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XXVIII. OFFICIAL EEPOET OF EXPEDITION TO 

 CASHMEER AND LITTLE TIBET IN 



1837-38. 



BY H. FALCONEE, M.D.^ 



To F. Currie, Esquire, Secretary to the Governor-General, 

 North Western Provinces. 



Sir, — In compliance witli the orders of the Right Honour- 

 able the Governor-General, I have the honour to submit a 

 summary of my proceedings whilst on the deputation on 

 which I was ordered to Cashmeer, and of the results of my 

 journey. 



2. Having received the orders of the Government, communi- 

 cated in a letter from Mr. Secretary McNaghten, addressed 

 to Captain Wade, political agent, Loodianah, dated the 22nd 

 May, 1837, to proceed on the mission with Lieutenant 

 Mackeson; and, having provided the materials and neces- 

 saries required for a collection in Natural History, I started 

 from Suharunpoor on the 29th June, and joined Captain 

 Wade on the banks of the Sutlej on the 1st July. 



3. His Highness the Maharajah having granted permission 

 for my proceeding to Lahore, and thence through the Pun- 

 jab, to join and accompany Lieutenant Mackeson in the 

 capacity of a medical attendant, I separated from Captain 

 Wade on the 6th July, after having had the benefit of every 

 assistance which that officer could afford towards the comfort 

 and facility of my journey, and of advice regarding my con- 

 duct in the countries which I was likely to visit. I started 

 from Loodianah on the 9th July, and arrived at Lahore, via 

 KupoorthuUa and Amritsir, on the morning of the 13th. 

 I was most kindly and hospitably received by General 

 Ventura, the only European officer then at the Court, the 

 others, with the principal Sikh Sirdars, having been ordered 

 to Peshawur with the army after the afPair of Jumrood. I 

 was admitted to an audience with His Highness on the 16th, 

 and received by the Maharajah with the usual marks of atten- 

 tion and consideration which he exhibits in his intercourse 

 with British officers. I learned on this occasion that Captain 



' This report is now for the first 

 time published. Although nearly thirty 



years have elapsed since it was wi-itten, 

 it will still be read with interest. — [Ed.] 



