1 CHAPTER ELEVENTH.
2 The character and policy o/Runjeet Singh. His revenues.
3 Strength of his army. General observations.
4 JLhe personal character of the present ruler of Labor
5 and that of his government will best have been gathered,
6 from the perasal of his acts, as related in the preceding
7 Chapters ; nevertheless it may be useful to sum up the
8 result, and to explain the present condition of his terri-
9 tory, its resources, and the military means at this Chief's
10 command.
11 It has before been stated, that Runjeet Singh bad
12 no education in any branch of learning or science. He
13 cannot read or write in any language, but the habit of
14 bearing papers read in Persian, Punjabee, and Hindee,
15 and great assiduity in his attention, even to the minutiae of
16 business, have given him a facility in following, and un-
17 derstanding for tbe most part what is so submitted to
18 bim : so that, although quite unable to appreciate elegan-
19 cies of style, or to dictate verbatim what sbould be writ-
20 ten, he transacts business rapidly, is ready with a short and
21 decided order upon any report or representation read to
22 bim, and when the draft of his instruction is submitted,
23 after being prepared in due form, be sees at once whether