THLE QUELN'S HINDUSTANI DIARY

India will return the compliment of their

Sovercign by studying her literature, and thus l)lll]” about mutual amity and understanding Detween the two nations. The philosophers of the ast will be emulated to inquire more and more deeply into the modes of thought and hases of socicty in the West, and will as far as practicable; introduce the comforts and conveniences of life afforded by modern sciences into Oriental countries.

The Queen's studies have made a marked clfect upon the minds of the Mohammedan Emperors. Hindustani is o Mohammedan language, and the Empress of India has the good fortunc to reign over a larger number of Moslems than the three Mohammedan Emperors collectively, viz., the

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ol Morocco. The sultan ol Turkey, cver sinee his visit to the Queen, has had feelings of veneration for her, and, cver since his accesston to the Caliphate, has endeavoured to maintain the cxisting friendly relations bhetween the two o greatest - Mohammedan Powers.

On my visit t() Constantinople, His Majesty., as Protector Oriental learning, was cx- tremely zlst(_)nishcd to hear that the Queen had lately commenced to learn Hindustani. and the news ncreased his admiration of the Eonglish Queen beyond all bounds. The Sultan 1s a highly intelligent and well-informed monarch, and 1f the political horizon of Fourope continues to be as clear as it is to-day, 1t 15 highly probable that His Majesty himscll will turn his attention to cnriching his- Imperial mind with the philosophy of

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