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 ves. Others—Messrs. Shridhar Balkrishna Upasani, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, Vamanrao Apte, Daji Abaji Khare, Ganesh S. Khaparde, R. N. Mudholkar, Dayaram Gidumal—need no introduction to our readers. Mr. (Dr. Sir) N. G. Chandavarkar, too was a contemporary of Mr. Tilak, though studying in a different college. He passed his B. A. examination in the same year with Mr. Tilak (1876). Both Tilak and Chandavarkar secured a first Class in the B. A. examination.

The Mathematical abilities of Mr. Tilak were of the highest order and were fully and frankly recognised by Prof. Chhatre who, in those days was considered to be the premier Mathematician of the Presidency. Mr. Tilak's mathematical training, coupled with his fine classical study gave his genius that logical and ima-

attempts at versification. Here are a few verses, selected from one of his Composition Note-Books : — ^ fTSR^ f^r R^ ^^ ^^^^Wi%^^ ^ & ^^: I ^T^ ^5:r% 37^*11^ ^ ^^-^5^Rt o^T?T^ II ^ n R^t^ ^^ fT ^^' 37^1 cfi^ f^rr^^c^JT nun
 * Mr. Tilak's Sanskrit Studies found recreation in occasional