I looked at them in the evening.

They were seventy-four in number, but none of them were in a serviceable condition, and the greater part were small, merely skin and bone.

He was obliged to purchase powder in the bazaar for the salutes; and said, that when he entered his charge two months ago, the usual salute of seven guns, for himself, could not be fired for want of powder, and he was obliged to send to the bazaar to purchase what was required.

The bazaar-powder used by the Oude troops is about one- third of the strength of the powder used by our troops.

His authority is despised by all the tallookdars of the district, many of whom refuse to pay any rent, defy the Government, and plunder the country, as all their rents are insufficient to pay the armed bands which they keep up.