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2 HISTORY OF THK SIKHS.
3 artillery officers who had been so fortunate as to
4 hit the mark. On returning to camp. Sir Henry
5 caused a howitzer, loaded with grape, to be fired
6 over the surface of a sheet of water, in order to
7 shew the Maharajah, the probable effect of this
8 destructive fire. During the stay at Lahore, a
9 grand fete was given in the Soormun-booij in the
10 palace, to which the ladies of Sir Henry’s staff'
11 and escort, were invited; and nothing could exceed
12 the polite attention paid to them by Runjeet and
13 his sirdars, ft is needless to give any further
14 account of this visit, than to add, that Runjeet, in
15 order to commemorate it, instituted an order of
16 knighthood’; the decorations of which, have already
17 beep. bestowed upon the two Adjutanfogenerate,
18 and Quarter-master-generals of the army: the
19 ceremony was performed in September last/ at
20 Simlah at the quarters of Sir Henry Fane* in the
21 presence of all the military and civil officers resi¬
22 ding there at the time.”