Steady Chick.'' 



officer and man in his battery, and was loved by us all. 

 Besides the Gunners, we had at this station the 85th 

 K.L.I. , two Native Infantry regiments, and the 9th 

 Bengal Cavalry, commanded by Colonel Campbell, who 

 was known throughout the Presidency as "Steady Chick," 

 from his fondness of betting, when he " fancied " himself 

 at billiards, a c/a'cl^ (four rupees), no more and no less. 

 He was one of the many old Indians who have set 

 themselves the task of serving thirty-eight years to 

 obtain what was called their off-reckonings, and which 

 -consisted of a pension of ^iioo a year, and, despite 

 having patched themselves up by various trips to the 

 Hills, have failed, by dying, to secure the coveted 

 reward of this test of endurance. His adjutant, Dudley 

 Sampson, to whom I shall allude further on, was one of 

 the best gentleman riders we have ever had in India. 

 The 85th were a good sporting lot, who, although they 

 were not very well off, were always ready to lend a 

 liand at anything in the way of sport that might be got 

 up. 



At this time the 7th Hussars were stationed at 

 Sealkote, about seventy miles north of Meean Meer. 

 The 5th Fusiliers were at Ferozepore, on the other side 

 of the Sutlej, a little over forty miles south. The 



