Thirty Five Years in the Punjab 1858-1893
By: Elsmie, G. R
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BookPublisher: Lahore: Sang-e-Meel Publications; 2001Description: 386 p.ISBN: 9693512731 (hardcover); 9789693512731 (hardcover).Subject(s): History PunjabDDC classification: 954.914 Elsmie 27239 1st 2001 History Summary: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...and Bellew4 very comfortable in one camp, which is arranged in proper military order, that is to say, instead of being pitched anyhow d la Commissioner fashion, they are arranged in proper order with the Envoy's flagstaff opposite my shamiana! Then the hundred mules, which form our chief baggage support, are picketed in two lines behind, and the escort on 1 A small sanatorium for troops on the range of hills between the Kohat Pass and the Indus. 3 Now General Sir Thomas Gordon, K.C.B., etc. 3 Now General Sir Edward Chapman, K.C.B. 4 The late Dr. H. W. Bellew, C.S.I. one side with the guard over the treasure. The kitchen department was rather weak, not to say awful, till Munirudin1 arrived, and then the change was instantaneous and complete. You know, of old, M.'s powers, and I have only to say that he is now distinguishing himself in his usual brilliant manner: the more apparently difficult the situation only calling forth from him additional vigour, so that Bellew is lost in admiration, and declares he never ate such dinners on any expedition. We were right royally entertained by the Maharaja,2 and he and I met frequently, and vowed eternal friendship, and our parting was as that of lovers! We are now within a march or two of Leh, having come along at a good pace, making twenty-one regular marches in fifteen, without giving a sore back to our mules or suffering any inconvenience. I, being an old stager, fare somewhat better personally than my companions, for whereas they are greasing and oiling their noses and lamenting the likeness of their cheeks to raw beefsteak, I have preserved the pristine beauty of my proboscis by completely shading my face from the sun. We shall halt a week at Leh, and then begins the hard work to cross the Kara...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...and Bellew4 very comfortable in one camp, which is arranged in proper military order, that is to say, instead of being pitched anyhow d la Commissioner fashion, they are arranged in proper order with the Envoy's flagstaff opposite my shamiana! Then the hundred mules, which form our chief baggage support, are picketed in two lines behind, and the escort on 1 A small sanatorium for troops on the range of hills between the Kohat Pass and the Indus. 3 Now General Sir Thomas Gordon, K.C.B., etc. 3 Now General Sir Edward Chapman, K.C.B. 4 The late Dr. H. W. Bellew, C.S.I. one side with the guard over the treasure. The kitchen department was rather weak, not to say awful, till Munirudin1 arrived, and then the change was instantaneous and complete. You know, of old, M.'s powers, and I have only to say that he is now distinguishing himself in his usual brilliant manner: the more apparently difficult the situation only calling forth from him additional vigour, so that Bellew is lost in admiration, and declares he never ate such dinners on any expedition. We were right royally entertained by the Maharaja,2 and he and I met frequently, and vowed eternal friendship, and our parting was as that of lovers! We are now within a march or two of Leh, having come along at a good pace, making twenty-one regular marches in fifteen, without giving a sore back to our mules or suffering any inconvenience. I, being an old stager, fare somewhat better personally than my companions, for whereas they are greasing and oiling their noses and lamenting the likeness of their cheeks to raw beefsteak, I have preserved the pristine beauty of my proboscis by completely shading my face from the sun. We shall halt a week at Leh, and then begins the hard work to cross the Kara...
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