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and when he saw cups full of cooling and refreshing drinks being 

 handed round to the students, reclining on chairs specially made for 

 ease and comfort, and for holding the wine-cup and fragrant weed; 

 forgetting for a moment his priestly office, he exclaimed, " By 

 Jupiter ! you fellows are acquiring such luxurious habits here, that 

 it is lucky you are going to India, where you can shake the Pagoda- 

 tree." 



It was always a matter of some surprise to me that our Professors, 

 with Canon Melvill, the Golden lecturer at their head, winked at 

 our revels ; but perhaps with prophetic eyes they foresaw the Mutiny 

 with all its attendant horrors, and said amongst themselves, " Let 

 these poor fellows be merry whilst they can, for even the Aztecs 

 allowed every indulgence to their victims." And the Directors, 

 when they came down in state to see how we were getting on, and 

 we pledged them the wine cup from our windows, also probably 

 interpreted our joyous shouts as 



'' Morituri te salutant." 



And afte rail, the Professors and Directors, supposing my theory 

 is correct, were not far out in their reasons for indulgence, as a 

 large majority of that joyous throng have gone to their long home, 

 and found a last resting place in India, where 



" Daily the tides of life, go ebbing and flowing around them, 

 Thousands of throbbing hearts, where theirs are at rest and for ever." 



/ have cut this chapter on old Haileybury very short, as an elaborate Memoir of the College, 

 edited by Sir Monier Williams, is being published by Messrs. Stephen Austin, of Hertford. 



