1 380 COL. WADE VISITS KOULSIR.
2 the battery. Night put a stop to our prac-
3 tice, and we returned to our quarters. A
4 trench had been sunk and a breastwork thrown
5 up the previous day as a defence to the Shah
6 Zada Jamhur’s camp, situated a short dis-
7 tance behind the enclosure with the batiery,
8 and about a mile and a quarter in advance of
9 our own position.
10 “ Urgent business now requiring Wade’s pre-
11 sence at Koulsir, he left Ferris and myself in
12 charge of the camp near Machni, and as we
13 had the use of his khus khus tent, we contrived
14 to make ourselves tolerably comfortable in
15 spite of the intense heat.*
16 “Of an evening we used to ride over to the
17 Shah Zada Jamhur’s camp, who was always
18 glad to see us, and generally produced a colla-
19 tion of fruit, which he partook of with us. We
20 then commonly adjourned to the banks of the
21 * The Sikhs had refused to despatch a reinforcement
22 which had been requested; and it being the first occasion
23 on which their disposition to support the Colonel’s opera-
24 tions had been practically put to the test, it was essential
25 that he should come to a definite understanding sls Nao
26 Nihal Singh on so important a point.