[32] This compliment was addressed to Shah Soojah.
[33] Governor of Scinde, afterwards, or as it was then designated, "Political Agent."
[34] Vide Burnes' Travels, vol. iii. p. 272.
[35] The Ghilzies were the chief actors in the insurrection and massacre of 1842.
[36] One of our chiefs suggested, in the event of a night attack, that the men should remain in their tents, and fire upon the assailants from the cover thus afforded.
[37] They expected Ghuzni to detain us many months, judging from the difficulties it had presented in recent periods of Afghan history.
ARRIVAL AT CAUBUL—DEATH OF COLONEL ARNOLD—RETURN OF THE EXPEDITION IN PURSUIT OF DOST MAHOMED—THE RUSSIAN BUGBEAR—FALL OF KHELAT.