1 .HISTORY OP THE SUffIS.
2 appeared most anxious that the murderer should" be
3 discovered, but we knew the character of Eunje^t
4 Sing'll too well to suppose for an instant, that ’he
5 did not heartily rejoice at the failure of the mission,
6 not that he wished to screen a murderer, but. he
7 was anxious to prove to the British authorities,
8 that.he never entertained men guilty of such, crimes,
9 or deserters, if he knew them to be so. But if tip®
10 Maharajah possessed any scruples on the subject,
11 none such existed with his friend the Jemadar, who
12 looked upon such offences as venial, and often
13 blamed his master for his alliance with the British
14 government of India. He looked upon Runject
15 Singh as the greatest monarch in the world, anch
16 fancied that nothing could be easier than the inva¬
17 sion of the British territories by the “ Lion of the
18 Punjab.” Dhyan Singh had no particular'likingfor
19 the British, but he knew their power and feared it.
20 At the court of Lahore, we hare seen in how
21 friendly a manner the natives of other countries of
22 Europe were received and entertained by the
23 Maharajah, and yet only one native of Britain ever
24 entered his service as an officer.. Generals Ventura,
25 Alard, and Court were great favourites not only
26 with the Maharajah, but with Dhyan Singh,
27 Soochet Singh, and other influential men about the
28 court of Lahore. The truth is, that the Sikh
29 sirdars disliked the reserved and stiff manners ol
30 the British officers, contrasting it unfavourably with
31 that of the Frenchmen, Italians, Germans, and
32 others, who resorted to the Punjab. To the Mafia-