MILITARY AD VENTURES. 23 



dreadful infatuation, we should not find 

 them so easy to obtain. I shall now go 

 on with my story, and cast moralising to 

 the winds. 



We had hardly started on our march 

 this morning when I discovered that no 

 hackery had come for my tent and baggage, 

 so I lost no time, when the men were dis- 

 missed, in waiting on Major H and 



asking permission to be allowed to ride 

 back and see after my belongings ; this he 

 immediately assented to, and a few minutes 

 saw me off, mounted on a wiry, but miser- 

 ably ugly tattu, or native bred pony : they 

 are very generally used throughout the 

 Bengal Presidency by officers, to carry 

 them out to parades, luncheons, or tiffins, 

 as we Anglo Indians call them ; and, in 

 fact, wherever quickness and durability are 

 required. They are wonderfully enduring, 



