But you will have to apply yourself steadily to work, and if you have not _passed_, you should do so as soon as possible.

I do not see P.opposite your name, and Government may possibly object on this ground.

Let all this be _entre nous_ for the present.
If you undertake the duties, you will have to go to Lodheeana, seeing Major Graham at Agra, on the way, to get a little insight into the work.
Yours sincerely, (Signed) W.H.SLEEMAN.
P.S .-- You will be in the most interesting scene in India, and need be under no apprehension about the permanency of the appointment.
To Lieut.

Weston, &c.

&c.
________________________________ Jhansee, 18th May, 1848.
My Dear Maddock, Things are not going on so well as could be wished in the Punjaub; and it appears to me that we have been there committing an error of the same kind that we committed in Afghanistan--that is, taking upon ourselves the most odious part of the executive administration.