Notes on the visits to India of their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh, 1870 - 1875-6 / by Sir J. Fayrer.

  • Joseph Fayrer
Date:
1879
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Credit: Notes on the visits to India of their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh, 1870 - 1875-6 / by Sir J. Fayrer. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    *9 of excitement and fatigue. Some of the party have trivial ailments, change of climate and food the cause. Wednesday, 20th October.—Wrote letters home and to Sir W. Jenner; went on shore with Sir B. Frere and the British Consul to see some Greek antiquities, vases, and figures in terra cotta, found chiefly at or near Corinth. They were small, but very beautiful, and of fabulous value ; small figures worth 2,000 to 5,000 francs. About noon the Prince with the king and queen, and their suites. Admiral Drum- mond and Mr. Stuart, came on board, under salutes, and in great state. The men-of-war in harbour—English, Russian, American, Greek—saluted and manned yards. The Boyal barge looked very well; their majesties went over the ship. There was a grand lunch. Before lunch we were all presented formally to the king and queen, when they gave us their photographs, with autographs. Those of the suite who did not already possess it were presented by King George, with his own hands, with the Order of the Saviour or Redeemer of Greece. They were given as follows :— Duke of Sutherland Grand Cordon Lord Suffield Sir B. Frere Lord Alfred Paget ... General Probyn, V.C., C.B. Mr Knollys Dr. Fayrer Lord Aylesford Lord C. Beresford ... Col. Williams Canon Duckworth ... Captain FitzGeorge... Mr Grey Mr. S. Hall We wore them at lunch. ... do. do. Grand Commander do. Commander do. Officer do. do. do. Chevalier do. ) 1st Class. 2nd Class. ]srd Class. 4th Class. 5th Class. do. They were presented to us in the presence of the Prince of Wales, who called us in and introduced us to the king. The king shook hands most graciously, and said he hoped we would wear the order in memory of the occasion. The king and queen in giving us their photographs asked for ours in return. .Admiral Drummond, the Minister, and the officers, bade fare- well to the Prince. At 4 p.m., under general salute from ships and shore, the Serapis steamed out of the Pineus. The king and queen remained on board till late in the evening and some distance from shore. It was a beautifully clear, calm evening, when they left the ship in their barge to go on board the Royal yacht; the Serapis and Osborne, tender, were brilliantly illuminated, making a most lovely spectacle. Before they left the ship the King andOueen and the Prince walked about the deck, and sat in the deck-house. I presented the king with a copy of my Thanatophidia, with which he seemed much pleased. At about 10.30 p.m. they left the ship and returned to Athens, under a blaze of fireworks and rockets from the ships. We then put on full speed, with the ship’s head directed for Port Said. 1 he visit to Athens has been most successful and in- teresting. Mr. Mudd, the collector, got plants at Athens from the gardens; I also brought some from Tatoi. They have been sent on board the Hercules, flag-ship, to be sent off to Malta, and so home as soon as possible. I hey go to England in the care of a man who