On the 31st, Sir Henry returned the visit, attended by a numerous suite of officers. Bahawul Khan made no efforts to display any splendour; perhaps, he considered it politic to affect poverty in the presence of the British chief. The conversation was as interesting as usual on the like occasions, and ran, as well as I can remember, nearly as follows:-- SIR HENRY.--I come as the emissary of the British government, to offer you their friendship. B. KHAN.--I am sensible of the condescension displayed towards me, both by them and yourself, in granting this interview. SIR HENRY.--The British government are just and equitable, faithful to their friends, terrible to their enemies, (looking very dignified, and rather fierce.) B. KHAN.--I fully appreciate the magnitude of the British name, and see their power. All I have is theirs, and I am your slave. SIR HENRY.--Now, talk we of other matters. Is not the climate unusually cold for this season of the year, at Bahawulpore? B. KHAN.--It is, undoubtedly; but at the present moment, I feel neither cold nor damp, whilst basking in the sunshine of your presence. Sir Henry was looking blue with cold, and stiff with dignity; so the khan must have been of a fiery temperament if he spoke the truth. Such was the substance of the conversation that passed between the two potentates; but setting bombast aside, Bahawul Khan has always expressed to those officers who visited his capital the utmost respect for the British, and an anxiety to preserve a sincere alliance. His decision has been unquestionably politic; for, by placing himself under British protection, he has saved his country from the rapacity of his formidable neighbours, the Sikhs. The city of Bahawulpore is of considerable extent, and surrounded by a dilapidated mud wall, about twelve feet in height and four in thickness. The principal houses are built of brick, but huddled so closely together, as to engender filth and heat to an unnecessary degree. The khan's palace is in the centre of the town, and presents as mean an exterior as the other houses. Of the interior, I can form no estimate, not having visited it. The narrow bazaars were thronged all day; and trade seemed to be flourishing briskly amongst the twenty thousand inhabitants which Bahawulpore is said to contain. Woollens, hardware, and a variety of fruit, seemed to be the principal articles exposed for sale; but the prevalent commodity is undoubtedly filth. The men are certainly a larger, better looking, and more brawny race than that of the upper provinces of Bengal. The women are so carefully wrapped in veils, that I was enabled to catch only a faint glimpse of their faces, and a very indistinct one of their figures; but the damsels of the East usually evince greater anxiety to conceal their face than any other part of their persons.