1 xiv appendix.
2 Note.
3 " About this time the son of Rajah Dehan Sing wrote to
4 Kurruck Sing, the Prince No Rajah Goolaub Sing his bro-
5 NehalSing, returned to Lahore ther, then at Peshawur, giving
6 from Peshawur." — Page 21. him a daily and full account
7 of how matters stood at Lahore, and requesting of him to reach
8 Lahore with the young Prince quickly, whom the elder brother
9 had well tutored, and made ready to become his tool, even be-
10 fore they had arrived at Lahore.
11 Note.
12 " Public report, indeed, accus- Those public reports were
13 ed, Kurruck Sing of scandalous all groundless, and only got
14 improprieties, with his favou- up, and spread by the Dogra
15 rite Cheyt Sing." — Page 22. Faction. «
16 Note.
17 " The elephant on which This account is nearly the
18 No Nehal Sing was seated, same as that in the Punjaub
19 in passing through the gate of Adventurer, which I have men-
20 the palace, pushed against the tioned as being incorrect. Co-
21 brick work, when the whole lonel Steinbach is right, how-
22 came down, killing the Rajah ever, in stating it was the
23 Dhyan Sing's nephew, who brick work that came down,
24 was seated upon the same ele- When No Nehal Sing's body
25 phant, upon the spot, andfrac- was produced by Rajah Dehan
26 turing the skull of No Nehal Sing, his skull certainly was
27 Sino* so dreadfully, that he dreadfully fractured, but, it did
28 never spoke afterwards, and not appear to me to be the
29 expired in a few hours. The case when he fell ; on the con-
30 incident is generally supposed, trary, I saw but little blood
31 to have been premeditated, on his forehead ; he struggled,
32 and not the effect of accident, and tried to get up, and I
33 as stated by the Government ; would not undertake to say he
34 but the whole affair was so never spoke afterwards.
35 enveloped in mystery, that even to the present day it has been
36 found impossible to attach suspicion to any party, and the matter
37 has now long since ceased to occupy men's thoughts." — Page 25.
38 Note.
39 " It was at length decided, No consultation took place
40 by the advice of Dhyan Sing, on No Nehal Sing's death ;
41 to offer the crown to the but when Rajah Dehan Sing
42 Prince Shere Sing, a twin announced it to the mother,
43 son of Runjeet Sing, by his Chund Kour, he promised her
44 wife Mehtab. Considerable she should succeed to the