In the villages we came through, we saw but few of the sipahees of our army home on furlough; they are chiefly from the Byswara and Bunoda districts.

We found our tents pitched upon a high and dry spot, with a tight soil of clay and sand.

After the heavy rain we have had, it looked as if no shower had fallen upon it for an age.

The mud walls of the houses we saw on the road were naked, as usual.

The rapacity of the King's troops is everywhere, directly or indirectly, the cause of this: and till they are better provided and disciplined the houses in the towns and villages can never improve.
The commandant, Imdad Hoseyn, of the Akberee or Telinga Regiment, on duty with the Amil of the Poorwa district, in which our camp was last pitched, followed me a few miles this morning to beg that I would try to prevail upon the Durbar to serve out clothing for his corps.