. Addiscombe, its heroes and men of note; by Colonel H. M. With an introduction by Lord Roberts of . ssor—Military Dra\vint,f: Capt. \V. A. —Military Surveying : Major Hindustani: Richard Haughton, Bowles, —French : Mons. Leon Captain—Major — in Geology: D. T. Anstcd, in Chemistry,Professor in fencing, &c.: Mr. 11. Angelo, & Purveyor: Mr- R. J. —David this time and the close of the College in i86
. Addiscombe, its heroes and men of note; by Colonel H. M. With an introduction by Lord Roberts of . ssor—Military Dra\vint,f: Capt. \V. A. —Military Surveying : Major Hindustani: Richard Haughton, Bowles, —French : Mons. Leon Captain—Major — in Geology: D. T. Anstcd, in Chemistry,Professor in fencing, &c.: Mr. 11. Angelo, & Purveyor: Mr- R. J. —David this time and the close of the College in i86i,there were numerous changes in the staff. Arthur Dusautoy was appointed junior professor of mathe-matics on 2nd February, 1848, in succession to Tryon. He was 4th wrangler in 1847, being bracketed withBarry, afterwards Bishop of New South Wales. His talentswere of a high order, but he was of a nervous disposition, andalthough an excellent teacher, he was not a good manager ofunrul\- cadets, and was occasionally a good deal troubled bythem. In these little pranks the object of the cadets was not. 2o8 AniHSCO-MBK so much to annoy the Professor as to create fun. One simplemethod was to spell his name out loud without the iiossibilityof conviction of the offence before the Thusone cadet would call out D, whereupon some other at thefurther end of the room would say U,and .so on throughoutthe whole of the name, by which time the Professor would bei^oaded into making some remarks on the subject which wouldput a stop to it on that occasion. Another plan was to bringin a live sparrow and have a scrimmage amongst the movablefurniture of high heavy desks and stools, to catch it, thus creat-ing confusion and fun for some little time—but in .spite ofthe little annoyances, Dusautoy was liked by the cadets, andonly suffered these interruptions because he was too shy andkindly-natured to put a stop to them by harsh means. In July, 1857, it was resolved to form
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