MILITARY AD VENTURES. 19 



our pipes and cheroots, which every one 

 smoked in my time ; a man might have 

 gone in those days from the Himalaya 

 Mountains to the most southern point of 

 Ceylon without seeing a cigar. 



The command to march was given, and 

 we were soon well out of the suburbs of 

 Calcutta, and had reached what the Anglo- 

 Indians call the " Mofussal," which means 

 the country lying outside the town and 

 suburbs of Calcutta. It was now broad 

 daylight, for, in all tropical climes the 

 transition from darkness to light is very 

 rapid ; indeed, I often afterwards found 

 that, almost while mounting my horse and 

 riding quietly out of my compound, the 

 transition had taken place. 



We now got into the pretty market and 

 flower gardens surrounding Calcutta, 

 where the beauty of the flowers and the 



