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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.34827#0185
1819-27.
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record of his intercourse with the Governor at the time. In
Bishop Heber he met a person of congenial tastes in literature.
Like his host he had travelled much, and was as eager in the
pursuit of knowledge. Such a meeting could not pass without
mutual respect and regard. The only bar to this lay in the
shyness of the accomplished host. Here is the first allusion to
the visit that I find in the journal:—
' diuy 3.—The Bishop is here, in very general admiration,
simple, kind, lively, liberal, learned, and ingenious. It is
seldom one sees a character so perfectly amiable. My shyness
and awkwardness prevent my getting so well acquainted with
him as I could wish/
The visit of Bishop Heber to Bombay is alluded to in one
or two entries that follow, but as slightly as the first.
'dfuy 25.— After council I went to the Canara caves to
meet the Bishop and party. We saw the caves, and had some
Cashmere and Persian songs.
' Aw/. 8.—The Bishop and Mrs. Heber leave us the day
after to-morrow. The period of their stay has been extremely
pleasant. Both are very agreeable.
'Aw/. 15.—I went into town to-day to see the Bishop off.
I shall miss him and Mrs. Heber very much, not to mention
poor little Emmy.'
This visit, so briefly alluded to, is referred to at much
greater length in the Bishop's own journal. It gives so inte-
resting a sketch of Mr. Elphinstone's character and conversation,
that I transcribe it in full:—'
' We could not leave Bombay without regret. There were
some persons whom we were sincerely pained to part with there.
I had found old acquaintances in Sir Edward West and Sir
Charles Chambers, and an old and valuable friend (as well as
a sincerely attached and cordial one) in Archdeacon Barnes.
Above all, however, I had enjoyed in the unremitting kindness,
the splendid hospitality and agreeable conversation of Mr.
Elphinstone, the greatest pleasure of the kind which I have
ever enjoyed, either in India or Europe.
' Mr. Elphinstone is, in every respect, an extraordinary man,
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record of his intercourse with the Governor at the time. In
Bishop Heber he met a person of congenial tastes in literature.
Like his host he had travelled much, and was as eager in the
pursuit of knowledge. Such a meeting could not pass without
mutual respect and regard. The only bar to this lay in the
shyness of the accomplished host. Here is the first allusion to
the visit that I find in the journal:—
' diuy 3.—The Bishop is here, in very general admiration,
simple, kind, lively, liberal, learned, and ingenious. It is
seldom one sees a character so perfectly amiable. My shyness
and awkwardness prevent my getting so well acquainted with
him as I could wish/
The visit of Bishop Heber to Bombay is alluded to in one
or two entries that follow, but as slightly as the first.
'dfuy 25.— After council I went to the Canara caves to
meet the Bishop and party. We saw the caves, and had some
Cashmere and Persian songs.
' Aw/. 8.—The Bishop and Mrs. Heber leave us the day
after to-morrow. The period of their stay has been extremely
pleasant. Both are very agreeable.
'Aw/. 15.—I went into town to-day to see the Bishop off.
I shall miss him and Mrs. Heber very much, not to mention
poor little Emmy.'
This visit, so briefly alluded to, is referred to at much
greater length in the Bishop's own journal. It gives so inte-
resting a sketch of Mr. Elphinstone's character and conversation,
that I transcribe it in full:—'
' We could not leave Bombay without regret. There were
some persons whom we were sincerely pained to part with there.
I had found old acquaintances in Sir Edward West and Sir
Charles Chambers, and an old and valuable friend (as well as
a sincerely attached and cordial one) in Archdeacon Barnes.
Above all, however, I had enjoyed in the unremitting kindness,
the splendid hospitality and agreeable conversation of Mr.
Elphinstone, the greatest pleasure of the kind which I have
ever enjoyed, either in India or Europe.
' Mr. Elphinstone is, in every respect, an extraordinary man,