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2 This individual is also a religious character,
3 and his family has several diseiples in that
4 quarter. The object of his deputation was
5 to excite the people of that country, and to
6 hold a communication with Lieutenant Mac-
7 keson, who was now on his way from Baha-
8 walpore vid Dera Ismael Khan, and Kohat, to
9 the camp, that, should that officer require the
10 services of those people, the Mian was to pro-
11 cure them readily.
12 lst April, 1839.—Shah Dand. Early in
13 the morning the Shah Zada proceeded to the
14 Sikh encampment south of the city, where
15 General Avitabile had invited him to a review
16 of his own battalions and the cavalry and jn-
17 fantry of Generals Allard and Ventura; the
18 latter we heard was on his way to join us.*
19 * «Qn the arrival of the Shah Zada the artillery fired
20 a salute of twenty-one guns, the infantry presented arms,
21 and the drummers and trumpeters vied with each other to
22 produce the loudest sound in honour of the event. This
23 coneluded, we rode to the left of the line, and commenced
24 the inspection. Here was a small battery of foot artillery,
25 consisting of a large howitzer and two small mortars
26 mounted on field carriages, and drawn by bullocks; the