1 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS. *lo
2 nander-in-chief; and the escort; was
3 reviewed by the Maharajah, who did not fail to ex¬
4 press his entire satisfaction. Runjeet having made
5 known hts wish to see the horse artillery practice. Reviews
6 a day was appointed for gratifying it. 1 he troop
7 on this occasion, was the 4th, or Native one, of the
8 3rd brigade, commanded by Captain Henry Timings,
9 and but lately arrived, in the course of relief from
10 Neemuch, under the command of Captain l im-
11 breJJ, who was present. On his being asked the
12 nature of the practice,:be wished to .see; Runjeet
13 desired that a large umbrella, or chatha, should be
14 struck by a shot; the umbrella was accordingly
15 placed at 500 or 600 yards distant from where
16 the troop was drawn up. The guns in succession
17 discharged their contents, but still the umbrella
18 stood unhurt. A second round was then ordered,
19 and the first shot from the gun laid by Captain
20 Timings struck the mark, as also the second by
21 Lieutenant Mackenzie, and I believe, some of the
22 Others. Runjeet was delighted with the precision
23 of the firing, and some of his own guns drawn up
24 on purpose) were ordered to try the same mark;
25 but from some cause or other, none of the shot
26 took effect, though the distance was at length re¬
27 duced to a few hundred paces. The Maharajah
28 had seen the same feat performed at Roopur in
29 1831, by Captain J ohnson’s troop, where; a gun laid
30 by Lieutenant George Campbell struck the umbrella ;
31 still he did not fail to express his astonishment,
32 and ordered golden bangles to be given to the