Название: Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army
Автор: Gordon Charles Alexander
Издательство: Public Domain
Жанр: Зарубежная классика
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Sir James McGrigor, Bart., Director-General.
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The date of appointment as Assistant Surgeon, June 8, 1841. My diplomas – L.R.C.S.E.; M.D. St. Andrews; both April, 1840.
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7s. 6d.
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The hammock space per man was 9 feet × 1½.
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Solution of chloride of zinc.
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Mr. Mechi.
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Captain Gurwood.
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1815.
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Captain Astier, 62nd Regiment.
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March 28, 1842.
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i. e., drawn by means of ropes attached to their masts.
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21st.
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Namely, 26th, 49th, and 55th.
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i. e., silk produced by the Antherea paphia, and allied species.
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Of the 50th and 62nd Regiments; more than 100 men were lost at Seckreegullee, that being the place where the typhoon occurred.
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Colonel Wodehouse, Major Ryan, and Captain Tew.
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December 28 and 29, 1857.
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On the invitation of my friend, L. C. Stewart, 39th Regiment.
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Gates of Somnath – carried thence, A.D. 1024, by the conqueror, Mahmood of Guznee.
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Sir James McGrigor, Bart., Director-General.
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The date of appointment as Assistant Surgeon, June 8, 1841. My diplomas – L.R.C.S.E.; M.D. St. Andrews; both April, 1840.
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The hammock space per man was 9 feet × 1½.
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Solution of chloride of zinc.
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Mr. Mechi.
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Captain Gurwood.
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1815.
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Captain Astier, 62nd Regiment.
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March 28, 1842.
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21st.
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Namely, 26th, 49th, and 55th.
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Of the 50th and 62nd Regiments; more than 100 men were lost at Seckreegullee, that being the place where the typhoon occurred.
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Colonel Wodehouse, Major Ryan, and Captain Tew.
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December 28 and 29, 1857.
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On the invitation of my friend, L. C. Stewart, 39th Regiment.
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Gates of Somnath – carried thence, A.D. 1024, by the conqueror, Mahmood of Guznee.
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Akbar the Great, A.D. 1556–1605.
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Taj Mahal-Bibi ke Roza, or Crown Lady’s tomb, erected over the remains of Mumtaz Mahal, the Pride of the Palace, wife of Shah Jehan. She died in childbed of her eighth child, A.D. 1629, at Berhampore in the Deccan, whence her body was carried and buried where the Taj now stands.
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The story of these events is concisely given in Sewell’s
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At the time commanded by Colonel Clunie.
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Poor L.E.L.! Further memories of her will recur hereafter.
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The words are so beautiful and pathetic that I transcribe them.
Float on, float on, my haunted bark, Above the midnight tide; Bear softly o’er the waters dark The hopes that with thee glide.
Float on, float on, thy freight is flowers, And every flower reveals The dreaming of my lonely hours, The hope my spirit feels.
Float on, float on, thy shining lamp, The light of love is there; If lost beneath the waters damp, That love must then despair.
Float on, beneath the moonlight float, The sacred billows o’er; Ah! some kind spirit guards my boat, For it has gained the shore.
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Mrs. Tayler, mother of Lady Hope Grant, then a young girl in England at school.
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37th.
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Shere Singh, an unacknowledged son of Runjeet, “the Lion of the Punjab.”
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Dyhan Singh, vizier of the above.
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The Ranee Jinda, mother of Dhuleep. She was now Regent.
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Subsequently Sikh commander at the battle of Ferozeshah, December 21, 1845.
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Belonging to Luckimchund, at one time a Government contractor.
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December 20, 1843.