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Vol. Vol. 4 No. 2 October 1985

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the the four were re-interred under a massive memorial.

residents residents in the Chinese capital' and it was here that the bodies of

for for them to buy 'a parcel of land outside the west wall of the city

and and to lay it out as a last earthly resting-place for future British

It It was this incident that led directly to the sacking of the Summer

that that should Emperqress the suffer Dowager rather than her citizens.

ablishment ablishment of a British Legation in Peking in it 1B61, possible became

French French dead were interred in the Jesuit Cemetery. But after the est­

bodies bodies were buried in the local Russian while Cemetery, those of the

butable butable to the Imperial it Household fitting deemed was punishment

Palace Palace of Peking, for since the British deaths were directly attri­

to to sign a peace treaty in Peking. of the Some captured party were

At At that time there was no British in Cemetery Peking, so the four

In In four 1859 Britons were laid to rest in a Russian cemetery at Peking Lieut. Lieut. R.B. Anderson, Fane' Attache and William de of House Norman,

four four were above retrieved, named each bearing the marks of torture.

others others disappeared without trace and eventually only the bodies of the

in in circumstances that reflect the violent and tragic relationship be­

eventually eventually released, after being held in Palace, the but Summer

life life in that remote country.

tween tween Britain and China. The four were Private John Phipps, King's of of Sikh Cavalry and an equally small party from the French Legation

His His Majesty's Legation. four, The together with a small detachment

Dragoon Guards, Thomas William Bowlby, correspondent correspondent William Bowlby, of Guards, Times, Thomas The Dragoon were ambushed by by soldiers were ambushed of the Chinese Imperial Guard, on their way

had had scarcely survived have gener­ the members upheavals. But BACSA

graphed graphed and at first it was thought that these records themselves

and and are we able now to begin building up a fuller picture of British

ously ously supplied us with valuable

and and one that particularly is the wholesale concerns destruction BACSA

that that they led circumscribed lives, without the opportunity to build only only records of British burials there are either written or photo­

of of all British graves and memorials in China during the Cultural Rev­ Chinese Chinese races, was so which strong a feature of British rule in India.

involvement involvement of Britain through the opium

up up the contacts, affection and sometimes knowledge for the different

reside reside in only China under sufferance, despite grandiose treaties Another, Another, poignant more reason for a general lack of interest in China

olution. olution. revealed Chowkidar As in its last issue {April 1985) the

who were were allowed access who into remote parts of northern China, Britons

as as that of other Asian countries for several reasons. The initial

of of adminstration throughout the vast continent being allowed to were mainly mainly were confined to the large cities and ports and this meant

great great pride, and the British were never able to establish any network

made with with made the failing dynasty. Manchu Apart from the missionaries

The history history The of the British in China has never been as well documented

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painted painted a fine altar

he he also

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widely widely there and if no catalogue of

built built it along the lines of an Italian

retired retired to in England with 1927 his wife

who had had who

he he travelled

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free-mason. free-mason. He

and and prominent Britons in public service. But his talents

Nawabs Nawabs

It It is therefore with added interest that and knowledge Harris' port­

this this year telling us of the called 'old in Vaux's Tomb' monument the

still still exists today at its old address of 6, Hastings Street, Calcutta.

Tapti Tapti area Light-House of Hajira, Surat, which has been neglected

and and Records.

rait rait of Franklin can Marston be seen today at the India Office Library

It It Franklin's was grandfather, Leslie founded the Andrew who family A rather rather A sad letter arrived from the Archaeological of Survey India

firm firm in partnership with a Mr. Hinds. firm The of Leslie and Hinds

palace and named it Combermere Lodge. Lodge. palace it and named At that Combermere time, the turn of the

Leslie Leslie was the founder and senior partner of a law firm and Senior century, century, India was the centre of world trade in indigo, necessitating

ful ful house on the banks of the at Hoogly Titaghur, from Lord Lake,

in in India, arriving Edinburgh from in 1823. His son, John Sheppard

many business business many transations, and Franklin set Marston up his legal own

CoR111ander-in-Chief, CoR111ander-in-Chief,

provided provided by his niece, Cecilie Leslie Hartley, member. also a BACSA

Ethel Ethel Issard and their children, two Brian and Diana.

