MY THREE YEARS IN MANIPUR AND Escape from the Recent Mutiny THIRD EDITION [Illustration: MRS. ST. CLAIR GRIMWOOD. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY VANDYK. LONDON: RICHARD BENTLEY & SON, 1891] MY THREE YEARS IN MANIPUR AND Escape from the Recent Mutiny BY ETHEL ST. CLAIR GRIMWOOD [Illustration] _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND PLAN_ LONDON RICHARD BENTLEY AND SON Publishers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen 1891 [_All rights reserved_] LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PORTRAIT OF MRS. GRIMWOOD _frontispiece_ BEAR FROM NAGA HILLS _title-page_ DRAGON IN FRONT OF THE PALACE _to face page_ 1 VIEW OF THE RESIDENCY AT MANIPUR ” 30 TRIBESMEN OF MANIPUR ” 68 THE GARDENS OF THE RESIDENCY AT MANIPUR ” 118 NATIVES OF THE MANIPUR HILLS ” 186 SKETCH MAP OF MANIPUR ” 204 PORTRAIT OF MR. FRANK GRIMWOOD ” 217 CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER I. My husband offered the post of Political Agent at Manipur—Arrival there and first impressions—Adventures on the journey—Coolies—Arrive at Cachar 1-10 CHAPTER II. Cachar or Silchar—We are fêted there—The hill tribes: Kukis, Tongkhuls, etc.—Their dress and habits—Rest-houses, and difficulties therein—Manipuri Sepoys: camp on the Makru River—Logtak Lake—Colonel Samoo Singh—The Senaputti 11-28 CHAPTER III. Favourable impressions of our new home, the Residency—The Maharajah—His brother the Jubraj—Polo with the Princes—The Senaputti a fine sportsman—Visits us on Sunday afternoons—Shell-firing—Prince Zillah Singh—We try to learn the Manipuri language 29-43 CHAPTER IV. Collect various animals around us—Habits of our pets—Our beautiful grounds—The Nagas—Amusing incident—The liquor Zu—Roast dog—Villages allotted to us for food, labour, etc.—Women do the work—Children of the Maharajah—A water-party—Every child dances in Manipur—The Manipuri women not shut up 44-59 CHAPTER V.