Chapter VI
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CHAPTER VI.
MY PUBLIC LIFE BEGINS.
The voyage and arrival—The sanitarium—His moonshee—Indian Navy—English bigotry—Engages servants—Reaches Baroda—Brother officers—Mess—Drill—Pig-sticking—Sport—Society—Feeding—Nautch—Reviews—Races—Cobden and Indian history—Somnath gates—Outram and Napier—He learns Indian riding and training—Passes exams. in Hindostani—Receives the Brahminical thread—On the march—Embarks for Sind—Karáchi, Sind—He passes in Maharátta.