iv CONTENTS Page CHAPTER XVII. AT HOME AND ABROAD - - 31 1874-1875 Ely Cathedral Royal Medical Benevolent College Royal Academy Banquet The Prince and the Death of Sir Edwin Landseer Miss Elizabeth Thompson The Czar in Britain The Duke of Connaught takes his seat in the House of Lords Dinner in the Middle Temple Hall Lord Cairns Trinity House Banquet A Striking Fancy-dress Ball at Marlborough House Cowes Regatta An Accident Opening of New Guildhall, &c., at Plymouth The Prince at the Confirmation of the future German Emperor William II To Bernsdorf The Prince as Grand Master of Freemasons Origin of Freemasonry Royal Masonic Institution for Girls Masonic Address to Queen Victoria "The Alexandra Centenary Hall" In Paris At Chateau d'Esclimont with the Comte de La Rochefoucauld At Chateau de Dampierre with the Duchesse de Luynes At Chateau de Rambouillet with the Due de Tremouille At Chantilly with the Due d'Aumale Return to London At Birmingham Joseph Chamberlain Good Templars Muni- cipal Reception Birmingham Industries At Coventry At Panshanger Park, Seat of Earl Cowper Death of Colonel Grey Varied Sport Death of Charles Kingsley Marriage of Princess Louise of Belgium Royal Cambridge Asylum for Soldiers' Widows Installation of Merchant Taylors' School in the Charterhouse Charterhouse School German Hospital Opening of St. Margaret's Church, King's Lynn Moody and Sankey The Prince installed as Grand Master of Freemasons Inspection of Alert and Disco-very Visit of the Sultan of Zanzibar Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution Clare Sewell Read, M.P. Mr. Mechi A Full Programme Deaf and Dumb Asylum at Margate Goodwood and Cowes Opening of Firth Park, Sheffield In the Highlands A Deerstalking Experience Large Party at Sandringham Farewell Visits and Addresses Visit to Dean Stanley The Princess's Movements. CHAPTER XVIII. A TOUR IN INDIA AND CEYLON - - 58 An Imperial Mission The Tour in India Decided on The Cost of the Tour The Prince's Suite H.M.S. Serapis The Prince Sets Sail Embarks at Brindisi Athens An Accident Port Said Suez The Red Sea Great Heat Perim Aden The Tanks Birth of a Niece A Levee of Officers and Chiefs The Sultan of Lahej Deck Amusements Bombay Reception in the Harbour The Prince Lands Address by Corporation of Bombay A Gay Procession A Loyal People Government House, Parell A Banquet A Pretty Ceremony The Prince Garlanded A General Holiday Brilliant Fireworks Lady Sassoon A Durbar at Government House A Levee A Children's Fete A Banquet for the Sailors Laying Foundation Stone of Elphinstone Docks Indian Freemasons The Caves of Elephanta A Feast in the Caves A Brilliant Illumination A Review at Poona The Prince's First Elephant Ride The Shrine of Parbuttee Farewell Ball at Government House Hindu Funerals Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy Presents from Native Rulers Baroda An Elephant Procession Contests in the Arena Illumination of the City The Maharanee and the Gaekwar Quail- shooting and Boarhunting Deerhunting with Cheetahs.
