1 162 ARRIVAL AT ROOPUR. A. D. 1831.
2 recollection, that heretofore the concession had been made
3 to their religious feelings.
4 The troops having arrived at Roopur, the Governor
5 General, who had left Shimla on the 19th October, and
6 in descending took the opportunity of making an excur-
7 sion in the Hills with few attendants, entered the camp
8 on the evening of the 22d. Runjeet Singh came into
9 his camp, on the opposite side of the Sutlej, on the
10 morning of the 25th, escorted by 10,000 of his best horse,
11 and about 6,000 trained infantry. He was immediately
12 waited upon by a deputation from the Governor Gene-
13 ral, headed by Major General Ramsay, brother to the
14 Commander in Chief, Lord Dalhousie, and by his
15 Lordship's Principal Secretary. Koonwur Kiiuruk
16 Singh, with six principal Sirdars of the Sikhs, came at
17 the same time to present the Muha-Raja's compliments
18 to the Governor General. It was arranged, that Run-
19 jeet Singh should visit the Governor General next
20 day in the morning.
21 As the time approached for the meeting, Runjeet
22 Singh began to entertain apprehension, that some trea-
23 chery or foul play must be designed : late over night, he
24 sent to Monsieur Allard to say, that he should not
25 attend the meeting of the morrow. Monsieur Allard
26 waited upon him immediately, and exerted himself to
27 remove these suspicions, and restore confidence, oHering
28 to stake his own head, that nothing would happen that
29 was disagreeable. He left the Muha-Raja still irreso-
30 lute, and the astrologers were summoned. They con-
31 sulted the Grunth, and declared the result favorable, but
32 told His Highness to take with him a couple of apples.