Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan

Transcriber's Notes:
Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been retained as in the original.
A few typographical errors have been corrected. They are shown in the text with mouse-hover popups . Position your mouse over the word to see the correction.
The pagination is a little unorthodox. After page 211 there are three unnumbered pages and then the numbering starts from page 225.
LATE Troop Serjeant-Major of the Fourth Light Dragoons.
LONDON: T. C. NEWBY, 65, MORTIMER St., CAVENDISH Sq. AND T. & W. BOONE, 29, NEW BOND STREET.
1842.
T.C. Newby, Printer, 65, Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square.
TO FLORENTINE LADY SALE, THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE INSCRIBED AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR THE HEROISM BY HER DISPLAYED DURING THE LATE CAMPAIGN IN AFFGHANISTAN.


The following narrative is put forth with all the diffidence and apprehension that a mind unaccustomed to literary pursuits, and limited in its opportunities of improvement, naturally feels on presenting itself for the first time to the notice of the public. The doubts I entertain, regarding the prudence of the step I have taken, are in no small degree increased by the circumstances under which the work has been executed, the details having been entirely furnished from memory, and without the aid of any sort of data or memoranda. I should never have dreamt of undertaking such a task, had not the partiality of good natured, though perhaps misjudging friends, overcame the scruples which a consciousness of my own deficiencies excited, and induced me to commit to paper the scenes with which they professed themselves to have been amused.