ORIENTAL EXPERIENCE:

A SELECTION OF

ESSAYS AND ADDRESSES DELIVERED ON

VARIOUS OCCASIONS.

BY SIR RICHARD TEMPLE, BART.,

G.C.S.I., C.I.E., D.C L., LL.D.,

LATE GOVERNOR OF BOMBAY, LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF BENGAL,
AND FINANCE MINISTER OF INDIA;

AUTHOR OF INDIA IN 1880," "MEN AND EVENTS OF MY TIME," ETC.

WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

1883.

The Right of Translation is Reserved.

e.l

WORKS BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

INDIA IN 1880. Third Edition. 8vo. 168.

MEN AND EVENTS OF MY TIME IN INDIA. 168.

Second Edition.

8vo.

LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED, STAMFORD STREET

AND CHARING CROSS.

TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS

ALEXANDRA,

PRINCESS OF WALES,

This Book,

REFERRING TO REGIONS VISITED

BY HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES,

IS,

WITH HER GRACIOUS PERMISSION,

DEDICATED.