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2 HISTORY OP THE SIKHS.
3 after a stay of some months at Loodianah, the
4 general onee more crossed the Sutlej, and pro¬
5 ceeded with the utmost expedition towards Pesha-
6 wur, which at that time was likely to become the
7 seat of war, Nothing of a warlike nature however
8 took place, and the general returned to Lahore,
9 where he remained almost unemployed until last
10 year, when he took his departure for Europe. It
11 is likely that he will soon return, for his unbounded
12 hospitality and generous disposition have prevented
13 his accumulating a fortune sufficient to enable him
14 to spend his days in affluence at homer He has
15 very highly lucrative appointments, in which a
16 man of less scrupulous sense of honour might have
17 amassed a princely fortune, but being in every
18 sense of the word an honourable, upright inan, he
19 scorned to avail himself of the opportunity of
20 aggrandizing himself at the expense of the state,
21 though there is little doubt that Runjeet, measur¬
22 ing his honesty by the standard of that of his own
23 people similarly situated, gave him the credit of
24 doing so. Be this as it may, the general foand
25 great difficulty in recovering the arrears of pay clue
26 to him. He is still a fine-looking man, though from
27 exposure to the inhospitable climate of the Punjab,
28 his health has lately suffered much, but, it is to be
29 hoped, his visit to Europe will completely re¬
30 establish it.*—Monsieur Court, who is likewise a
31 general in the Sikh service, and a Frenchman by
32 * He did return, but eventually retired in 1#4?3.