_1875-1880. MADRAS PRESIDENCY_
Return to Madras--Death of Lord Hobart--Lord Pigot’s tomb and
story--Interregnum--Duke of Buckingham--H.R.H. the Prince of Wales--
Commanders-in-Chief--Famine--A relief camp--Ootacamund--Fever among
British troops--Thebaw--Affghanistan--Sir N. Chamberlain as Envoy--
Young soldiers _versus_ old--Suggested scheme--Medical system--
Inspection tours--New barracks--Calicut--Cannanore--Maliaporam--
Bangalore--Bellary--Secunderabad--“Confidential” reports--Indication
of illness--“New brooms”--Official demeanour--In the hills--Pleasant
recollections--Back at Portsmouth--Finale.
We embark on the _Mecca_. A week passes; we land at Madras, bearing
with us pleasant recollections of friendly hospitality received during
our now bygone “Trip to Burmah.”[335]
The death of Lord Hobart,[336] Governor of the Presidency, was an
event regretted by those of us who had come to know his amiable though
retiring character, and much sympathy was expressed towards the widowed
Lady Hobart on her bereavement. The remains of the deceased were
carried to the tomb with all the pomp and ceremony due to the high
office he had occupied, and estimation in which he was generally held,
the coffin committed to the tomb in St. Mary’s Church, Fort St. George.
While clearing out a place for the purpose, the workmen came upon the
coffin of Lord Pigot, whose death took place in 1776, and whose place
of burial, if not intentionally concealed, had long since ceased to be
remembered. The story of his death was thus resuscitated, and reference
made to history relating how the Council deposed him, how he was
arrested by the Commander-in-Chief, placed in confinement, and there
forcibly kept during eight months, at the end of which he died. No
wonder that this audacious proceeding on the part of the chief actors
in the drama produced astonishment and indignation at home.
An interregnum followed, during which the senior member of
Council[337] became head of the Government, the headquarters of which,
together with those of the Commander-in-Chief, were shortly thereafter
transferred to Ootacamund, where they remained until the following
“cold” season, as it is called in Madras.
In the latter part of the year arrived His Grace the Duke of Buckingham
and Chandos, appointed Governor. On the occasion of his landing,
together with his daughters, the three Ladies Grenville, there was an
immense gathering at the pier to receive the distinguished party. The
assemblage comprised His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, staff,
high military officers, and heads of departments, a guard of honour,
Government and municipal officers, representatives of the native
princes and nobility, and, in addition, a large concourse of the
community.[338]
The arrival of the Prince of Wales was an important event in the
history of Madras. During the stay of His Royal Highness at the
provincial capital, the best endeavours of all classes, official and
non-official, natives and British, were directed to manifest duty and
loyalty to the Heir Apparent. In addition to official entertainments
and receptions given by Governor and Commander-in-Chief, the civil
society, native princes and community, did all they could to do honour
to him and to themselves on the occasion.
The next events of importance in reference to official affairs in
Madras comprised a change in the head of the Army, Sir Frederick Haines
being moved to Simla, and succeeded by Sir Neville Chamberlain. The
departure of the former was much regretted by all classes, military,
civil, and non-official; all honour and welcome were given to the
latter, whose great military reputation and high character were known
to and acknowledged by all.
In 1877 the Madras Presidency, as well as other parts of India,
was visited by famine, large numbers of natives falling victims,
notwithstanding the exertions by the Governor and officers acting under
the orders of His Grace to combat the misfortune. Private associations
and individuals added their endeavours to those by Government;
missionary bodies provided for large numbers of orphans and other
victims, with the result that many “converts” were added to their
lists. The necessity for extended and improved systems of irrigation
being shown, steps were taken in both directions. While not a few of
the ancient methods had been abandoned, the modern substitutes were,
in some instances, far from effectual for their purpose. Now also an
important financial measure was adopted: a special fund against famine
was established, the equivalent of eight million pounds sterling set
aside for that purpose, and if some time thereafter that fund was
otherwise absorbed, its original devisers and founders had passed from
office before the change in question took place.
In obedience to orders, I visited a camp situated a few miles from the
city of Madras for the reception and care of sufferers from the famine,
the object being the somewhat technical one of making a report on the
phenomena of starvation. In tents provided for their accommodation
lay prostrated men, women, and children in all stages of absolute
starvation. Carts were bringing in from the surrounding districts
persons who, while proceeding along the highways in search of food
and other aid, had fallen exhausted, and so lay on the roadsides.
Altogether, the sights presented were very sad.
There being a prospect that Ootacamund would shortly become the
permanent seat of the Presidency Government, His Grace the Governor
appointed a Committee,[339] of which I was senior member, to inquire
into and report upon the general condition of that place. The subject
was carefully gone into, the respects pointed out in which improvements
were suggested, the nature of those improvements given in detail.
In due time our report (written by me) was officially submitted; it
passed through the usual official channels, and, having done so, was
_not_ acted upon. Years have passed away since then; the public prints
record that evils have occurred at this beautiful locality which, it is
safe to believe, would have been averted had our recommendations been
carried out; those evils, moreover, definitely predicted in that report.
Another subject on which it fell to my lot to submit a report, related
to the prevalence of fevers among our troops: a duty which caused
myself much unpleasantness, inasmuch that practical experience was
brought into somewhat violent collision with pure theory. All that
need be noticed in this place is that, according to what is called the
“scientific” school, the actual cause of those affections is _dirt_,
and apparently _dirt_ alone. According to the practical school, the
_causes_ are various, including the youth of the men, translation to
an alien climate and alien conditions, exposure, indiscretions, etc.
In accordance with the views first-named, numerous works to which the
term “sanitary” was applied were undertaken at a cost to the Indian
Government of many thousands, nay millions, of rupees. According to
the second, many of those expensive improvements have been without
their intended result, nor have they in any degree touched the root and
origin of the evil, comprised in the general conditions just named.
The king of Burmah having died, the legal heir Thebaw was duly
acknowledged his successor. No sooner had he attained to power than
acts of maladministration and of atrocity drew upon him extreme
displeasure of the Indian Government. Milder measures having proved
ineffectual, a military force was sent to his capital, with the
result that in due time it was captured, he himself deposed, and
brought to India as prisoner of State. For a considerable time before
that expedition was dispatched, preparatory arrangements for such
a contingency had been as far as practicable matured--those of the
department under my own supervision included.
Relations between the Government of India and the Ameer of Affghanistan
had been in a more or less strained condition since 1873, when “after
the return of Noor Mahomed Shah from Simla, the Ameer’s language was
very unsatisfactory” to Lord Northbrook. “A sum of £100,000 placed to
the Ameer’s credit at Peshawur by the British Government was allowed to
remain there, and never drawn.”[340] During the early months of 1878
the general state of those relations was much discussed in military
society and in civil, two different views being expressed regarding it:
the one by officers and others of long Indian experience and practical
acquaintance with frontier matters; the other, chiefly by those of
shorter Indian experience, and less practical acquaintance on the
border.
Later in that year, our much-esteemed Commander-in-Chief, Sir Neville
Chamberlain, was ordered by Lord Lytton to proceed as Envoy to Sheer
Ali, the Ameer. He did so, and now the Madras command fell during his
absence to General Elmhirst, formerly of the 9th Foot, a good officer
and amiable man. After much ineffectual negotiation by Sir Neville
Chamberlain, in the hope of averting armed intervention, Lord Lytton
declared war against the Ameer. Forces were meanwhile being gathered
for the purpose of the campaign, the 67th Regiment with some other
troops being sent from the Madras Presidency. Their equipment and the
general arrangements for active service had to be provided under orders
of the responsible officers concerned, of whom I was one. In due time,
Sir Neville was received with welcome back from the important, but
unhappily futile, mission upon which he had been sent.
While the general subject of young soldiers _versus_ old was
occupying the War Office authorities, the opinions held regarding
it from personal experience of certain senior officers were called
for, mine among them. To a number of definite questions, definite
answers were submitted by us individually; but the tone of all was
identical,--namely, that for the purpose of field service in India men
of mature growth, and who had already been some years in the country,
were most capable of withstanding the wear and tear incidental to war.
Sufficient grounds for that opinion are casually stated in reference to
incidents relating to the Mutiny campaign, and to the Siege of Paris.
