1 HISTOKY 0.f THE SIKHS,
2 bestows evhry mark of parental indulgence, Ti
3 son is named' Bishen Singh, and has been for soraeBuhen
4 years studying English at the Loodianah school,
5 'established through the exertions of the political
6 agent (Captain Wade) and the American mission-
7 aries stationed there. It is surprising to witness
8 the progress which some of the boys have made in
9 English literature; and Bis hen Singh, though not
10 the first of Ms class, is still a promising scholar,
11 and speaks and writes English with great fluency.
12 He looks forward to a lucrative appointment about
13 the court of Lahore; and his perseverance, and
14 proficiency will, no doubt, be rewarded with success.
15 The rise of the Jemadar is said to be rather oi
16 a romantic nature. During some of Runjeet’s
17 adversities, this man was placed as sentry over the
18 tent in which the Maharajah was sleeping; ihe
19 test of the latter was disturbed, and troubled, so
20 that he awoke several times during the night, and
21 enquired who was keeping watch over him. The
22 answer to these repeated enquiries was always
23 «K.hooshyal Singh.’* This circumstance, if we
24 may credit native report, had the effect of endear¬
25 ing him to Runjeet, who had ever since shewn him
26 great favor, and advanced him to the post he now
27 holds. The Jemadar is an uneducated man, but
28 possessing great shrewdness, and natural talent; he,
29 like his master, does not appear to suffer from the
30 want of a liberal education. He is accused of
31 cruelty and oppression ; but these are tailings so
32 common to upstarts in every country, as to be