[4] The grave thoughtful face of William Yule was conspicuous in the picture of a Durbar (by an Italian artist, but _not_ Zoffany), which long hung on the walls of the Nawab’s palace at Lucknow. This picture disappeared during the Mutiny of 1857. [5] Colonel Udny Yule, C.B. “When he joined, his usual _nomen_ and _cognomen_ puzzled the staff-sergeant at Fort-William, and after much boggling on the cadet parade, the name was called out _Whirly Wheel_, which produced no reply, till some one at a venture shouted, ‘sick in hospital.’” (_Athenæum_, 24th Sept. 1881.) The ship which took Udny Yule to India was burnt at sea. After keeping himself afloat for several hours in the water, he was rescued by a passing ship and taken back to the Mauritius, whence, having lost everything but his cadetship, he made a fresh start for India, where he and William for many years had a common purse. Colonel Udny Yule commanded a brigade at the Siege of Cornelis (1811), which gave us Java, and afterwards acted as Resident under Sir Stamford Raffles. Forty-five years after the retrocession of Java, Henry Yule found the memory of his uncle still cherished there. [6] Article on the Oriental Section of the British Museum Library in _Athenæum_, 24th Sept. 1881. Major Yule’s Oriental Library was presented by his sons to the British Museum a few years after his death. [7] It may be amusing to note that he was considered an almost dangerous person because he read the _Scotsman_ newspaper! [8] _Athenæum_, 24th Sept. 1881. A gold chain given by the last Dauphiness is in the writer’s possession. [9] Dr. John Yule (b. 176–, d. 1827), a kindly old _savant_. He was one of the earliest corresponding members of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, and the author of some botanical tracts. [10] According to Brunet, by Lucas Pennis after Antonio Tempesta. [11] _Concerning some little-known Travellers in the East_. ASIATIC QUARTERLY, vol. v. (1888).