In connection with the same subject, the question arose whether or not
advantage might accrue from the introduction of a double system of
recruiting; namely, short service for home, long service for India.
Some of us elaborated a series of calculations, the outcome of which
was that on the score of expense, including pensions, the latter scheme
would be more economical than the system, then as still in operation,
involving as it does the constant influx and efflux of men to and from
India, the maintenance of expensive systems of transport, hill stations
and sanatoria. This, however, is but one among several points relating
to the important question now touched upon.
The process of “divorcing” medical officers from regiments had
become general, notwithstanding representations and protests from
men of long experience. In the early part of the nineteenth century,
the defects incidental to “general” hospitals and methods relating
thereto having declared themselves in the Peninsular campaign, what
was called the regimental system was introduced in addition to, and
partial supersession of that method, the better to meet the requirement
professionally of the several classes pertaining to regiments. With the
abolition of that system a retrograde step is taken, to the serious
disadvantage of the soldier and all other persons concerned. No
sufficient reason exists why the double system, staff and regimental,
should not continue as before, and so fulfil alike the purposes of war
and of peace.
Inspection duty to military stations within the command occupied the
greater part of each “cold” season. In the performance of this somewhat
invidious function, the agreeable far outbalanced the unpleasant,
hospitality and every consideration by the officers with whom I came in
contact going far to make each such tour a pleasure trip.
Barracks, hospitals, and other buildings for accommodation or other
use by soldiers had recently been erected in accordance with plans
and instructions formulated by the Sanitary Commission in Calcutta,
of which I was a member, as already mentioned. In the majority of
instances they had been in use by the troops during six to eight years;
but so far, liability to endemic illness of their occupants showed no
decrease statistically from what had occurred among occupants of “the
old style” of barracks. With regard to several other matters connected
with them, evidence was apparent that anticipations by that Commission
had yet to be realized.
Beyond the objects of routine duty there was much of interest connected
with the majority of places visited. On the west coast the history of
what are now civil or military stations carries us back to a period
when Tadmor in the wilderness, the ancient Palmyra, was a depôt for
merchandise and goods imported in the days of Solomon from this
part of India. It was off Calicut, at which there is now stationed
a small force of British troops, that in May, 1498, Vasco da Gama
came to anchor after a voyage of eleven months from Lisbon. In 1509,
Albuquerque having failed in one attack upon that place proceeded
to Goa, which he captured, and has ever since that time remained in
Portuguese possession.
Cannanore, situated further up along the Malabar coast, is also a place
of great antiquity, though now of small importance. From the days of
Pliny, and long before then, the inhabitants of the whole district so
named were known to be sea robbers and wreckers. At the present day,
however, the descendants of those early pirates may be seen quietly at
study, and learning useful handicrafts in the establishments belonging
to the Basel Mission, which are in a very flourishing condition, if we
can form an opinion on the subject from a cursory visit to them.
An isolated military post is Maliapuram, situated in a district mostly
covered with dense jungle, at the distance of a night’s journey from
Calicut. The result to me of the trip there and back through malarious
forests was an attack of illness, recovery from which was due to the
hospitable attentions received from Mr. and Mrs. Wigram. The object of
the little garrison alluded to is to preserve peace among the Moplas, a
manly, lawless race, whose descent is believed to be from Arab sailors
who, in ancient times, formed connections with native (Tier) women.
They are noted for their zeal as Mahomedans, for the rapidity with
which “risings” take place among them, and the bloodshed incidental to
those occasions.
Bangalore has been already mentioned in these notes. The large
cantonment for British troops, in respect to completeness of
arrangements, is unsurpassed in India. In near proximity to it is the
residence of the representative of Government at the Court of Mysore.
From this place the routine usually is to proceed to Bellary, situated
in the centre of the Indian Peninsula. Smaller than Bangalore, yet
of considerable importance, it is the military centre of the Berar
district, assigned in 1853 to the Government of India represented by
Lord Dalhousie on account of certain subsidies then in arrear on the
part of the Nizam.
Secunderabad, perhaps the largest military station in India, is
situated at a distance of nine to twelve miles from Hyderabad. That
important native city was visited after duty had been gone through,
the visit performed on elephants, a guard of sowars furnished for our
safe conduct; nor was the precaution unnecessary, if an opinion could
be gathered from the expression of men’s countenances as we proceeded
along the narrow winding streets. Our excursion was varied by a short
trip by steam launch on the Meer Alum tank, and afterwards by a short
visit to the mosques at Golconda.
An unpleasant duty connected with my position, but one which
fortunately had only at rare intervals to be performed, was that of
reporting otherwise than favourably on officers within my sphere
of superintendence. Such occasions only arose at the periodical
inspections, and then the method I adopted was to read to the officer
concerned the portion of the usual official report relating to the
particular point commented upon, requesting him at the same time to
furnish his explanation regarding it, so that the explanatory document
should be transmitted together with the adverse comment. Otherwise,
as it seemed to me, an injury would be inflicted without the officer
concerned being aware of the grounds or extent of it, and without an
opportunity being afforded him to defend himself. In fact, the whole
system of “confidential” reports is open to very grave objection, as by
their very nature they more or less “strike a man in the dark.”
In some instances, fortunately of rare occurrence, it was found that
an officer, previously known to be zealous, painstaking, and otherwise
efficient, suddenly displayed impatience of administrative control, and
in other respects brought himself unpleasantly before the authorities.
In the course of experience I came to know various instances in
which the sudden change alluded to was in reality the premonitor of
illness; others in which it was the first indication of actual disease;
consequently I was at the outset prepared to look upon such a change
in one or other of these lights. This remark may apply to all classes
of officers, more especially in the tropics, and I believe that much
unnecessary disciplinary severity towards individuals under such
circumstances could be with advantage exchanged for more considerate
methods.
In my own branch of the general service, and in others, I had various
opportunities of seeing the results of so-called “sweeping” reforms by
“new brooms” and particular officers whose moving principle seemed to
be that whatever is, is wrong, and therefore must be abolished. Happily
for the personal comfort of all concerned, and for the benefit of the
service as a whole, the great majority of administrative officers have
learnt that reasons are forthcoming, if sought for, to account for
whatever may not be at first sight evident in reference to particular
modes of routine; therefore the officer of experience, as opposed to
the mere “reformer,” endeavours, in the first place, to ascertain the
nature of those conditions, and having done so, to introduce slowly and
gradually such changes as altered conditions may suggest.
There are certain other points relating to administration which I
may note. I had long ago become aware that in conducting duties,
the making of promises other than such as could there and then be
performed is a bad one; circumstances are apt to arise which render
it quite impossible to carry out those made in anticipation. In such
cases great disappointment and often chagrin to the officer concerned
was the result. Very bitterly as a young man had I felt rough and
cavalier action towards me by senior and official superiors. It was
accordingly my endeavour to avoid similar demeanour towards my juniors.
In communicating expressions of official dissatisfaction, it was an
object of my endeavour to avoid giving such an expression the tone of
personality.
During the greater part of the five years comprising my tour of service
in the Madras Presidency, my family occupied a house in Ooty, for by
that almost loving abbreviation was Ootacamund known. There my wife
and daughter remained continuously, their occupation and enjoyment
comprising horses, dogs, a farmyard, and garden. Thither in the hot
season I repaired, as one of the officials entitled to that great
privilege; and there, while carrying on departmental duties, I was able
to participate in the various occupations and enjoyments special to the
place. Among those were rides, drives, excursions, and picnics, visits
to various Government and other gardens and plantations, including tea
gardens; while to a lover of nature there was a never-failing source of
interest in the phases of plant and animal life as we rode or walked
along the various mountain faces by which the station was encircled.
Society was pervaded by a spirit of sociability and friendliness;
that tone given to it by its leaders, the Ladies Grenville and
Lady Chamberlain. Official duty was conducted in a spirit of kind
consideration between officials, at the same time that it was well and
honestly performed. It was, then, with great regret that my period drew
to a close; that having ended, my “relief” arrived. My five years in
the Madras Presidency were indeed “the green spot” in my somewhat long
period of service. In December, 1879, I embarked for England.
