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he ruled here. The wild Belooch settled down 

 into the quietest of men, not owing to any 

 change of disposition, but solely because they 

 knew their master ; and yet with all their fear 

 of him, so kind and cordial was his manner to 

 them, that there was not one who ever left him 

 otherwise than delighted with the interview. 

 His personal manner towards them charmed 

 away, as much as it could be charmed away, 

 the pain of conquest, and they felt, after all, it 

 was no disgrace to be conquered by such a man." 

 This is the kind of demeanour that we ought 

 as far as possible to observe towards the natives 

 of India; and those of our countrymen who 

 have been most distinguished in either service 

 for talent, have been equally remarkable for 

 affability and kindness of manner towards the 

 natives of every degree. Take, for instance, 

 Mountstuart Elphinstone, Sir John Malcolm, 

 Lord Metcalfe, and the much-lamented Sir 

 Henry Lawrence, names which at once pre- 

 sent themselves to recollection as bright ex- 

 amples of the kind. The bearing of Sir Charles 

 Napier was ever most urbane and courteous 

 towards all classes of people, unless the indi- 

 viduals were personally undeserving of con- 



