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with the utmost vigour, and a large 

 column of troops were then en route for 

 us, under the command of a well-known 

 and popular general. The military 

 authorities were very much pleased with 



the way in which Major H and his 



small force had behaved, and we all saw 

 that he and his little army had plenty of 

 work cut out for them before the cam- 

 paign was over. It was this that so 

 delighted us, for, in a climate like India, 

 one must have constant excitement, and 

 what excitement to a soldier is equal to a 

 short and brisk campaign ? 



We did not expect the reinforcements 

 to join us for another fortnight, and all 

 our time off picquet duty and guard was 

 devoted to drilling and being drilled. A 

 great part of our force was recruits ; 

 some of them had a little drill at Chatham 