In the early days of January, 1880, we landed at Southampton, whence
we proceeded to Portsmouth, to which district I found myself again
appointed. It was now the dead of winter. The rapid change from the
heat of Madras to the bitter cold of this part of England caused severe
illness in the person of my dear wife--a circumstance which gave rise
to a fellow-feeling for the many soldiers’ wives and children who
undergo the same transition between extremes, but without sufficient
provision in clothing and other requisites to enable them to withstand
its effects. The routine of duty was much the same as it had been
some ten years previous; the one respect in which a change was
visible referred to my own special department, into which alterations
introduced seemed to tend neither to the well-being of the soldier nor
comfort of the officer.
My period of service drew to a close under the terms of a recently
issued Royal warrant. Arrangements were made accordingly for handing
over to a successor duties the performance of which had become in a
manner second nature to me, so much so that their cessation was looked
forward to as a blank in prospect. In the early days of April the Army
Estimates for the current year were published. In accordance with them
I was one of six to whom was authorized the reward for “Distinguished
Military Services.” On May 25, as the clock struck the hour of noon,
I resigned my seat to the officer ordered to relieve me. In the
succeeding _Gazette_ the notification appeared that I was placed on
retired pay. My active career was ended.
[P.S.--In the Jubilee _Gazette_, 1897, the distinction of K.C.B.
was conferred upon me. On August 11 following, at Osborne, Her Most
Gracious Majesty was pleased to invest me with the Insignia of the
Order. On December 2 I had the additional honour of receiving the
Jubilee medal, transmitted by command of the Queen, to be worn in
commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of Her Majesty’s Reign.]
THE END.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] Sir James McGrigor, Bart., Director-General.
[2] The date of appointment as Assistant Surgeon, June 8, 1841. My
diplomas--L.R.C.S.E.; M.D. St. Andrews; both April, 1840.
[3] 7_s._ 6_d._
[4] The hammock space per man was 9 feet × 1½.
[5] Solution of chloride of zinc.
[6] Mr. Mechi.
[7] Captain Gurwood.
[8] 1815.
[9] Captain Astier, 62nd Regiment.
[10] March 28, 1842.
[11] _i.e._, drawn by means of ropes attached to their masts.
[12] 21st.
[13] Namely, 26th, 49th, and 55th.
[14] _i.e._, silk produced by the _Antherea paphia_, and allied species.
[15] Of the 50th and 62nd Regiments; more than 100 men were lost at
Seckreegullee, that being the place where the typhoon occurred.
[16] Colonel Wodehouse, Major Ryan, and Captain Tew.
[17] December 28 and 29, 1857.
[18] On the invitation of my friend, L. C. Stewart, 39th Regiment.
[19] Gates of Somnath--carried thence, A.D. 1024, by the conqueror,
Mahmood of Guznee.
[20] Akbar the Great, A.D. 1556-1605.
[21] Taj Mahal-Bibi ke Roza, or Crown Lady’s tomb, erected over the
remains of Mumtaz Mahal, the Pride of the Palace, wife of Shah Jehan.
She died in childbed of her eighth child, A.D. 1629, at Berhampore in
the Deccan, whence her body was carried and buried where the Taj now
stands.
[22] The story of these events is concisely given in Sewell’s
_Analytical History of India_, page 244.
[23] At the time commanded by Colonel Clunie.
[24] _Eudynemus Orientalis_.
[25] Poor L.E.L.! Further memories of her will recur hereafter.
[26] The words are so beautiful and pathetic that I transcribe them.
Float on, float on, my haunted bark,
Above the midnight tide;
Bear softly o’er the waters dark
The hopes that with thee glide.
Float on, float on, thy freight is flowers,
And every flower reveals
The dreaming of my lonely hours,
The hope my spirit feels.
Float on, float on, thy shining lamp,
The light of love is there;
If lost beneath the waters damp,
That love must then despair.
Float on, beneath the moonlight float,
The sacred billows o’er;
Ah! some kind spirit guards my boat,
For it has gained the shore.
[27] _Dewalee_--Festival to Lakshmi, goddess of wealth and fortune.
[28] Mrs. Tayler, mother of Lady Hope Grant, then a young girl in
England at school.
[29] 37th.
[30] Shere Singh, an unacknowledged son of Runjeet, “the Lion of the
Punjab.”
[31] Dyhan Singh, vizier of the above.
[32] The Ranee Jinda, mother of Dhuleep. She was now Regent.
[33] Subsequently Sikh commander at the battle of Ferozeshah, December
21, 1845.
[34] Belonging to Luckimchund, at one time a Government contractor.
[35] December 20, 1843.
[36] Sir Hugh Gough.
[37] Charley Grant Sahib, as he continued to be called many years
afterwards when as a General Officer he commanded a Division.
[38] Colonel Cureton now acted as Brigadier in command of the cavalry.
[39] 10th Bengal and 4th Irregular Cavalry.
[40] Afterwards General Sir John Mitchell, G.C.B.
[41] Namely, Dr. Walker of the Body Guard, Currie of 16th Lancers, and
myself.
[42] The strength of the opposing forces at the commencement of battle
was: _British_, 14,000, with 40 guns; _Mahrattas_, 18,000, including
3,000 cavalry and 100 guns. The _losses_ were: _British_, 106 killed,
648 wounded, 7 missing; total, 797. Seven officers were killed on the
field or died of wounds. The _Mahrattas_ sustained losses estimated at
3,000 to 4,000.
[43] In repulsing a body of French Lancers in pursuit of a party of
Scots Greys, for which, as marks of appreciation by the king, they were
made Lancers and granted scarlet uniform.
[44] Many years thereafter I became acquainted with Colonel Bray,
who obtained his commission “without purchase” in acknowledgment of
services rendered by his father and brother.
[45] _Jains._ The origin of the sect of Buddhists so called dates from
sixth or seventh century A.D., its decay in the twelfth or thirteenth.
[46] The “Gwalior Contingent” so established joined the mutineers in
1857, and took prominent part in the investment of Cawnpore.
[47] Under Lord Lake, September 3, 1803.
[48] The festival takes place on the first day of the (Hindoo) month
Baishakh, that is, commencement of the Solar year (March-April) and
anniversary of the day on which the river Ganges first appeared on
earth. Every twelfth year the planet Jupiter being in Aquarius, a feast
of peculiar sanctity occurs; the great bathing day, or Maha Mela,
coinciding with the new moon.
[49] April 11.
[50] Prepared from the roots of _Andropogon_.
[51] October 16, 1844.
[52] Or rather, fell into his hands as a result of his victory at Buxar.
[53] That each act in this life bears its fruit in the next.
[54] The attainment of a sinless state of existence.
[55] Died 1805.
[56] During the early wars by the East India Company the troops
employed by it comprised men of various European nationalities, besides
natives of the United Kingdom.
[57] The officer alluded to, familiarly known as “Paddy” Graves,
parodied a well-known soldiers’ song of Peninsular days after this
manner:--
“The Sixty-second Springers all--are
Going to march unto Umballah--r;
And the Buffs, that gallant band--are
Going to their native land--are.
Love, farewell.”
[58] In subsequent years large numbers of them were converted to
Christianity; colonies established by them in Cachar and Assam.
[59] In 1757 a stately range of two-storied barracks for “European”
troops were erected at a cost of £302,278, the rupee then worth 2_s._
In 1834 they were abandoned on account of high rates of sickness and
mortality among their occupants; average admission rate of 13 years
per 1,000 strength, admissions 2,196, deaths 82. Of certain endemic
diseases treated the rates of deaths to admissions were:--fever, 1 in
21; dysentery, 1 in 10; hepatitis, 1 in 9.
[60] Then sixteen years of age. His grandfather, Jaffer Ali, Wuzzeer
of Suraj ood Dowlah, Nawab of Bengal, a member of the Imperial family
of Delhi, whom Lord Clive defeated at Plassee in 1757. It is related
that on that occasion Jaffer Ali bribed a number of Suraj ood Dowlah’s
troops; with them he deserted his chief and went over to the English
side. Subsequently the Nawab was assassinated, and Jaffer Ali raised
to a position he had no right to claim. Thenceforward the Nawab of
Moorshedabad was an “ally” of the British Government.
[61] Plassee. From Palasa, “dâk tree,” or _Butea frondosa_.
[62] Kulnah is 164 miles from the Sandheads.
[63] Now, after an interval of fifty-two years, I still am proud to
call him friend. Alas! since the above was written he has passed away.
