1 RAHMAT KHAN. 257
2 After passing the city we saw a number of
3 the Khaibaris, who had been. entertained by
4 Mr. Lord, standing in line on the side of the
5 road, who expressed their joy by firmg their
6 matchlocks and playing their rude music,
7 which they continued till we reached the camp.
8 Most of these people were collected by a person
9 named Rahmat Khan Orakzae, a rather for-
10 ward and loose character, who seemed alike
11 rash and boastful. He isa pensioner in the
12 Sikh service, and resides at Peshawr.
13 one guns announced the moment when his Royal Highness
14 mounted his horse. A line of Sikh troops, stationed on
15 either side of the road rising from the bottom of the hill
16 on which Avitabile’s mansion is situated, up to the gate-
17 way, formed a street, for the procession to pass through,
18 both the French generals, being present to receive the
19 prince, and conduct.him to the city. The eminence being
20 steep, the horse artillery galloped up, and winding beneath
21 the walls of the caravanserai, entered the main street of
22 the town, which was just broad enough to allow c passage
23 for the guns, and no-more. Crowds were assembled to
24 witness the scene, and the people in the distance eagerly
25 stretched forward to catch a glimpse of the cavaleade as it
26 appeared in sight.”