1 HISTORY OF THE SIKHS. -iT I
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3 well practised ear was stunned by the sound. This
4 firing; lasted without intermission, until the artillery
5 had expended 20,000 cartridges ! and the infantry
6 an equal proportion ! The firing was quick, and
7 intended to represent a battle, the Maharajah
8 assuring me from time to time, that it would he
9 equally expeditious in the scene of action. He
10 asked me what I thought of the firing, and which
11 side of the square fired with the greatest regularity.*
12 I was rather loth to risk an opinion; but as he
13 insistei oil one, 1 replied, that I thought that on
14 our left fired with the least interruption, and as
15 chance would have it, the Maharajah had formed
16 the same opinion, remarking, that the soldiers on
17 our left; belonged to Sirdar Tej Singh, who had just
18 arrived from Lahore to take part in the Dusserah.
19 Besides the artillery and infantry, there were five
20 hundred camels armed with swivel guns, which
21 likewise took part in the exhibition,, The Maha¬
22 rajah being at the time in an infirm state of health ,
23 I took my leave of him early, assuring him that
24 I had never witnessed such a sight before.
25 # AJlUfion tbfe isin th$ secoitd volume.
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