A BAYARD FROM BENGAL

EXORTED HER, WITH AN ELOQUENCE THAT MOVED ALL PRESENT, TO ABANDON HER FRIVOLITIES AND LEVITIES

Transcriber's Note:

Author's notes on illustrations have been consolidated at the end of the text.

A BAYARD FROM BENGAL

Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh, Esq., B.A., Cambridge, by Hurry Bungsho Jabberjee, B.A., Calcutta University, author of "Jottings and Tittlings," etc., etc., to which is appended the Parables and Proverbs of Piljosh, freely translated from the Original Styptic by Another Hand, with Introduction, Notes and Appendix by the above Hurry Bungsho Jabberjee, B.A.

THE WHOLE EDITED AND REVISED

BY

F. ANSTEY

AUTHOR OF "VICE VERSA," ETC. ETC.

WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS BY BERNARD PARTRIDGE

METHUEN & CO. 36 ESSEX STREET, W.C. LONDON 1902

Reprinted from "Punch"

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. From Calcutta to Cambridge Oversea Route 1

II. How Mr Bhosh Delivered a Damsel from a Demented Cow 8

III. The Involuntary Fascinator 16

IV. A Kick from a Friendly Foot 24

V. The Duel to the Death 33

VI. Lord Jolly is Satisfied 41

VII. The Adventure of the Unwieldy Gifthorse 48

VIII. A Rightabout Facer for Mr Bhosh 55

IX. The Dark Horse 63

X. Trust Her Not! She is Fooling Thee! 70

XI. Stone Walls do not make a Cage 78

XII. A Race against Time 86

XIII. A Sensational Derby Struggle 93

XIV. A Grand Finish 102

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The Parables of Piljosh 111

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

"Exhorted her, with an Eloquence that moved all present, to abandon her Frivolities and Levities" Frontispiece

"Gave the Animal into Custody as a Disturber of the Peace" 12

"Dismayed the Beast by his determined and ferocious aspect" 28

"The Bullet had perforated a large circular orifice in Honble Bodger's Hat" 42

"The Cantankerous Steed executed a Leap with Astounding Agility" 50

"'My Daughter, I foresee many Calamities which will inevitably befall Thee'" 58

"The Road was chocked full with every description of conveyance" 88

"The Notorious Blue Ribbon was pinned by the Judge upon his proud and heaving Bosom" 106