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BAWAL PINDI TO LUCKNOW. 
On arrival at tlie practice camp these shoes were removed and the 
battery resumed its march as at the start and remained so for 14 days, 
when the shoeing had to be recommenced. Eventually 88 other than 
wheelers were shod and 21 horses only marched into Lucknow unshod. 
Rain on the 28th December and 21st January affected the unshod feet 
at once, though no sound roads could have been more favourable for 
unshod feet than the one we were travelling on. Before Jhelum no 
road could have been more unfavourable. If I ever march again I 
shall shoe up all round before I start. 
Clipping;. The horses were kept clipped during the march, according to the 
usual custom in India, but with the hair left on the legs, according to my 
peculiar custom during the six years I have been in the country. This plan 
I consider to be both ornamental and useful and it certainly follows 
veterinary opinion. In the rigorous winter climate of Rawal Pindi I 
imagine this natural covering to the legs, which are unprotected by 
blankets or bandages, must have been a great comfort to the horses, 
but in the mild/winter climate of Lucknow it is not so necessary, and 
as high Royal Artillery authorities out here are averse to the practice, 
I shall next season make a virtue of, more or less, necessity and sacrifice 
my hairy heels, unless there is a change of opinion before then, which 
is unlikely. 
We started on the regulation ration of 20 lbs. grass, 7£ lbs. gram 
and 2J lbs. bran per horse, with 320 lbs. gram extra daily. The 
weather^being hot, the gram was soon found to be in excess and the 
320 lbs. gram was changed to 160 lbs. gram and 160 lbs. bran. After 12 
days marching the extra gram was stopped entirely and after 22 days 
marching 80 lbs. extra only of bran was given instead of 160 lbs. On 
arrival at the practice camp on the 5th December this 80 lbs. bran was 
stopped and the regulation feed only given till we started again on the 
23rd December, when 80 lbs. gram extra was given, and in this 
manner we fed to the end of the march. Sugar cane, carrots, extra 
grass, &c., were also given when available, but everything was very 
scarce and very dear and, with this comparatively small amount of 
extra food, the number of rupees expended ran well into four figures. 
One would imagine with such short marches that the ordinary ration 
would be ample, but the constant change and want of rest takes it out 
of horses a good deal. The horses arrived at Lucknow in excellent 
hard condition, fit to go anywhere and do anything, but with terribly 
rusty coats from the long exposure to heat, cold and dust. 
o*uaiti«*. The captain of the battery left at Jullundur on the 1st December on 
promotion. A draft of 33 gunners and drivers joined at Ghaziabad on 
the 11th January. There were 29 admissions into hospital amongst 
the Europeans, 12 being cases of the pampered pet of the prurient 
home purist and one of small pox; the remainder being chiefly ordinary 
fever cases and 24 of these were sent on to different station hospitals. 
Amongst the natives one Syce was run over and killed in trying to 
jump on to the forge whilst on the trot; two broke a leg each. There 
were two cases of small pox and, of course, several of simple fever and 
one commissariat bullock driver, whilst lying on the ground, huddled 
up in his blanket, was shot by the commissariat sergeant whilst loading 
