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talking late, Shaftesbury, George and I, when the rest were gone, and 

 with us De Bary, Shaftesbury's chaplain, once Father Angelo at 

 Crawley, now doing priestly duty in the Anglican Church. I asked 

 him what his religious position exactly was, and he told me that, with- 

 out changing any of his opinions, he had signed the Thirty-nine Arti- 

 cles as expounded to him by Dr. Gore, the Anglican Bishop of Bir- 

 mingham, and now did duty in the parish church here. He seems 

 quite happy, and has a very pleasant time of it at St. Giles' and at 

 Belfast with the Shaftesburys. He is a quiet, serious man, and spends 

 his time writing books on theology and history, being on the best of 

 terms with his patrons, making them a very superior chaplain indeed. 

 George, of course, did most of our talking, and gave us one of his 

 lectures on Irish politics and the new Land Bill, using arguments which 

 are precisely the strongest ones for Home Rule. We also discussed 

 India, and he agreed with my major premise that India was being 

 ruined by us economically. He does not seem wrapped up in its re- 

 tention, caring more for the English-speaking colonies. Shaftesbury, 

 without special brilliancy, is sensible and open-minded, and took full 

 share in all this. 



" 30//t Aug. — Newbuildings. Khaparde has been telling me some 

 tales of the great Delhi Durbar of 1903, at which he was present. It 

 began with a half comic, half ominous incident. All the world was 

 assembled in the great horseshoe arena waiting for Lord Curzon to 

 open the proceedings in state, when a fox terrier belonging to a bands- 

 man in one of the Highland regiments was suddenly seen to mount 

 the steps of the dais and jump into the throne on which the viceroy was 

 to sit and began barking, to the amusement of the assembled Princes, 

 dignitaries of the Empire, and somewhat too to their disgust, till the 

 dog was driven out. It seemed to some of the Princes to symbolize 

 the indignity to which they were subjected, and the position of India 

 as a country with a dog for master. When Lord Curzon arrived, he 

 took his seat, the Duke of Connaught, representing the King, being 

 placed at his right on another throne, and the Duke had to rise and 

 bow to the Viceroy, which gave new offence to the native princes, 

 while Lady Curzon had to curtsey to the Duchess, each being then 

 seated behind their respective husbands. A third cause of offence was 

 when the Begum of Bhopal came forward in public, contrary to all 

 Indian usage about women, and touched the Viceroy's foot with her 

 forehead. Lastly, as an ill-omen, three men of the Highland regi- 

 ments fell down dead with sunstroke. These happenings, which 

 Khaparde saw with his own eyes, being not more than ten or fifteen 

 yards from the throne, were the subject of much native talk, though 

 the incident of the dog was kept out of the newspapers. The chief 

 offence, however, given to the princes was that, while Curzon returned 



