1 474 APPROACH TO LORD KEANE'S CAMP.
2 auxiliary battalion, together with two compa-
3 nies of Colonel Wade’s own escort, who had,
4 agreeably to instructions, gone in advance to
5 await the arrival of the Prince and received
6 him here in two lines forming a street.*
7 The approach to Lord Keane’s camp was very
8 imposing; numerous lines of tents were scat-
9 tered about the heights, and the people crowded
10 on all sides to see the sight, and recognise
11 their friends in our party. As the Prince
12 passed by the camp he was received with an
13 honorary salute from the British artillery, and
14 a distinction becoming his rank by a deputa-
15 tion from his Majesty and the Envoy and
16 * “ At length the day arrived on which we were to
17 reach the long-desired goal, and as my health had con-
18 siderably improved, I resolved, with the doctor’s per-
19 mission, to take part in the procession. Accordingly,
20 on the morning of the 3rd of September, I stepped into
21 my litter, and having been carried half way, mounted my
22 charger, and drew. up my detachment on the right of the
23 road. On the Shah Zada’s appearing in sight, we saluted
24 him with twenty-one guns, also a signal for the troops at
25 Kabul to get under arms; and as he neared us we wheeled
26 into column, and headed the procession.” ——Barr’s Journal,
27 pp. 867-8,