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178 counsellor, and remained so till his departure in 1862. His wise advice, kindly and genial temperament, and tact in dealing with delicate and difficult questions, contributed in no small degree to the establishment of pleasanter relations of confidence and respect between Lord Canning and the European community.

In the autumn of 1859 the Viceroy proceeded to the Upper Provinces, for the purpose of receiving the Feudatory Chiefs in Darbár, and rewarding those whose loyalty during the rebellion had been conspicuous. At Cawnpur he found awaiting him the huge array of tents which Eastern etiquette prescribes as the proper equipment for the ceremonial progress of the 'Great Lord Sáhib.' Here Lord Clyde, the Commander-in-Chief, had also pitched his camp. Each had his own little world of business and pomp, and the two magnates were followed in their movements by an attendant population of 20,000 souls.

Cawnpur still showed sad traces of the tragedy of which it had been the scene two years before. There had been but little leisure to do proper honour to the victims of that dark tragedy. The site of the well, where lay the bodies of the massacred women and children, was neglected and weed-grown. The ill-fated entrenchment, where the little garrison made its last stand, was close at hand to Lord Canning's camp. The sight brought home to him and his companions the desperate character of the attempted defence. The slender mud parapet, hastily thrown up,