1 VI CONTENTS.
2 CHAPTER lY.
3 HISTORY CONCLUDED.
4 Shere Singh — The Queen Regent^RevoIation — Bombardment
5 of Lahore — Shere Singh proclaimed King — The Army in
6 disorder — Excitement against the European Officers — The
7 GoTemment accedes to the demands of the Army — Conspiracy
8 against Shere Singh — His Murder — Heera Singh arenges it —
9 The boy Dhuleep Singh placed on the Musnud — Further
10 Intrigues and Anarchy 26
11 CHAPTER y.
12 CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS OP THE PUNJAUB.
13 The Temperature — ^The Rains— Diseases — ^The Soil — Products;
14 Vegetable^ Mineral, and Animal 43
15 CHAPTER VI.
16 COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES OF THE PUNJAUB.
17 State of Trade — Manufactures — ^The Kashmir Shawls — ^The
18 Kashmir Manufactures generally — ^The Transit Trade — Im-
19 ports and Exports 49
20 CHAPTER YII.
21 THE GOVERNMENT AND ARMY OF THE PUNJAUB.
22 Despotism best suited to the Sikhs — Mode of Collecting Revenue
23 — Change of Rule desired — The Sikh Army; its Strength,
24 Appearance, Character, and Discipline, Enlistment, Promotion
25 — Cavalry and Infantry Compared — ^Anecdote of Akhbar Khan
26 — ^The Sikh Soldier's Endurance — The Akalees — Assessment of
27 the Land — Administration of the Laws . . . .55