420
ELPHINSTONE
makes a tour of inspection in the
North-west, 120; unfairly treated
by Colonel Blacker, 126, 139 ; his
lemarks on Indian inscriptions,
127 ; on the Chinese people, 129 ;
his project of a penitentiary, 135 ;
his criticism of Captain Grant
Dutf's ' History of the Mahrattas,'
136; revisits the Deckan, 110,
161, 183 ; his opinion of Claren-
don the historian, 112, 176; his
thoughts on the public employ-
ment of natives, 113 ; his remarks
on Virgil and British poets, 117 ;
his minutes on native education
and employment, 118, 186; his
remarks on Butler's ' Analogy,'
162 ; his advice to a young officer
on associating with natives, 161;
defends interference with the
press, 165, 171 ; notice of, by
Bishop Heber, 168 ; his reli-
gious opinions, 173 ; habits of his
daily life, 171; his grief at John
Adam's death, 175; his disputes
with the Chief Justice, 177; sends
in his resignation, 183 ; report of
his last visit to the Deckan, 190 ;
his longing to quit India, 195;
his literary outfit, 196; farewell
addresses to him, 198; travels in
Egypt, Syria, and Asia Minor,
202; brings away the British
Consul from Beyrout, 205; his
land journey from Gallipoli to
Constantinople, 207 ; his remarks
on the state of public feeling,
211 ; his description of the Sultan,
213 ; visits Poros, 217 ; interviews
Count Capo d'Istria, 220; visited
by Colonel Fabvier, 222; his
rambles in Athens, 225; fails in
his endeavour's to visit the Acro-
polis, 230; his impressions of the
Turks, 232; dines with Prince
Ypsilante, 235; his account of
Argos, 237; and of Napoli, 238;
his notes on the political situa-
tion, 210 ; visits Colocotroni, 212 ;
sails through the Cyclades, 215;
his journey to Olympia, 248 ; his
voyage to Ithaca, 251 ; and Corfu,
251; his visit to Cannar, 251; his
sojourn in Rome, 257; visited
in Venice by Count Haugwitz,
260; his description of Talleyrand,
262; arrives at Calais, 263 ; cross-
ing Channel, 261 ; his impressions
ELPHINSTONE
of Dover, 261; and of the scenery
on the road to Canterbury, 265;
visits Canterbury Cathedral, 266 ;
his remarks on the drive to
London, 267 ; his impressions of
the metropolis, 267; his first ex-
periences of London life, 271 ;
declines to enter Parliament, 274;
refuses the Persian embassy, 277;
meets his old general, Wellington,
277 ; renews his intercourse with
the Stracheys, 278; journeys to
Scotland, 279 ; revisits Cumber-
nauld, 282 ; settles in Edinburgh,
285 ; meets Jeffrey and Cockbum,
286; his personal description of
Sir* Walter Scott, 288 ; returns to
London, 290; gives evidence be-
fore the Lords' Committee, 291;
converses at a dinner party with
the Duke of Wellington, 292;
hears Dr. Chalmers, 293 ; presented
to William IV. at his first lev6e,
291; attends the Lanarkshire elec-
tion, 295; his reflections on the
Duke of Wellington's resignation,
297; compares the state of the
nation with that of republican
Rome, 298; initiated into the
Society of Dilettanti, 300; re-
visits Scotland for the general
election, 302; visits the field of
Waterloo, 307; and the pine forest
at Ravenna, 309 ; converses with
Mezzofanti, 310; replies to Mr.
