78 REMINISCENCES OF SONEPORE. 



Dundreary whiskers were in great demand in those days, 

 and Newgate Fringes, of which Minden Wilson sported a fine 

 specimen, but Gilbert Nicolay's beautiful, long, blonde mous- 

 tache was so fetching, that when it had won him the sweetest 

 voiced nightingale in Chumparun, clean shaving, of all save 

 the upper lip, was rapidly introduced, and is still the Behar 

 fashion. The race was exciting as far as Messrs. Frank and 

 John were concerned, and resulted after a ding-dong finish, in 

 favor of Shanks by a length, but poor Mr. Forbes was out of it 

 from the start. The day finished with a mile and a quarter 

 sweepstakes for which five went out, and the result was a 

 magnificent struggle between Silvertail, ridden by Brewty, 

 and, Rising Star with Tingey up, a dead heat was the verdict. 

 In the run off, Silvertail won easily. 



Jung Bahadur came down in great state, with a bodyguard 

 of about three hundred men. He and his followers had a 

 large piece of ground under the mango trees portioned off 

 to them. On the arrival of the Prince of Nepal, he was 

 met at the river Gunduck by an A.D.C. in the Viceregal 

 carriage and conveyed to his camp, a battery of Royal 

 Artillery saluting him as he entered his encampment, where 

 he was received by his own bodyguard, who presented 

 arms. Jung's many wives had insisted on accompanying 

 him to see and witness the sights, and the fun, and bathe 

 in the sacred Ganges. There were over thirty of these partners 

 of his weal and woes, and as each had a retinue of women 

 servants, there was a goodly number in all. Next day, says 

 Minden Wilson in his little book " Reminiscences of Behar," I 

 went and called on Sir Jung, and found him looking at Lord 

 Mayo's jewellery, and 'comparing it with his own. Lord 

 Mayo's were beautifully set and shone forth with dazzling re- 

 splendency, while Sir Jung's, representing enormous value, 

 were dully set and badly cut. Jung was very affable, and 

 conversed freely in Hindustani, which he spoke well ; he 



