XXXIX. 



I well remember an old stalker's astonishment when, after getting 

 up to within some 90 yards of his first stag, which was lying down, 

 instead of waiting till it rose, he jumped on the flat surface of a rock, 

 gave a loud whistle, and as the beast bolted away dropped him on 

 his tracks with a shot through the heart. " Well," said the old man, 

 " I never saw the like o' that." 



He never appeared to suffer from severe exertion and fatigue till 

 the autumn of 1887, when, from constant exposure in bad weather he 

 got a violent chill, and from that date, although at times appearing to 

 get fairly well he never recovered his health, and early in the present 

 year after a sharp attack of influenza, which produced great exhaus- 

 tion, he suddenly passed away on the night of the 20th of January, 

 1892. 



Edward Hamilton. 



Dates of Gen. Douglas Hamilton's commissions (from the 

 Quarterly Indian Army List of 1891) : — 



Douglas Hamilton, M.I. 



Ensign 1st January, 1874 (evidently a misprint for 1834 



the year he went to Addiscombe). 

 Lieutenant 12th June, 1837, the year he arrived in Madras. 



Captain 31st January, 1838. 

 Major 2nd March, 1847. 



Lieut.-Col. 29th June, 1853. 



Colonel 1st January, 1862. 

 Major-Gen. 1st January, 1867. 

 Lieut.-Gen. 1st October, 1877. 

 General 1st December, 1! 



