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Rh saw one of the finest country seats in England. At Manchester they were once more in the midst of the noise and stir of modern industry, all that related to the cotton trade being of absorbing interest to them. Returning to London they spent a few more busy days sight-seeing and bidding farewell to the many friends they had made during their stay, leaving early in December for a short tour on the Continent preparatory to their return home. They visited among other places Paris, Bologne, Genoa and Florence, embarking at Leghorn for Civita Vecchia in order to see Rome, Pompeii and Naples. They finally bade farewell to Europe on January the 19th, 1866, reaching Calcutta on March the 2nd. Though at the outset it had only been contemplated that the tour should last six months, it had extended almost to double that length of time. Colonel Herbert had remained in charge of the party throughout, and though so much of the young men's time had been taken up with travelling and sight-seeing, their regular education had not been interrupted, a tutor having been especially appointed while in England to continue their ordinary course of study.

The affairs of his father, the Nawab Nazim, had not meanwhile been proceeding satisfactorily, and in 1869 he resolved to go to England to lay his case in person before the Secretary of State. He took with him his eldest son and continued to reside there for twelve years only returning to India in 1881. The young Nawabzada by his two visits to England enjoyed a far more liberal education