[64] January 19, 1845.
[65] On April 29, 1845.
[66] It is related that in A.D. 455 a battle took place near this spot
between the Saxons under Hengist and Horsa, and the Britons under
Vertimer, the latter being victorious; that among the killed were
Horsa, the Saxon, and Catigern, the brother of Vertimer. One account
relates that the cromlech alluded to is that of Catigern, Horsa having
been killed at Horsted near Rochester.
[67] Lieutenant Graham.
[68] July 15--under command of Sir Hyde Parker.
[69] Statistical Reports by Major Tulloch.
[70] Regimental pay, 7_s._ 6_d._ per day; mess and band subscriptions
deducted from it.
[71] July 10, 1846, Staff-Surgeon, 2nd class.
[72] Dating back to A.D. 1572, when, under Elizabeth, the regiment
was formed out of the Trained Bands of London, its uniforms of Buff
leather, whence its name, now a proud title.
[73] Now, alas! while these notes are being transcribed, only one
remains; namely, General Sir Frederick Francis Maude, G.C.B. Only
lately did my other great friend, Deputy Surgeon-General Bostock, C.B.,
Q.H.S., die. While the notes are under revision, Maude has passed away.
[74] When the first Europeans trading between Benin and Palmas asked
where the gold and produce offered them for sale came from, the natives
answered, “From Jenné” (on the Niger, near Timbuctoo). Her name was
thus given to the Gulf of Guinea, and, indirectly, to the English coin,
the guinea. (_Timbuctoo the Mysterious_, by Felix Dubois, p. 172.)
[75] Mr. Barnes, with whom I was acquainted in 1847, had been with that
force in 1826.
[76] From the Portuguese _Fetisso_, a spell, or charm.
[77] From August 1, 1838, slaves became free.
[78] Thespesia, acacias, including the sensitive plant, abrus,
convolvuli, palms, wild figs, tamarind, etc.
[79] Of the Wesleyans.
[80] Some account of L. E. L. is given in my separate book, _Life on
the Gold Coast_. I consider that the cause of her death was disease of
the heart, with which she was known to have been affected several years.
[81] Still called “Napoleon.”
[82] Under the title of _Contributions to Ornithology_.
[83] Commander, afterwards Sir W. Winniett, R.N. He died on the Coast.
[84] Captain Losack.
[85] Lieutenant Bingham. He lost his health during the expedition, and
shortly thereafter died in England.
[86] C. Swaine.
[87] The brig _Governor Maclean_.
[88] Messrs. Brodie Cruickshank and Frank Swanzy.
[89] Quako Acko by name.
[90] Slave-ships captured by British men-of-war were taken to Sierra
Leone, their cargoes there transferred to the establishment so-named.
[91] On June 22, 1848.
[92] _Coccoloba uvifera_.
[93] _Sorghum vulgare_.
[94] With my friend J. A. Bostock.
[95] General Sir Henry King, K.C.B.
[96] December 22, 1848.
[97] January 13, 1849.
[98] February 21.
[99] Out of 570 officers and men who went into action at Albuhera,
the commanding officer, 22 other officers, and more than 200 men were
placed _hors de combat_. The “dead were found lying as they fought in
ranks; every wound was in front.”
[100] Davenish.
[101] Dedicated to St. Molash, who died A.D. 563.
[102] The manufacture of Beleek ware was then a thing of the future.
[103] See _Illustrated London News_, October 12, 1849.
[104] The ceremony solemnized by the Rev. J. A. Grant, of Nairn.
[105] Major and Mrs. Shadforth.
[106] Another statement is that his birth took place in Upper Merrion
Street, Dublin; his baptism in St. Peter’s Church.
[107] That was in 1850.
[108] Parliament, June, 1845.
[109] August 31, 1850.
[110] _London Gazette_, August 12, 1850.
[111] Born on April 12, 1851.
[112] Killed at Inkerman.
[113] _London Gazette_, May 23, 1851.
[114] 41° S.
[115] On the twenty-second day of our river journey.
[116] Afterwards Sir Hector.
[117] “Cawnpore devils.”
[118] Jehangir, A.D. 1605-1627.
[119] January 28, 1846.
[120] February 10, 1846. Punjab annexed, by Proclamation, March 29,
1849.
[121] February 20, 1849.
[122] Chenab-Acesines.
[123] Composed of roots of the scented grass _Andropogon muricatum_.
[124] Jacob.
[125] The young man may be indicated by his initials, J. C. G.
[126] In a soldier of the 14th Hussars at Meerut.
[127] Dr. Henderson.
[128] Eugenie de Montijo, Comtess de Téba.
[129] Indicating bite by Bungarus (Krite).
[130] These lectures were given respectively by the Chaplain (Rev. Cave
Browne), Engineer Officer (Captain Davidson), and myself.
[131] The Honourable Thomas Ashburnham.
[132] Sir Charles Napier.
[133] Published in 1897. Vol. ii., p. 418.
[134] Mr. Sapte, long since passed away to the majority.
[135] The Hydaspes of the ancients.
[136] On September 1, 1853.
[137] Telegraphic communication did not then exist.
[138] Peshora Singh was drowned in the Indus.
[139] Mr. Thornton.
[140] Captain, afterwards General Sir William Payne, K.C.B.
[141] Lithotomy.
[142] On November 15, 1853; arrived on 23rd.
[143] A.D. 1605-1627.
[144] Sir James Tennant, K.C.B.
[145] Called by the natives “Bijlee ke dâk,” or “Lightning Mail.”
[146] Baptized on April 24, 1854.
[147] By orders dated Horse Guards, October 7, 1854.
[148] November 5, 1854.
[149] Namely, 22nd, 96th, and 98th Regiments, 10th Hussars, and 12th
Lancers.
[150] Bhaugulpore Hill Rangers.
[151] Together with 8th and 40th N.I., mutinied at Dinapore in 1857.
[152] _Delhi Gazette._
[153] Colonel Blachford, 24th Regiment.
[154] Of 8_s._ per day.
[155] A son born on March 14, 1857.
[156] The _Palmyra_.
[157] _Entomology_, Kirby and Spence.
[158] The 43rd Light Infantry.
[159] Hosea xiii. 16.
[160] Buckra-eed. In commemoration of the sacrifice by Abraham,
according to the Koran, of Ishmael, child of his bondswoman.
[161] Names of these and other victims to be mentioned are in my
possession.
[162] Five officers died in one day.
[163] A detachment of 5th Fusiliers.
[164] August 18.
[165] Lloyd.
[166] Out of fifteen officers, twelve were killed or wounded.
[167] Mohurrum. The first ten days of the Mahomedan New Year are
dedicated to the festival so called.
[168] 8th.
[169] 21st and 27th.
[170] At Meean Meer the ball by the 81st Regiment took place on May 12.
[171] July 30.
[172] _Phœnix_, September 28, 1857.
[173] Of September 3, 1857.
[174] Native swords.
[175] _Calcutta Englishman_, October 15, 1857.
[176] At Manduri, ten miles from that station.
[177] On September 21, 1857.
[178] On September 25, 1857.
[179] From Deoghur.
[180] Forty years thereafter,--namely, in 1897,--Lord Roberts, bearing
in mind the events of 1857, writes:--In reply to the question, “Is
there any chance of a mutiny occurring again?” With reference to that
question he, remarks after this manner: “I would say that the best way
of guarding against such a calamity is--By never allowing the present
proportion of British to native soldiers to be diminished or the
discipline and efficiency of the native army to become slack.
“By taking care that men are selected for the higher civil and military
posts whose self-reliance, activity, and resolution are not impaired by
age, and who possess a knowledge of the country and the habits of the
peoples.
“By recognising and guarding against the dogmatism of theorists and the
dangers of centralization.
“By rendering our administration on the one hand firm and strong, on
the other hand tolerant and sympathetic; and last, but not least, by
doing all in our power to gain the confidence of the various races, and
by convincing them that we have not only the determination, but the
ability to maintain our supremacy in India against all assailants.
“If these cardinal points are never lost sight of, there is, I believe,
little chance of any fresh outbreak disturbing the stability of our
rule in India, or neutralizing our efforts to render that country
prosperous, contented, and thoroughly loyal to the British Crown.”
(Vol. I., p. 449.)
