1 HISTOIU' OF; THE SIKHS.
2 the Sutlej in October .183}, and about the mn<*
3 Kijf 8 * Lord Willie Sentinels arrived at Roopur.
4 &*“ Simlah. The visits of ceremony wore cs
5 changed between the Maharajah and the- Governor-
6 general- attended with great pomp and state on
7 The Maha- s * des " Several field-days took place 1 , and the
8 SkSfe Maharajah admired in a particular' manner Her
9 infim,ry - Majesty’s 31st regiment* and when the 16th
10 lancers were pointed out to his notice, he merely
11 observed “ They are all, gentlemen,, I want to
12 see the European foot-soldiers.” There was a
13 review of his own troops across the river, and they
14 performed their manoeuvres with toforable exact-
15 Ihiring this visit, the Maharajah put
16 an subjects, incessant questions to the Governor-general regard¬
17 ing the equipment and management of the British
18 army; the pay of each grade ; .the. weight of metal
19 in oui shot; the charge of guns ; and subjects of
20 a similar nature. He was in great spirits, and
21 joined in the feats of horsemanship and sword-*
22 exercise, with his own and Colonel Skinner’s horse.
23 At the conclusion of all the ceremonies, reviews*
24 nautches, and the like, the parting took place,, and,
25 at this a treaty was signed between the Maharajah
26 and the Governor-general of India. This was
27 merely a renewal of that of 1800, with some
28 additional clauses regarding the navigation of the
29 A treaiy.
30 * 0<-*stiH«ltocut suoh a gallant figure in the Sikh campaign fourteen
31 years afterwards. The regiment was present in all the four engagements
32 of Moodkee, I ? eerozshuhur, Allecwal, and Sobraon, and greatly distinguished
33 itself at Istaliff and the Xhyber Pass in the second Aflghan campaign. .