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Lansdowne, who gave proof of the nobility of his head and heart by rendering to the Maharaja an instalment of justice no sooner he came to know that His Highness had been grossly misrepresented to His Excellency, and found out by personal contact with the Maharaja and a careful local enquiry in his dominions that he was neither such a bad man nor such an oppressive ruler as he had been pictured to be. The Viceroy's visit to the Happy Valley, in October— November 1891, was thus fruitful of one very beneficial result : it dispelled the false notions that had been formed of the Maharaja and led to his partial restoration to the throne of his ancestors. But the restoration has been as yet but partial, the Maharaja being still in all important and many unimportant matters subject to the Resident's will, and it is due to Lord Lansdowne, who was misled into sanctioning his downfall, to render him ampler and more complete reparation before His Excellency leaves the country. The object of this little
