CHAPTER VI.

India — Lodges at the Military Stations, and with the Army Brigades, 165 ; on the Coast of Coromandel. 166 ; Sir David Baird a prisoner of Hyder Ali, 167 ; Union of " Ancients " and "Moderns" at Madras, 168; vicissitudes of the Coast Lodges, 169 ; Officers" Lodges. 170 ; biographical sketch of the Earl of Mou-a. Grand Master in India. 172; "The Mason's Widow."' 18U: farewell oration of the Grand Master, 184; Sir RolloGilltspie. memoir of. 187 : decline of Masonry in Bengal, 189 ; Obstacles to its success. 190 ; a Lodge in the 17th Dragoons, for many years the onl}^ one in the Presidency of Bombay, 191 ; a branch Lodge formed for Commissioned Officers — " Orion in the West." Bombay Artillery — N.C.O. only admitted as serving brethren. 192 : Masonic Anecdote. 193 ; Alexander and James Burnes. Literarv Portraits of, 194 ; Revival of Masonry in Bengal, 196) : Mutiny of 1857— the Masons of Calcutta enroll their names as Volunteers, 198.