHIPPING TITLED FOLK | 164 |
| IX. | A REMINISCENCE OF TRICHINOPOLY | 177 |
| X. | CURIOUS MOPLAH CUSTOMS | 201 |
| XI. | AN HOUR LOST AT MR. G.'S DINNER | 243 |
No. I. INTRODUCTORY.—THE 'ELEPHANTA': CAPTAIN TREVANION AND MR. MARSTON.
If the reader could call back the flight of time some twenty years, andwith an Ariel's wing transport him or her self on board thehomeward-bound P. and O. steamer Elephanta, he or she would, on acertain evening between the hours of 7 and 8 p.m., or rather on mostevenings at that time, have seen assembled in the saloon, near thepiano, some twenty persons, ladies and gentlemen, standing, sitting, orlounging about. In the centre of the group stood Captain James Ward, thecommander of the vessel, a tall, thin, wiry man, with handsome, butweather-beaten, features, who had been for many years in her Majesty'sNavy, and retained in all respects the manner and bearing of agentleman.
On the Captain's right hand sat Lady Jervois, the young widow of oldGeneral Sir Thomas Jervois, K.C.B., and a very pretty sample ofwidowhood the Lady Sarah was. Her mourning became her wonderfully, andshowed the graceful outlines of her figure to perfection—a figure sobeautifully proportioned that the most rigid censor could find nothingto object to, unless it might be a slight tendency to embonpoint,which many regarded as an additional charm. Generally Lady Jervois boreher recent loss with beautiful resignation; sometimes, indeed, the[Pg 2]piquancy of her observations or replies showed tha