I wonder if any one could help with this one? I do not think that this could have been a relative. With thanks, Jane Keskar ----- Original Message ----- From: "Graeme Balcom" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 7:49 PM Subject: Did Kipling have a cousin? > One of Kipling's short stories "The Devil and the Deep Sea" tells of an > adventure my grandfather had as a seal hunter in the north pacific in > 1892. I am told that Kipling met my grandfather and learned this story > while visiting a relative also called Rudyard Kipling (although he was > known as Kip) on a visit to Victoria BC (possibly in 1899 or so). Do > you have any sources from which I might be able to determine the > relationship between Kip and Rudyard? > > Thanks > Graeme Balcom > >