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with me at Addiscombe was drowned the very next day 

 when rashly attempting to swim across the Jhelum; four 

 went to their long homes during the Indian Mutiny of the 

 following year ; my valued friend, and at that time brother 

 officer, John Tytler, fell a victim to the cold and hardships of 

 the Afghan war, in which the brigade he commanded did such 

 good service ; and I am the only member of that party now 

 left. Sic transit gloria mundi ! 

 Let us turn to something less sad. 