[181] Of November 5, 1857.
[182] Our force consisted of the 10th, 20th, and 97th British
regiments; six battalions of Nepaulese troops, under the command of
General Pulwan Singh; two Field Batteries, and some thirty to forty
mounted men of the 10th. By virtue of seniority I assumed medical
charge.
[183] Under Captain Bartholomew.
[184] For his gallantry in the attack mentioned he was awarded the
Victoria Cross.
[185] The Moulvie of Fyzabad, known by the name of Ahmed Alee Shah
(also called Ahmed Oola Shah), was a native of Arcot, in the Madras
Presidency. He was said to understand English and to have been a man of
acumen and boldness. He was ultimately killed at Powayne.
[186] Mrs. Orr and Miss Jackson.
[187] Sir Hope Grant, K.C.B.
[188] It comprised 10th, 34th, and 84th Regiments, 1,700 Sikh cavalry,
a portion of military train as cavalry, and three batteries of
artillery. I was principal medical officer, also in charge of the
Staff, in addition to my regimental duties.
[189] William Fenwick, than whom a more upright man could not be named.
[190] Of that wound Koer Singh soon thereafter died. The command of his
forces then fell to Umeer Singh.
[191] Here we received Government General Orders relating to the late
Jounpore Field Force, my name in the list of those “mentioned.”
[192] Captured by myself and duly handed over.
[193] Comprising 10th Foot, Military Train Madras Artillery, Madras
Rifles.
[194] An honourable man, considerate and straightforward in official
as in private relations, he had effected much during the time he held
command to restore to their normal state things already alluded to.
[195] Government General Orders, dated Allahabad, June 16, 1858.
[196] Namely, Juggernath Singh, Rajah of Powayne, a man who, in the
early days of the mutiny, had acted in a very unfeeling manner towards
such fugitives as fell into his hands.
[197] Of October 1, 1858.
[198] _Friend of India_, December 2, 1858.
[199] Afterwards noticed in Chambers’ _History of the Revolt_, page 607.
[200] _Naval and Military Gazette_, January 8, 1859.
[201] Colossians iii. 15: “And let the peace of God rule in your
hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye
thankful.”
[202] Root of _Orchis mascula_.
[203] July 24.
[204] The 10th Regiment was composed of the following, according to
religious denomination; namely, Episcopalians, 29 officers and 236 men;
Presbyterians, 8 and 28; Roman Catholics, 5 and 301. It may be taken as
an example of an “English” regiment.
[205] Of their number a few enlisted into the 10th, and soon
attempted to disseminate their particular doctrines. But Barrack-room
Courts-Martial and sharp punishments--by means of belts--quickly
convinced them that they were--so much matter in the wrong place.
[206] 5th and 6th Madras.
[207] _London Gazette_, May 14, 1859.
[208] Mr. (afterwards Sir Albert) Woods.
[209] I was the first regimental surgeon invested by Her Majesty with
the Cross of the Bath.
[210] March 14.
[211] Namely, that of Surgeon-Major.
[212] January 4, 1812.
[213] Exodus ii. 5, 6; see also Josephus.
[214] The _Alma_.
[215] Lat. 1° N.
[216] In 1841 the island of Hong-Kong, considered by the Chinese as
“only a barren rock,” was ceded to the British. Within the short period
of nineteen years, the surprising transformation above indicated took
place.
[217] The date of my rank as Deputy Inspector-General, May 11, 1860.
[218] Wingrove Cook.
[219] Captured by the British, February 25, 1842.
[220] In the early part of 1894 hundreds of these boats were destroyed
by fire.
[221] _Phoong quei_, or wind-box.
[222] In 1841, a brother of Mr. Bowlby was appointed to the Army
Medical Department, and ordered to the West Indies. From the first,
he expressed a foreboding of death by yellow fever, an event which
happened shortly after his arrival there. Nor is his a singular
instance of the same kind; several have been met with in India.
[223] In the official position of P.M.O.
[224] Chiefly the Taipings.
[225] That is, the Treaty of Tientsin, dated 1858, was ratified, and,
together with a Convention of Peace, signed by Lord Elgin and Prince
Kung.
[226] Chiefly privet (_Ligusticum_) and lycium. Among the
representatives of British plants were the dock, dandelion, and
ivy-leaved veronica.
[227] On December 16.
[228] Dr. Galbraith.
[229] Messrs. Dent.
[230] _Copychus saularis._
[231] Colonel Muter.
[232] On February 9.
[233] Details are given in my book _China from a Medical Point of
View_, p. 437.
[234] _Zysiphus jujuba._
[235] _Holothuria._
[236] Mr. Blodgett.
[237] 9th. _Cypsilis affinis_.
[238] On March 22, 1861.
[239] Hienfung.
[240] Ezekiel xxvii. 23; xxix. 19.
[241] The same that now stands on the Thames Embankment.
[242] The _Trent_.
[243] At the former Hôtel de Lille et d’Albion, now Hôtel St. James.
[244] Something like its counterpart exists at Carrick-a-reed, near the
Giant’s Causeway, Ireland.
[245] Receiving a monthly allowance of 300 Rs.
[246] Named after Mahomed ibn Abd-el Wahab, born 1691; a puritanical
sect of Mahomedans.
[247] Subsequently destroyed by the _Kerseage_, off Cherbourg.
[248] Mr. Eddis, of Hazalabut.
[249] At the time of his death sixteen sons of Dost Mahomed (Mahomed
Akbar and Ghulam Hyder, the two heirs-designate in succession, died
before their father) were alive, of whom the following are named in
relation to the events above alluded to, namely: (1) Mahomed Afzul
Khan; (2) Mahomed Azim Khan: these by a wife not of Royal blood. (3)
Sheer Ali Khan; (4) Mahomed Amir Khan; (5) Mahomed Sharif Khan: these
by a favourite Popalzai wife. (6) Wali Mahomed Khan; (7) Faiz Mahomed
Khan: these by a third wife. Afzul Khan had a son Abdur Raman Khan, the
present Amir of Affghanistan, and Sheer Ali had five sons--Ali Khan,
Yakub Khan, Ibrahim Khan, Ayub Khan, and Abdul Jan.
[250] See _Forty-one Years in India_, by Lord Roberts, vol. ii., pp.
41-43.
[251] Referred to B.C. 1400--about.
[252] Chiefly of Sâl. _Vateria_, interspersed with Bauhinia.
[253] _Eudynemus._
[254] The Jain sect deny the divine origin and infallibility of the
Vedas. It dates from the sixth or seventh century A.D.; culminated in
the eleventh, and declined in the twelfth.
[255] See _India in Greece_, by Pocock.
[256] Under command of Sir Henry Tombs.
[257] My wife and Miss Dickson with me.
[258] So do some of the tribes in the Himalayahs. So did the ancient
Spartans.
[259] A severe epidemic of cholera among the British troops.
[260] The son of Mr. Davis became Governor of Hong-Kong, and author of
an extremely interesting history of China.
[261] St. Luke xviii. 16.
[262] George Dickson.
[263] B.C. 1400-1200.
[264] B.C. 286-247.
[265] Believed to have been brought from Babylon.
[266] Numbers xxxiii. 8; Exodus xv. 25. See also _The Bible and Modern
Discovery_, p. 89.
[267] _Antiquities of the Jews_, Book III. chap. i. sec. 2.
[268] Referred to the period of the XXVIth Dynasty, B.C. 666-528.
[269] Of England.
[270] Dr. Maunsell.
[271] _Journal of the Geological Society_, vol. x.
[272] The Army Medical Society.
[273] Leach, 46th Regiment; O’Leary, Royal Artillery.
[274] At Saarbruck.
[275] Of the 10th Infantry, corresponding to my old regiment.
[276] In reality 80,000 men prisoners, and 200 guns lost.
[277] The Resolution on the subject was proposed in the Corps
Legislatif by M. Jules Favre.
[278] According to Regulations at that time in force, conscripts and
volunteers for the line, having served therein seven years, or on
attaining the age of twenty-nine years, passed thence to the Garde
Mobile; over that age they pass into the Garde Nationale. A soldier of
the line engages in the first instance for the term of seven years; he
may at its expiration re-engage for other seven or fourteen years. At
the end of twenty-five years in the service he becomes entitled to a
pension equal in amount to _ninepence_ per day.
