Chapter IV

Rio Scinde having died, his throne usurped by the Rannie or
Queen of Gwalior--Ordered to join Lord Gough's Army at Agra--The
Palace of Agra--The ancient seat of the Moguls of Delhi--Lord
Ellenborough rewarding Pollock and Nott--The Targ or Marble
Tomb of Akbar's favourite daughter--March through the country
of the Ryots--Grain-fields--Religious superstition--The white
bull--Women--The Chumble river crossed--No enemy in sight--Nature
of ground before Maharajpoor--Christmas morning--General Grey and
his Division to arrive at Gwalior--Disposition of Troops--March
to Battle--Wheat-shocks filled with Sharpshooters--Battle--Push
on to within fifteen miles of Gwalior--The Raumi comes out
to meet us--Unconditional surrender--Gwalior a formidable
Place--The Queen and her army surrenders--Grey joins us 3rd
January--Reinstatement of the young King--Grand Review--Incident
on a Shooting Excursion--"Bob, don't go, Bob, don't go"--Break
up Camp, 3rd February--Ordered back to Meerut--Passage of the
Chumble--Frightened Game--A Chase with a Stag--Through Agra and
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