SUBJECTS ORIENTAL 



person among so many Orientals ; but I was very 

 grateful to my friend and host for asking me, as he 

 knew I took a great interest in Oriental subjects. 

 After tea we withdrew to the open roof again, and 

 had ices ; then my host asked if I minded some 

 more Khojas coming up to see me, as they would 

 like it. Each in turn was presented to me, and I 

 shook hands and at the same time listened to whom 

 they were, and their names, from our host. Only 

 one or two spoke English, but one told me he had 

 been in England and found it very cold, and felt 

 very lost, till our kind host came across him, and 

 dressed him up in more suitable clothes and showed 

 him the ropes. 



During tea the Parsis, the "cousin" and my- 

 self carried on all the conversation ; it must have 

 been dull for the Indians, who were Mohammedans. 

 (By-the-bye, the Aga Khan is supposed to be about 

 the forty-second direct descendant of the prophet. 

 Some Mohammedans, including the Aga himself I 

 believe, think the descent stopped at the twelfth, 

 hence two parties). 



After a little I suggested leaving, but was not 

 allowed to do so till six o'clock. I rather fancied 

 in the name of one of the Khojas, I recognised a 

 pawnbroker I intended visiting, in the hopes of 

 adding to my collection of Arab silver. I thought 

 I had better wait a few days. 



In the Standard of August 11th, 1908, I 



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