is not willing to get up theatricals.

A few months after the siege of Kandahar he arranged for a performance of _The Pirates of Penzance_ in that barbarous city, making himself responsible for the entire management.

The dresses were excellent, the stage and scenery good, and the opera was received with intense enthusiasm; and yet there was not a single European woman there; all the dresses and costumes were the work of B.-P., who himself appeared in the character of Ruth! On another occasion, when _Trial by Jury_ was to be given, it was discovered at the last moment, to the consternation of every one except B.-P., that there were no Royal arms.

In a few hours he produced what I am assured was the most splendid and gorgeous national emblazonry that ever sparkled behind footlights.

He had collected a few crude paints from the natives of the district, and had painted the arms with an old shaving-brush.