Villiers on native Indian States
and the subsidiary system, 311;
on the question of centralisation,
317 ; on the proposed transfer of
the Indian army to the crown,
318 ; and on the consolidation of
the forces of the three Presi-
dencies, 321; attends a working-
class union meeting, 323 ; present
at the first reading of the Irish
Disturbance Bill, 327; hears
O'Connell, 329, 330; his tribute to
the memory of Sir J. Malcolm,
331 ; prepares his ' History of
India,' 332, 311, 347; declines the
Governor-Generalship, 333, 337;
offered a permanent appointment
under the Board of Control, 336;
proposed as special Canadian
commissioner, 337; his failing
health, 339; his correspondence
with Erskine on the history of the
Mohammedans in India, 311, 366,
ELPHINSTONE
makes a tour of inspection in the
North-west, 120; unfairly treated
by Colonel Blacker, 126, 139 ; his
lemarks on Indian inscriptions,
127 ; on the Chinese people, 129 ;
his project of a penitentiary, 135 ;
his criticism of Captain Grant
Dutf's ' History of the Mahrattas,'
136; revisits the Deckan, 110,
161, 183 ; his opinion of Claren-
don the historian, 112, 176; his
thoughts on the public employ-
ment of natives, 113 ; his remarks
on Virgil and British poets, 117 ;
his minutes on native education
and employment, 118, 186; his
remarks on Butler's ' Analogy,'
162 ; his advice to a young officer
on associating with natives, 161;
defends interference with the
press, 165, 171 ; notice of, by
Bishop Heber, 168 ; his reli-
gious opinions, 173 ; habits of his
daily life, 171; his grief at John
Adam's death, 175; his disputes
with the Chief Justice, 177; sends
in his resignation, 183 ; report of
his last visit to the Deckan, 190 ;
his longing to quit India, 195;
his literary outfit, 196; farewell
addresses to him, 198; travels in
Egypt, Syria, and Asia Minor,
202; brings away the British
Consul from Beyrout, 205; his
land journey from Gallipoli to
Constantinople, 207 ; his remarks
on the state of public feeling,
211 ; his description of the Sultan,
213 ; visits Poros, 217 ; interviews
Count Capo d'Istria, 220; visited
by Colonel Fabvier, 222; his
rambles in Athens, 225; fails in
his endeavour's to visit the Acro-
polis, 230; his impressions of the
Turks, 232; dines with Prince
Ypsilante, 235; his account of
Argos, 237; and of Napoli, 238;
his notes on the political situa-
tion, 210 ; visits Colocotroni, 212 ;
sails through the Cyclades, 215;
his journey to Olympia, 248 ; his
voyage to Ithaca, 251 ; and Corfu,
251; his visit to Cannar, 251; his
sojourn in Rome, 257; visited
in Venice by Count Haugwitz,
260; his description of Talleyrand,
262; arrives at Calais, 263 ; cross-
ing Channel, 261 ; his impressions
ELPHINSTONE
of Dover, 261; and of the scenery
on the road to Canterbury, 265;
visits Canterbury Cathedral, 266 ;
his remarks on the drive to
London, 267 ; his impressions of
the metropolis, 267; his first ex-
periences of London life, 271 ;
declines to enter Parliament, 274;
refuses the Persian embassy, 277;
meets his old general, Wellington,
277 ; renews his intercourse with
the Stracheys, 278; journeys to
Scotland, 279 ; revisits Cumber-
nauld, 282 ; settles in Edinburgh,
285 ; meets Jeffrey and Cockbum,
286; his personal description of
Sir* Walter Scott, 288 ; returns to
London, 290; gives evidence be-
fore the Lords' Committee, 291;
converses at a dinner party with
the Duke of Wellington, 292;
hears Dr. Chalmers, 293 ; presented
to William IV. at his first lev6e,
291; attends the Lanarkshire elec-
tion, 295; his reflections on the
Duke of Wellington's resignation,
297; compares the state of the
nation with that of republican
Rome, 298; initiated into the
Society of Dilettanti, 300; re-
visits Scotland for the general
election, 302; visits the field of
Waterloo, 307; and the pine forest
at Ravenna, 309 ; converses with
Mezzofanti, 310; replies to Mr.
Villiers on native Indian States
and the subsidiary system, 311;
on the question of centralisation,
317 ; on the proposed transfer of
the Indian army to the crown,
318 ; and on the consolidation of
the forces of the three Presi-
dencies, 321; attends a working-
class union meeting, 323 ; present
at the first reading of the Irish
Disturbance Bill, 327; hears
O'Connell, 329, 330; his tribute to
the memory of Sir J. Malcolm,
331 ; prepares his ' History of
India,' 332, 311, 347; declines the
Governor-Generalship, 333, 337;
offered a permanent appointment
under the Board of Control, 336;
proposed as special Canadian
commissioner, 337; his failing
health, 339; his correspondence
with Erskine on the history of the
Mohammedans in India, 311, 366,