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dressed, was giving audience to some of the 

 principal native gentlemen of the Presidency, 

 who had come to pay their respects. Amongst 

 the nmnber was Agha Khan, the '' Old man of 

 the Mountain," a Persian Prince of the blood 

 royal, who was seated on the couch with His 

 Highness, and appeared to enjoy the highest 

 consideration. During our absence a couple of 

 camp cots and some few articles of furniture 

 had been also put into our rooms, but as His 

 Highness' establishment could not boast of any 

 appliances for the table, I proposed that we 

 should betake ourselves to one of the hotels and 

 dine at the tahle cVMte. This arrangement 

 being approved by the Meer, to whose native 

 guests our presence appeared rather a gene^ we 

 accordingly started for the '' Adelphi," formerly 

 the residence of Sir Erskine Perry, when Chief 

 Justice, but now a very excellent hotel. Here 

 we found a capital tahle dlwte, attended by 

 several of our fellow-passengers, and I renewed 

 my acquaintance with a Judge of the Bombay 

 Sudr Udaulut, whom I had known in London. 

 The thoughts of our own dreary quarters caused 

 us to quit this pleasant party with regret, but 



