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the sickness from which they have suffered during 

 their long-continued and arduous duties, the squad- 

 rons are tolerably strong, and horses and men are 

 in good condition, although the former seem occa- 

 sionally to overweigh their chargers, all of them 

 being tall and muscular men. Most of the troopers 

 have seen much service before Delhi, and under Sir 

 C. Campbell they have acted as cavalry, as infantry, 

 as artillery, and as military train ; and the quickness 

 with which they turn out, after a long and dusty 

 march, in clean white cap covers and pantaloons and 

 well-brushed jackets, with horses well-groomed and 

 polished accoutrements, shows that the men have a 

 soldierly pride in looking smart. They have taken 

 the flag off their lances, and many of the men have 

 substituted the long bamboo used by the native 

 Lancers, instead of the ash shaft according to 

 regulations." 



About the beginning of September my uncle, Sir 

 Charles Adam, went out as Admiral on the West 

 Indian station. My sister Louisa went with Lady 

 Adam and Mary (afterwards Mrs. Antrobus). Cap- 

 tain Katon was his Flag- Lieutenant. They went 

 out in the Pique Captain Boxer. Harry Loch, the 

 late Lord Loch, was a midshipman. I went down 

 to Southampton with them and stayed on board two 

 days. 



My sister Louisa was on board the Admiral's flag- 

 ship, and she wrote the following letter : 



