Summary: and self-important air, which made him rather obnoxious to his brother officers. The purser, Mr. Clieesepare, was a good-hearted, blundering sort of man, with a luxuriant crop of grey hair, which he arranged with remarkable care behind his ears, giving him a peculiarly fussy and consequential appearance. He had quite the peculiar aspect of a man who had been early weaned from the Iioialt U|)>vti: It mi i prime. A mrssgot I'oni his uncle prompted hnn to go to the 'fast and pav l.im a vital. In India Mt joined his regiment in < alcutta, where he met with all sorts of characters, trials, and epics, all of whieh he wryly ronmots iu Iiis memoirs. His initial chnllongos and misfortunes soon turned Into valued encounters and lessons, as well as providing him with a newfound maturity by the end of Part I in his memoirs.