Then the selling at the stalls began, and everything was bought up very quickly; then there was a raffle for my two pictures, and we reduced the tickets to 3 rupees each, and would not let anybody take more than three, and yet, with that they produced 75_l._ Rather a shame! but I could not help it--a little single figure, which I had done in two mornings, and promised to W. O., was put up to auction when he was away, and fetched 15_l._, so I must do another for him. F. sent a great collection of toys she had made in the bazaar, which produced 20_l._ Mr. C. was an excellent auctioneer for the four things that were to be sold by auction--that small drawing of mine and three beautiful little oil paintings, sent to me for the fair by a regular artist, a Mr. Gwatkin, whose Christian names are Joshua Reynolds (he is a great-nephew of Sir Joshua), so Mr. C. began with the picture of an old, bald man:--'Will anybody allow me to say 100 rupees for this splendid composition of the famous Sir Joshua Reynolds?--an absolute gem, a real Joshua Reynolds. I beg your pardon; I have just distinguished the surname of Gwatkin, but I was misled by the similarity of style. The original Sir Joshua would not, however, have been affronted; those flesh tints on the bald head are magnificent! Eighty rupees I think you said. But you have not noticed the mountain in the background--an exact representation of any one of the Alps, I may say of all the Alps, and valuable to any of us who are not likely to see the Alps in a hurry. Mr. ----, allow me to say 100 rupees for this beautiful delineation of a calm old age, unconscious of decay; it is worth your notice.' Mr. ---- looks about sixty, and still tries (without the least success) to be a young man. G. bought the picture for me. I went as far as eight guineas for the second myself, but was outbid by Mr. A.; and the third, which was a very inferior article, of a nun, hung on hand, so at last C. turned to the Baboo belonging to his office, who was grinning at his master's jokes, and said, 'I see, Baboo, you are determined to outbid everybody for this valuable specimen of English art--Seetannauth Baboo has bid thirty-five rupees for this remarkable portrait of a nun "in maiden meditation, fancy free," and I have great pleasure in knock-it down to him. Seetannauth Baboo, you are most fortunate.' The Baboo clearly did not know why, but he is very rich, and the Hindus have a great idea of the saving merits of charity; so he paid his money, and I saw him all the rest of the day walking about, with his servant carrying his little nun's picture after him.