1 126° A HALT.
2 the two companies of Native infantry escorting
3 two howitzers to the Shah Zada’s camp had
4 been detained at Harikee for some time, from
5 “no person belonging to his Highness, as had
6 been requested, having been sent to conduct
7 the party as was necessary through the Panjab.
8 It was requested that some one might be
9 deputed with the least possible delay.* —
10 * “© Tn the evening Ferris and I rode down to the Ghat
11 to see what facilities there were in readiness for crossing
12 the Sutledge to-morrow; but on our way we met with a
13 sepoy, who had heen despatched early in the morning to
14 collect the boats, &c., and who was returning to inform
15 us that the authorities on the other side of the river have
16 ” refused us a passage, as no ‘ purwannah’ (a written order)
17 from the Maharaja, directing our admittance into the
18 Panjab, had been received by them. We, nevertheless,
19 rode on, and on our reaching the banks we sent a message
20 to the chief at Harikee, the village sttuated opposite to the
21 Ghat, requesting him to cross and confer with us; but
22 after waiting an’hour, our messenger came back, accom-
23 panied by a common sowar, whom the insolent fellow had
24 sent over in his stead, and to whom, beyond a question,
25 F. would have nothing to say. We accordingly returned
26 to Makhoo, and a letter was immediately despatched to the
27 assistant political agent at’ Lodianah, informing him of the
28 treatment we had met with, and the delay that was likely
29 to ensue,” —Barr’s Journal, pp. 50, 51.