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with his readers, that he is regarded by the bulk of old 

 Indians as a personal friend, even by those who know 

 only his no7n deplume, the identity of the owner of which 

 frequently forms a fertile subject for conjecture. With 

 full permission from my friend Mr. T. Comyns Cole, to 

 whom I have the honour to dedicate this work, I have 

 great pleasure in introducing him to my Indian readers 

 as the gentleman who has done so much, by his delight- 

 ful sketches of passing events in the English world of 

 sport, to wile away the tedium of many hours they 

 might have wearily spent under the punkah but for 

 him. When stationed at Cawnpore I frequently went to 

 Allahabad, and stayed, on different occasions, with Mr. 

 Tyrrell, of the Bengal Civil Service, with whom Mr. 

 Phil. Robinson, the well-known writer and correspondent 

 of The Daily Telegraph, lived. These two gentlemen. 

 Mr. Robinson's father, and ]\Ir. Cole, were, each in their 

 way, the four ablest contributors to TJie Pioneer. Mr. 

 Tyrrell, who shone in his own private circle by his wit 

 and ready humour, was generally credited with the 

 authorship of the many short, sparkling paragraphs 

 which appeared in that paper from Phil. Robinson's pen. 

 Strange to say, Mr. Tyrrell confined his attention to 

 writing elaborate leading articles on grave and weighty 