[279] Five milliards of Francs; equal to two hundred millions of pounds
sterling.
[280] Red Cross badge worn on the arm.
[281] Of the Mobiles billeted in the hotel where I resided, some
re-entered quietly smoking their pipes or cheroots. One of them
remarked that he had fired three shots against the enemy; but as his
companions bolted, he did not see the fun, as he expressed it, of
remaining to be killed.
[282] The object of the demonstration was to demand that municipal
elections should be immediately proceeded with.
[283] _La Cloche._
[284] Mr. Whitehurst, of the _Daily Telegraph_, and myself.
[285] The following form is that of letters permitted to be so
dispatched:--
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[286] The fact transpired that certain ambulances were established
rather for the advantage of their _fondateurs_ than the good of sick
and wounded. Others acted altogether independently, but had neither
_personnel_ nor _matériel_ to fit them for their professed purpose.
With such as were allied to military hospitals it was sufficiently easy
to deal and adjust; not so with the others alluded to.
[287] Composed of Sir Richard Wallace, Honourable Allan Herbert, Dr.
Shrimpton, Sir John Rose Cormack, and the Rev. S. Smyth.
[288] How strangely similar the circumstances alluded to to those of
Prussia in the early years of the 19th century! Then “Prussia had
made no provision for defeat. Her fortresses, though garrisoned, were
ill commanded and unprepared for serious resistance. Passion and
sentiment had dictated her war, in which prudence and foresight had
no part. Her territory was reduced to a fragment, her army to a mere
residue.”--_Quarterly Review_, October, 1893, page 425.
[289] See _Guerre de 1870-1871_, Paris. _Par_ Alfred Duquet.
[290] Muffs.
[291] The militia force so-called comprised the Garde Nationale
Sedentaire, and Mobiles, the first named having its own “organization,”
if such a term is applicable, the last being affiliated to the regular
army.
[292] It will be remembered that on the outbreak of mutiny among the
sepoys at Dinapore, it was contemplated to arm the “Amazones” of the
10th Regiment of Foot, and that men had every confidence in their
fighting qualities.
[293] Under the command of General Ducrot.
[294] I was with the Americans on this occasion.
[295] On 28th.
[296] On 30th.
[297] Namely, on the 27th.
[298] According to a tablet erected in the Madeleine: “Mort pour la Foi
et la Justice, en la Prison de la Roquette le XXIV Mai MDCCCLXXI.”
[299] _Le Journal Officiel_, November 5, 1870.
[300] The following is a transcript of the “ticket of authority” to
receive their daily allowance of meat granted by mairies to persons
authorized to remain within the walls, namely:--
ARRONDISSEMENT
NO. D’ORDRE
M..................
Nombre de personnes..................
Demeure..................
Nom de boucher..................
Demeure..................
Quantité de viande { Bœuf
{ Mouton
Jours de distribution..................
Heure de la distribution..................
TIMBRE DE LA MAIRIE.
[301] This episode was subsequently illustrated in one of the pictorial
scenes relating to the siege exhibited in London.
[302] December 1.
[303] On November 28 General d’Aurelle de Paladine, at the head of the
army of the Loire, while endeavouring to force his way from Orleans
to Fontainebleau, whence he hoped to advance to the rescue of Paris,
was attacked near Beaune la Rolande by the army under Prince Frederick
Charles, and defeated, with a reported loss to the French of 1,000
killed, 4,000 wounded, and 1,600 prisoners.
[304] The chief officers in command were Vinoy, Ducrot and De la
Roncière.
[305] Notwithstanding the free use of antiseptics and disinfectants of
many kinds.
[306] _Journal du Siége par un Bourgeois de Paris_, p. 573.
[307] Referring to confusedly expressed news received by pigeon, which
was interpreted to the effect that Faidherbe had repulsed the enemy
in the Pas de Calais; Chansy and Bourbaki were at Nevers “watching”
on either flank of the army of Prince Frederick Charles; at Nuits, “a
French general” had with 10,000 French beaten 25,000 Prussians.
[308] On January 18, 1871, at Versailles.
[309] The remark refers to those in the Jardin des Plantes and Jardin
d’Acclimation. The flesh of these animals was sold at exorbitant prices.
[310] On one occasion thirteen were so counted, bringing to the rear a
wounded comrade.
[311] The following places were those that chiefly suffered within
Paris, viz., The Luxembourg quarter, Boulevard St. Michel, Rues St.
Jacques, d’Enfer, Vaugirard, Hôpital Val de Grace, Théâtre Odéon,
Church of St. Sulpice, the Jardin des Plantes, Panthéon, Ministère de
Commerce, Invalides, Church of St. Germain, Rue Boissy d’Anglais.
[312] “The city of Paris is to pay a contribution of 200,000,000 francs
(equal to £8,000,000 sterling) within a fortnight. Public property is
not to be removed during the armistice. All German prisoners of war
shall immediately be exchanged against a proportionate number of French
prisoners; also captains of vessels and others, as well as civilian
prisoners on both sides.”
[313] At this very time the ordinary 3 per cent. Rentes stood at 51·20;
while the new loan for the indemnity stood at 52·40.
[314] Among other circumstances to which this want of confidence was
assigned, on various occasions I heard enumerated “The Confessional”
of the Romish Church, to which the great majority of the people
belong. The direct effect of that observance is said to be the
breaking of confidence between members of the same family, and so on
upwards throughout public, as in private life. In connection with
this allegations made by so many with whom I had communication, the
circumstance is significant that whenever and for whatever political
end a “Revolution” takes place in Paris, the class of persons who
are first and invariably attacked are the clergy of that particular
denomination.
[315] One of the first measures of the Government of M. Thiers, after
crushing the insurrection by the Communists, including the National
Guard, was to suppress the militia “force,” so called.
[316] Surgeon-General Sir J. H. Innes, C.B.
[317] The only one that remained.
[318] Date of gazette, February 21, 1871.
[319] The late Mr. Laurence Oliphant.
[320] The following rules were those alluded to: 1. Never write in a
hurry. 2. Be unswayed by personal feeling. 3. Judge charitably. 4.
Never act upon a one-sided statement; _audi alteram partem_. 5. Avoid
irritating expressions. 6. Obtain, if possible, “the last word.” 7. In
giving decision, take nothing for granted; have clear grounds for that
decision. 8. Confine remarks and recommendations to their proper sphere.
[321] The 5th Division, or that of Picton, as also the Duke of
Brunswick’s contingent, both left Brussels at 5 a.m. of the 16th.
Doubtless, therefore, the noises referred to were caused by the various
arms belonging to it. (Horsford’s _Waterloo_.)
[322] June 24, 1859.
[323] _Convention de Genève: Un Souvenir de Solferino._ Paris: Hachette
& Cie.
[324] Surgeon-General, April 1, 1874.
[325] My wife, daughter, and self.
[326] Mr. Oliphant.
[327] From Mr. John Ogilvie.
[328] These are given in detail in _Our Trip to Burmah_.
[329] There was a rumour that his head had been disinterred and carried
away, perhaps to be made use of after the manner of the Scythians.
[330] I by Dr. Lamprey of the 67th.
[331] General Sir F. Haines, Brigadier-Generals Howlett and Stewart,
and myself.
[332] Major Kingsley, 67th Regiment, kindly extended his hospitality to
me.
[333] By the hospitality of Major and Mrs. Lloyd.
[334] Demons.
[335] Under that title an account of it was published by Baillière,
Tindall & Cox, London.
[336] On April 27, 1875.
[337] Mr., afterwards Sir William Robinson, K.C.S.I.
[338] By the _London Gazette_ was announced my appointment as Honorary
Physician to the Queen, March 22, 1876.
[339] The other members were Mr. Macallum Webster, I.C.S., and
Surgeon-General Cornish, C.I.E.
[340] _Affghanistan_, by P. F. Walker, p. 62.
