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Again, that gallant veteran. Sir George Pollock, who in 1843 led the 
avenging army back into Afghanistan and recovered our prestige. And 
last, and greatest of all, the late Sir Henry Lawrence, whose undying fame 
needs no feeble words of mine to bring to your remembrance. All these 
are names of which artillerymen may well be proud. 
I have now concluded my story, and have to thank you very sincerely for 
the kind and patient attention you have given to my statement. 
I do not know how far I have been able to carry you with me in my 
views. I am aware that the subject is a difficult and a wide one, and is 
capable of being viewed in many aspects. Indeed, in the presence of several 
officers who have served long on the frontier, I feel as if I were almost 
guilty of presumption in setting forth my ideas as I have done. My object, 
however, has been simply to endeavour to explain the position of affairs in 
Central Asia, and to point to what seems to me our proper policy in that 
part of the world. It will be a great satisfaction to me if I can feel that 
I have given you any information, or have been able to throw any light 
upon this important and interesting subject—one of which we have not 
heard the end. 
To those who are interested in the “ Central Asian 99 question, the follow¬ 
ing list of works may be useful, and they have been consulted in drawing 
up this paper:— 
1. Beport showing the relations of the British Government with the Tribes 
on the North-West Frontier of the Punjab, from annexation in 1849 to 
the close of 1855. 1856. 
2 . Letters of General John Jacob. 1856. 
3. Treaties, Engagements, and Sunnuds, India, Vol. II. The Punjab and 
the States of the Punjab Frontier. Aitchison. 1868. 
4. Travels in Central Asia. Vambery. 1864. 
5. The Bussians in Central Asia. Michell. 1865. 
6. The Bussians in Central Asia. “ Quarterly Beview, 55 October, 1865. 
7. Selections from the Becords of the Government of India—Foreign De¬ 
partment—The Peshawur District. By Major James, C.B. 1865. 
8. Central Asia. “Quarterly Beview,” October, 1866. 
9. Foreign Policy of Sir John Lawrence. “ Edinburgh Beview, 5 * Jan. 1867, 
10. The Oxus and the Indus. Major Evans Bell. 1869. 
11. A Betrospect of the Afghan War. By Major-General Sir Vincent Eyre, 
K.C.S.I., C.B., B.A. 1869. 
12. Our Northern Frontier. Captain A. F. P. Harcourt. 1869. 
13. Masterly Inactivity. H. Wyllie. “Fortnightly Beview,’ 5 Dec. 1869. 
14. The Afghan Tribes on our Trans-Indus Frontier. “ Westminster Be view, 5 5 
October, 1869. 
15. The North-West Frontier of India. George Campbell. “Journal of the 
United Service Institution, 55 Vol. XIII. 1869. 
16. Sketches of Central Asia. Vambery. 1868. 
17. The Busso-Indian Question. Trench. 1869. 
