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Forty-one years in India

CHAPTER XXXIV
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CHAPTER XXXIV.
The Staff Corps--With the Viceroy's camp again -- The marble rocks--Lady Canning's death -- Pig-sticking at Jamu--Lord Canning -- Another cold-weather march--Gwalior and Jhansi -- Departmental promotion CHAPTER XXXV.
The Umbeyla expedition--The Akhund of Swat -- The 'Eagle's Nest' and 'Crag piquet' -- The death of Lord Elgin -- Loyalty of our Pathan soldiers -- Bunerwals show signs of submission -- The conical hill--Umbeyla in flames -- Bunerwals agree to our terms--Malka destroyed CHAPTER XXXVI.
A voyage round the Cape--Cholera camps -- The Abyssinian expedition--Landed at Zula.


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