THE sad task now remains of recording the 

 death of the writer, which took place at Meean 

 Meer on the 23rd of August, 1861, under the 

 circumstances mentioned in the following extract 

 from the Lahore Chronicle : 



" IT is with deep grief that we announce the 

 " death last night from cholera of that admirable 

 " officer and most excellent man, AUGUSTUS 

 " HENRY IRBY, Lieutenant- Colonel Commanding 

 " the 51st King's Own Light Infantry. In him 

 " the puhlic service and society have lost one of 

 " its most honourable members, and the officers 

 " and men whom he commanded one they esteemed 

 " as a warm-hearted comrade and true friend. 

 " In all relations of life, Colonel IRBY had won 

 " the esteem of those with whom he had connection. 

 " He knew his duty thoroughly and did it ; when 

 " his regiment moved out of the cantonments to 

 " escape, if possible, from the pestilence which has 

 " struck down more than one hundred and twenty 

 " of them, he remained with the sick, caught the 

 " contagion, and died at his post." 



HENRY W. STACY, PRINTER, HAYMARKET, NORWICH. 



