February 10 Monday – Sam’s notebook in Calcutta:

By invitation of His Excellency, Lt-General Sir William Elles, we went to the great field outside of Fort William, 7.20 a.m., & saw the inspection of the Calcutta garrison 

At 9 [p.m.] went to the great military tournament — 9 till 12 [NB 36 TS 40, 42].

At 5:30 p.m. at the Theatre Royal, Sam gave his “At Home” lecture, running an hour and twenty. Reviews published Feb. 11: The Englishman; Calcutta Statesman; Calcutta Indian Daily News [Ahluwalia 21].

Parsons writes that the inspection of the garrison was by Commander-in-Chief, Sir George White and that by arranging his lecture to an early 5:30 p.m. he might watch the tournament, “electrically lit before 5,000 spectators,” at 9 p.m. [“MT India” 87].