A Bayard From Bengal / Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,...

Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh, Esq., B.A., Cambridge, by Hurry Bungsho Jabberjee, B.A., Calcutta University, author of "Jottings and Tittlings," etc., etc., to which is appended the Parables and Proverbs of Piljosh, freely translated from the Original Styptic by Another Hand, with Introduction, Notes and Appendix by the above Hurry Bungsho Jabberjee, B.A.

THE WHOLE EDITED AND REVISED

F. ANSTEY

AUTHOR OF "VICE VERSA," ETC. ETC.

WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS BY BERNARD PARTRIDGE

METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET, W.C.
LONDON
1902

Reprinted from "Punch"

CONTENTS

CHAP.		PAGE
I.	From Calcutta to Cambridge Oversea Route	1
II.	How Mr Bhosh Delivered a Damsel from a Demented Cow	8
III.	The Involuntary Fascinator	16
IV.	A Kick from a Friendly Foot	24
V.	The Duel to the Death	33
VI.	Lord Jolly is Satisfied	41
VII.	The Adventure of the Unwieldy Gifthorse	48
VIII.	A Rightabout Facer for Mr Bhosh	55
IX.	The Dark Horse	63
X.	Trust Her Not! She is Fooling Thee!	70
XI.	Stone Walls do not make a Cage	78
XII.	A Race against Time	86
XIII.	A Sensational Derby Struggle	93
XIV.	A Grand Finish	102
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	The Parables of Piljosh	111

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

	PAGE
"Exhorted her, with an Eloquence that moved all present, to abandon her Frivolities and Levities"	Frontispiece
"Gave the Animal into Custody as a Disturber of the Peace"	12
"Dismayed the Beast by his determined and ferocious aspect"	28
"The Bullet had perforated a large circular orifice in Honble Bodger's Hat"	42
"The Cantankerous Steed executed a Leap with Astounding Agility"	50
"'My Daughter, I foresee many Calamities which will inevitably befall Thee'"	58
"The Road was chocked full with every description of conveyance"	88
"The Notorious Blue Ribbon was pinned by the Judge upon his proud and heaving Bosom"	106

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