. The life and times of General Sir James Browne, , , (Buster Browne) . quiet repose, but in vigoroussocial amusements and in music. There was a verymusical society at that time at Simla; concerts andoratorios were the rage, and there used to be weeklyafternoon performances. Browne joined in theoratorios, but could not afford the time for practiceor preparation; so that on one of these occasionshe prolonged the chorus of Stone him to deathin the oratorio of St. Paid by an additional solo,somewhat disturbing the gravity of the meeting, andleading to a bandsmans remark that th
. The life and times of General Sir James Browne, , , (Buster Browne) . quiet repose, but in vigoroussocial amusements and in music. There was a verymusical society at that time at Simla; concerts andoratorios were the rage, and there used to be weeklyafternoon performances. Browne joined in theoratorios, but could not afford the time for practiceor preparation; so that on one of these occasionshe prolonged the chorus of Stone him to deathin the oratorio of St. Paid by an additional solo,somewhat disturbing the gravity of the meeting, andleading to a bandsmans remark that the event ofthe concert had been Colonel Brownes BrickbatChorus. Then, at the ensuing weekly concert, whenBrowne entered the room he was greeted with Stonehim to death from a dark corner of the room, andon going there to find out the delinquent, who shouldit prove to be but his old friend and leader, SirDonald Stewart, the Commander-in-chief. Selected as he had now been for the Hurnai task,his career, thenceforward, was never disconnectedwith the Russo-Afghan question, in one or more of. ROSEJ3ERY VIEW, CHUPPUR RIFT. [To .face p. 230. LORD RIPONS ADMINISTRATION 231 its branches or bearings. During the Egyptian war,and for a few months later, the difficulties in thepolitical world continued. In India itself the situationhad become very unpleasant. The Viceroy, LordRipon, one of the wisest and most far-seeing menthat ever held that post, had been misled, and byhis premature proposals for the Ilbert Bill, and theshare to be assigned by it to educated natives inthe administration and courts of the country, hadseriously damaged his aim and greatly delayed thepolitic end he had in view; though he was stillstudiously carrying out some very valuable ruler ever left India so beloved, respected, andhonoured by the native community of all ranks as didLord Ripon. But in some points of practical ad-ministration, such as that of the frontier especially,he had occasionally allowed m
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