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antecedents, Ameer Khan well merited a signal 

 reward." 



The climate of Sindh is said to be uncongenial 

 to the constitution of elephants, and those 

 animals are rarely seen there. I was therefore 

 one day surprised to learn that a native prince, 

 mounted on an elephant, had called in my 

 absence, leaving a card inscribed '' Shahzada 

 Sooltaun Jan." After a short time my visitor 

 returned, and a very gentlemanly man I found 

 him. The Shahzada introduced himself as a 

 nephew of the late Shah Soojah ool Moolk, King 

 of Cabool, and stated that he had been an officer 

 in our Irregular Cavalry, but had quitted the ser- 

 vice on account of a rupture, which disqualified 

 him for mounted duty, and was in the enjoyment 

 of a pension from Government. I rather liked 

 what I saw of the Shahzada, whose breeding 

 was evidently equal to his birth, and I subse- 

 quently saw more of him at Khyrpoor, where 

 he was welcomed by Meer Ali Moorad, less I 

 believe through sympathy for his fallen fortunes 

 than the desire to retain a scion of royalty at 

 his court, as enhancing His Highness' own 

 dignity. 



The weather continued delightfully cool 



