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2 HISTORY OF THI'. SIKHS.
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5 Native infantry. Were this arrangement adopted,
6 iho troops at jLoodianab might be reduced, or else
7 a regiment of cavalry added to it; for as it stands at
8 pi esent, the force there is incomplete, and almost
9 useless, being composed of infantry and horse artil¬
10 lery, it would be highly prudent to put the fort of
11 I- eeimpore in a state of thorough repair, aild this
12 I believe is being done by the political agent at
13 Loodianah, or his assistant. Feerozporo is parti¬
14 cularly well adapted for mounted corps, as the
15 immense tracts of grass jungle which skirt the bank
16 of the river and neighbouring country would afford
17 ample supplies of grass, while the soil is rich, and,
18 b} r proper cultivation, might, in a few years, produce
19 abundant crops of all kinds of grain. ■
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21 ft?
22 mm