INDEX
A
Aberdeen, 105
Abimoosoo, 66
Abyssinia, 220, 222
Accra, 62
Aden, 163, 198, 222
Affghanistan, 90, 309
Africa, West Coast, 52, 53
Aggery, King, 62
Agra, 16, 22, 26, 113
Albuhera day, 75
Aldershot, 296
Alexandria, 161, 199
Alighur, 32
Aliwal, 50
Allahabad, 19, 35, 36, 37, 122
Ambulances, 241, 242
Ambulanciers, 241, 245
Ancestral worship, 190
Annesley, Captain, 131
Apollonia, 63, 64, 66
Arrah, 111, 114, 118, 138, 139, 143, 145, 148
_Arrow_ affair, 55
Assault, Case of, 89
Atrowlea, 134
Axim, 64, 65, 69
Azimghur, 118, 125, 136
---- Field Force, 135, 146
B
Balaghurree, 42
Bangalore, 216, 311
Bankers, Native, 119
Barbados, 71
_Baretto Junior_, 70
Bath, Order of the, 79, 157
Batta, 34
Beas, The, 102
Beggars, Chinese, 188
Beheea, 139
Benares, 37, 216
_Bentinck, Lord George_, 80
Berhampore, 14, 41, 109, 117
Beypore, 298
Bhaugulpore, 41, 109
Bhootan, 214
Bindrabund, 25
Bishop, R.C., of Pekin, 184
Bombay, 297
Boyne celebration, 76
Bray, father and son, 17, 29
“Brooms,” New, 312
Bronze Star, 43
Brown Bess, 22
Bruce, Hon. F., 181, 193
Buckingham, Duke of, 302, 308
Bulliah, 147
Buxar, 39, 81, 145
C
Cabul, 1, 10
Cairo, 161, 199, 224
Calcutta, 10, 43, 103, 108, 113, 152, 203, 219
Calicut, 311
_Cambridge_, Ship, 58
Camp of Exercise, 22, 32
Campbell, Sir C., 16, 87, 112, 121, 123
Canal, Ganges, 98
---- Suez, 205
Cannanore, 311
Canton, 168, 169
Cape Coast Castle, 53-69
---- Town, 7
Captives by Chinese, 171
Cavanagh, Lieut., 28, 164
Cawnpore, 15, 18, 82, 109, 116, 122, 123, 204
Chamberlain, Sir N., 307, 309
Chanda, 126
Chandernagore, 43
Chartists, 73
Chatham, 1, 2, 45, 46
Cheesewring, 158
Chefoo, 180, 192, 196
Chenab, 86
Chichester, 46, 47, 229
Children, Separation from, 208
Chilianwallah, 74
China, Emperor of, 195
---- expedition, 158, 160
---- indemnity, 194
Chinsurah, 10, 12, 13, 43, 81
Chitowrah, 140, 146
Chloroform, 28, 95, 184
Christmas, 1870, 270
Chumbul, 26
Chunar, 37
Chuprah, 119, 120, 124
Churchill, General, 28
Clarkson, Thomas, 53
“Clemency,” 120
Clifton, Mr., 228
Cobra bite, 20
Colonels, The French, 156, 158
Commission, Sanitary, 209, 218
Confidential Reports, 312
Coonoor, 215
Cornwallis, Lord, 39
Courage at sea, 45
Crimea, The, 97, 100, 101
_Crocodile_, H.M.S., 226
Czar, The, 101
D
Darjeeling, 206
Decorations, Sale of, 229
Delhi, 24, 112-118
---- King of, 150
Deobund, 82
Devonport, 153, 157, 200, 202
Dewalee Festival, 21
Deyrah Dhoon, 34
Dinapore, 39, 102, 110-114, 145, 151, 206
Disaffection, 205
Disaster, Arrah, 111
---- Cabul, 10
---- Jugdispore, 138, 143
Distilling water, 107
Donnybrook Fair, 18
Dost Mahomed, 100, 205
Douglas, Brigadier, 137, 138, 145
Dover, 293, 295
Dowraha, 129
Duelling, 75
Dublin, 78
Dunant, M. Henry, 293
Dunbar, Capt., 112
---- Dr., 217
E
Elgin, Lord, 164, 171, 172, 203, 209
Ellenborough, Lord, 17, 35, 50
Elmina, 56
_Emily_, Brig, 55
Encobra, River, 65
Enniskillen, 74, 77
_Euphrates_, H.M.S., 221, 226, 297
Evans, Sir de Lacy, 79
Execution parades, 18, 77, 122
Exercise, Camp of, 22
Exhibition, International, 80
Eyre, Major, 112, 118, 139
F
Famine, 307, 313
Fantees, The, 57
Fenwick, Col., 126, 131, 137, 141
Ferozeshah, 84
Fevers, Report on, 308
Flogging case, 53
“Flying column,” 185
Foot, Chinese, 185
Franco-Prussian War, 231
French troops in Tientsin, 86, 192, 194
Futtehpore, 122
Futtyghur, 125
G
Galle, 163, 198
Ganges, 14, 81, 108, 121
_Gazette Extraordinary_, 152
Ghazepore, 38, 138
Ghizeh, 224
Gibson, Mrs., 228
Gold Coast, 57-62
---- fever, 88
Goojerat, 86, 92
Goorkahs, 39, 148
Gordon, Capt. C. E., 189, 210
Gough, Sir Hugh, 5, 21
Graham, Capt., 130
Grant, Capt. C., 27
Grant, Sir Hope, 147, 172
---- Sir Patrick, 112
Gravesend, 3, 45, 72, 105
Grey, General, 30
Gros, Baron, 164
Guinea--_See_ Gold Coast
Gwalior, 17, 22, 25, 26, 30, 31
Gyah, 117
Gymnasium, 229
H
Haines, Sir F., 298, 307
Hardinge, Lord, 35, 49
Haslar, 49
Havelock, Lieut., 131
---- Sir Henry, 113, 116, 118, 123
Hazarabagh, 208, 215
Head, Sir Francis, 74
Himalayahs, 33
Hobart, Lord, 306
Honan, 169
Hong-Kong, 165-171, 198
Hope, Sir James, 175, 202
Hospital, Charitable, Tientsin, 184
---- Foundling, 182
---- Women’s, Devonport, 157
---- at Wuzzeerabad, 95
Hospitality, Regimental, 17
Hot season in Punjab, 87
Hummeerpore, 126
Hunting in China, 182
Hurdwar, 33
Hurricane, 80, 211, 221
I
Ibrahim Pasha, 51
Illness, My, 97, 102, 230
Indemnity, Chinese, 194
_Indian_, Ship, 2, 5
Indigo, 210
Inspection duties, 310
Inspections, Surprise, 77
Institute, Soldiers’, 91
Irawaddy, River, 299
J
Jagadree, 83
Jains, 31, 214
Jounpore Field Force, 120, 124
Jugdispore, 138-147
Jumna, The, 83
Jung Bahadur, 113, 118, 149
K
Kafilats, 152
Karens, 302, 303
Koer Singh, 111, 114, 125, 135-140, 145
Kullianpore, 82
Kurrunnassa, River, 81
Kyatzoo creek, 305
L
Ladies rescued, 132
Lahore, 99
Lamprey, Dr., 184
Lawrence, Sir Henry, 134
---- Sir John, 118, 120, 209, 220
L.E.L., 21, 60
Lives sacrificed, 115
_Lloyds_, Ship, 8
Locusts, 20, 208
Loodianah, 83
Lucknow, 113, 118, 120, 122, 127, 129, 130, 134
Lugard, Sir Edward, 143, 144, 145, 146
M
M----, Capt., Story of, 166, 202
Macarthy, Sir C., 57
Mackeson, Major, 93
Madras, 107, 215, 219, 297-313
Magrath, Capt., 31
Maharajpore, 26, 27, 42
_Malabar_, Wreck of the, 163
Maliaporam, 310
Malta, 161
March, The, in Africa, 65-69
---- England, 47
---- India, 18, 82, 103
---- Ireland, 74, 77, 78
_Marlborough_, Ship, 104
Marriage, My, 77
Masterly inactivity, 205, 211
Maun Singh, 119
Maynooth, 78
Medical officers, Army, 79, 132, 215, 296, 310
Meean Meer, 96, 98, 115
Meerut, 32, 82
Mendhee Hussun, 136
Mess hospitality, 9, 17, 40
Mills, Mrs., Story of, 117
Mitchell, Capt. (Sir John), 28, 195
Mohurrum, The, 113
_Monarch_, Ship, 44
Monghyr, 40, 110, 213
Monro of “The Blues,” 75
---- Sir Hector, 37, 39, 40
Moodkee, 50
Moolraj, 81
Moses’ Wells, 223
Mosque in Tientsin, 190
Moulvie, The, 132
Murder, Story of, 89
Murree, 93
Mutilation, 144
Mutiny of native regiment, 34
---- at sea, 9
---- Sepoy, 107-119
---- “White,” 155
Muttra, 25
N
Nagasaki, 197, 198
Nana, The, 120
Napier, Sir C., 17, 27
