The Life of the Marquis of Dalhousie K.T.

There the fall of Multan in the south of the province the victories won in the hard-fought contests of the east the dramatic surrender of the Sikh army at Rawalpindi in the north and the hurried inglorious scamper of the Afghans through the mountain passes to the west had struck terror into the minds of the whole population and given to every part of the kingdom of Lahore indisputable proof o [...] The absence of cultivation and the desertion of most.of the villages bore testimony to the ravages committed by the notorious leader of banditti Moung Gye and the clear moon in the bare heavens as she cast her silvery light upon the broad and smooth expanse of the river seemed to him to gaze with sadness on a scene of desolation. [...] There in front of the troops and in the presence of the Gen'bral the Commissioner and many other officers having questioned Major Allan as to his certainty of the accuracy of the line I begged these officers to bear witness that I had received a full assurance that the utmost care had been observed in measuring the distance according to the declaration made by the Supreme Government : I ther [...] The songs of the Burmese boatmen on the river sent the Governor-General's thoughts back to the days of childhood just as the scenery in the Dehra Dun and the giants of the forest on his way to Chini had previously done. [...] On the eventful day of the reception the 13th of September the envoy sent on the band and seventy-five men of Her Majesty's 84th Regiment to await his arrival on the other side of the lake ; and having reached the spot where the mission landed he caused a flag to be raised over the letter.