Napoleon III., 82, 89, 201
---- deposed, 234
Neil, General, 120
Nepaulese, The, 39
“Neptune,” 6
New Year, Chinese, 182
Nunnery, Buddhist, 189
O
Officer, Story of an, 204
Ootacamund, 215, 219, 308, 313
Opinion, English, 119
Opium dens, 102
_Oriental_, Ship, 298
Ornithology in Africa, 61
Oude, 16, 103, 113, 119, 120, 126
---- Family of, 149
---- King of, 108
Outram, Sir J., 112, 118, 125
P
Palkee dâk, 16
Papamow, 19
Paris, 206
---- Siege of, 232-288
---- Sieges of, 246
Alsacienne, Story of the, 242, 246
Ambulanciers, 243
Avron, Plateau d’, 271
Balloon post, 244, 246, 261
Bellemere, Gen., 252, 277
Belleville, 254, 267, 277, 279
Besieged, Conditions of, 274, 280
Bombardment, 272-278
Bougeval, 256
Boulogne, 257
Bourget, Le, 257, 269
Cantinières, 243, 257--_See_ Vivandières
Caserne Papinière, 270
Casualties, 273, 280
Champigny, 262-266
Charitable Fund (British), 250
Chatillon, 242-245
Claremont, Col., 233, 240
Commune, The, 258, 280, 283, 286, 290
Dangerous classes, 243--_See_ Commune
Defenders, 238, 252, 253
Disaffection, 274
Disturbances, 260, 267, 282
Drancy and Bourget, 269, 270
Ducrot, Gen., 278
Duel, 268
Emperor, German, Review by, 291
Eugénie, Empress, 235, 253
Federals, 252, 257
Francs Tireurs, 254, 257
Garde Mobile, 237, 239, 240, 245, 257
---- Nationale, 236, 238, 243, 253, 257, 258, 260, 284, 290, 292
Humiliation, Causes of, 284
Irishman in French Navy, 271
Légion d’Honneur, 290
Lindsay, Col. Lloyd, 250
Madeleine, Requiem in, 259
Meudon, 242, 244, 273, 291
Montretout and Bougeval, 277
Montmartre, 238, 290, 291
Mont Valérien, 279
Nurses, 241, 242, 244
“Occupation” by German army, 289
Père la Chaise, 259
Pigeon post, 249
Rationing, 260, 267, 275
Republic, 243, 252, 254, 255
Riots--_See_ Disturbances
Sedan, 240
Soldiers, Citizen, 274
Sorties, 255, 262, 269, 277
Spy, Captured as a, 233
---- mania, 268
St. Cloud Palace, 249
St. Denis, 279
Supplies arrive, 281, 282, 287
Théâtre Française, 261
Thiers, M., 239
_Times_ messages, 276
Trochu, Gen., 239, 257, 271, 279
Versailles, 238, 290, 291
Vilette, 254, 257, 260, 267, 279
Vinoy, Gen., 235, 277, 279
Vivandières, 252
Washburne, 276
Wounded Germans, 292
Zouaves, 253
Parkhurst, 228
Patna, 39, 112, 117, 147, 213
_Pearl_ Brigade, 119, 120, 124
Peel, Sir W., 115, 122
Peeroo, 141
Pekin, 171
Penang, 164
Persia, 100
Petroleum, 301
Pigott, Lord, 306
Plassee, 42
Plymouth, 153, 157
Pollock, Gen., 15
Portsmouth, 48, 72, 227-230, 313
Portland, 228
Postage cheap in India, 98
Prestige, 137
_Princess Royal_, Ship, 72
Proclamation, Royal, 149
Proclamations, 148-150
Prome, 300
Pucka Serai, 92
Punishments, Army, 229
Punjab, The, 22, 23, 35, 40, 118
Punniar, 30
Purbootpore, 81
Pyramids of Ghizeh, 225
Q
Quacko Ako, 63, 68
Queen, H.M. the, in Ireland, 76
R
Rajmahal, 46, 109
Ramdeela, 38
Raneegunge, 120, 152, 209
Rangoon, 298, 305
Raper, Gen., 14
_Rattler_, H.M.S., 51
Ravee, The, 84
Rawul Pindee, 93, 95
Refugees, 108
Regiments,--
16th Lancers, 24-29, 50
3rd Foot (The Buffs), 2, 18, 52, 220
10th Foot, 42, 80, 85, 94, 97, 110
57th Foot, 74-100
Reinforcements, 115, 119
Roberts, Lord, 91
Robinson, Sir W., 307
Ros de, Lady, 294
Rose, Sir Hugh, 140
Rouen, 202
Russian warship, 51
S
Saharunpore, 83
Sarnath, 38, 218
Schools, Regimental, 156
Secunderabad, 311
Sedan, 234, 251
Sepoy mutiny, 107-115
Service, Short, 293
Sewan, 124
Shaloof, 222
Shanghai, 172, 173
_Shannon_ Brigade, 115
Shoay Gheen, 304
Sickly season, 59, 60
Sikhs, 148
---- at Tientsin, 186
---- invade India, 49
Sikkim, 207
Silver, Brick of, 133
Simla, 97, 102
Sinchal, 207
Sind, 1, 17
Singapore, 164
Sitang, River, 303, 305
Sittana, 209
Slavery, 54, 57
Smith, Sir Harry, 22, 50
Snake-bite, 20, 90
Sobraon, 50
Society, Army Medical, 227
Soldiers, Discharging, 230
---- Old, 52, 271, 310
---- Young, 309
---- Institute, 91
---- Life in India, 90, 91
Somnath, Gates of, 17
Sonthals, 101
Sooltanpore, 127, 128
_Soorma_, The “flat,” 108
Sotheby, Captain, 119, 120
Squadron, Experimental, 49, 50
St. Helena, 44
Staveley, Sir C., 196
Struck, Am, by soldier, 88
Succession in Guinea, 62
Suez, 162, 198, 223
---- Canal, 205
Sunderbunds, 81
Sutlej, River, 15, 84
Suttee suppression, 82
T
Table Bay, 7
Taipings, 165, 172, 193, 194, 210
Taku, 154, 175
Taoists, 196
Tarifa, 160
Tartar soldiers, 185
Tea, Factory of, 169
---- Soldiers’, 48
Telegraph, 97, 214, 220
Temple, Buddhist, 189
---- of Punishments, 180
---- Taoist, 196
Thebaw, King, 309
Thuggee, 87
Thyet Myo, 301, 303
Tientsin, 171-177
Tirhoot, 124
Todas, 216
Tonghoo, 303
Trait, 93
Transports, Indian, 205
Treaty, Chinese, 173
_Trent_ affair, 199
Trincomalee, 221
Troopships, 4, 31, 44
U
Umballah, 83, 102
V
Versailles, 201
W
Wales, H.R.H. Prince of, 203
War, First Sikh, 50
Warrant, Royal, 149, 314
Watson, General, 37
Wellington, Duke of, 89
“White Man’s Grave,” 52
_White Star_, Ship, 180
Wife, Illness of, 92, 95
Wight, Isle of, 227
Winchester, 48
Women to be armed, 114
Wuzzeerabad, 86-95
Y
Yoma range, 301
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Transcribers’ Notes
Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a
predominant preference was found in this book; otherwise they were not
changed.
Simple typographical errors were corrected; occasional unbalanced
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Text uses both “via” and “viâ”, and other word-variants with and
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Page 147: “the Moulvie already mentioned” was printed as “mention”;
changed here.
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here.
Page 251: “and it was impossible” was printed without the “was”;
changed here.
Page 276: “glimering” was printed that way.
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and has been added in a plausible place by the Transcriber.
In the Index, the sub-entries under Paris all belong under “Paris”
itself; they are not sub-entries of “Sieges of”.
The footnotes, originally at the bottoms of pages, have been collected
and moved to follow the last chapter, just before the Index.