Attorney Attorney of the Calcutta Court. High The lawyer purchased a beauti­

his his paintings exists today, it surely would provide a worthwhile task

throughout throughout India

In In he by 1919 engaged was the of Amir Afghanistan to organise a

The The history of Franklin Leslie Marston is equally interesting and was

apro~inent apro~inent

Harris Harris one was of the first Directors of the Calcutta Rotary Club and

for for a compiler. Involved too with literary and charitable works,

piece piece for the Church, Calcutta Armenian and later travelled to Tibet, an an end to this ambitious plan. Harris' is work still to be found

School School of Art at Kabul, butthe Amir's assassination that year same put

School School of Art and South College, Kensington first and worked in Bom­

Franklin Franklin Leslie, Marston an uncle. executed numerous portraits portraits executed numerous of notable Indians, including Maharajas

bay bay for seven years, before setting up in Calcutta on his own. He

which which resulted in three large landscapes exhibited at Wembley. and and

the the artist a was celebrated figure in India for nearly forty years were were not limited only to portraiture

and his daughter Diana Leslie, a BACSA member came forward forward at and came his our daughter member Diana Leslie, a BACSA

A.E. A.E. Harris arrived in India in after 1890 studying at the Cardiff

Meeting and and delighted Meeting was to tell us about and one him of his sitters, hed hed details of four fine portraits and brought Calcutta from by BACSA

appealed appealed for information on the artist A.E. Harris and the subjects

Seldom has Chowkidar received received has Chowkidar Seldom such a and fulsome prompt response to

of of his even to work. the Unknown India Office Library and Records,

one one of its queries than at our last Meeting in April. had publis­ We

THE MAIL BOX BOX MAIL THE

Danes Danes

vic­

Island'and Island'and

possible possible and a chapel

a Memorial Service Service a Memorial for

by by a of crew Braves Mandarin

the the English Cemetery, Foochow

19 19

J. J. cruelly was Couper 'who dragged

interred interred and inscriptions recorded

and and he has a remarkable photograph

restored restored where

the the four died who in remained 1859

were were

held held in

up up in a grisly bonfire. Ironically,

wa~ wa~

photograph photograph to missionaries and their fam­

and and daughter

below. below. After the relief of the Legation'by

and and William

wife wife

Michael Michael Satow

Mas~acre, Mas~acre,

cemetery cemetery

great-grandparents great-grandparents at

Whasang, near Kucheng the the near year a same Whasang, Kucheng shows sorrow­

and and heaped

monument to to monument

Henry Warren, Warren, Student Henry Interpreter at H.M.'s Legation,

his his

July July 15, 1900; Private Phillips, C.W. shot near the latter latter two give details more of interments and the

his his

of of

expense expense of in the reparation. Chinese Government Those

Kucheng Kucheng

of of

memb~r, memb~r,

those those buried

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of of the

Canton,_October.184~ Canton,_October.184~

ion, ion, in the Church, and one murdered was 'adventurous who Englishman

half-way half-way across whilst Mongolia carrying out the extension of China's

in in turmoil again and the Rebellion Boxer led to the siege two-month

Britons Britons served who in China, in some the Service, Customs in educat­

Over the the Over next forty years the original group were joined by other

142 were wounded. were wounded. 142 four Over thousand people including soldiers, telegraph telegraph system'. the By end of the 19th century was China however,

ten-acre ten-acre area round the Legation and they were helpless to prevent

the the dreadful desecration of the British Cemetery, carried out by the

of of the British Legation in Peking, during 65 which people died and

Island. Island. These

Boxer rebels. rebels. Boxer Chinese Chinese servants and Chinese Christian refugees were holed up in a

i~clude i~clude

pro~ecting pro~ecting

Coffins Coffins and caskets were torn out, broken open, stripped of their built built

only only the (~ee (~ee

died died in in the final is destruction indebted of to and Mrs. 1967 BACSA M.

1781; Henry Edward Hum, 4th 4th Officer Hum, Edward 1781; H.C.S. Henry 'Dorsetshire' 30 November

~n.1895. ~n.1895.

Donelan for for Donelan bringing to them our attention. Further cemeteries in al~ied al~ied

metal metal the the Establishment Bengal Ship 'Peneborne' Indiaman, 18 September,

1817 and and 1817 E.J. Sharp of Dublin, Captain, 'Shun I.N. of China HICMSS

China were those of Wan Guo at at were China those Guo of Shanghai, a where Wan long list records of of Fever Typhoid after the Siege, 19, September 1900.

ilies ilies

Today all all Today these graves and the chapel memorial have vanished forever

Main Gate, Gate, Main June 24, and T.G. 1900 Student Hancock, Interpreter, died first first noted states quaintly Of Pedenwill, 'Lasnynegem, 1st 1748'. May Shu' Shu' 1874. 13 September But a civilian mark few graves like those of

only only the of names those buried without dates or occupations and the of of ing ing angel above a plinth recording those died who and the simple mes­

~ims ~ims and is is and to supposed have died in prison at Canton, year 1850'.

Most of of Most those buried are nautical men, like Warre William Lieut. of

Cemeteries Cemeteries at the (Canton) on French Port of Whampoa sage sage by the 'They overcame blood of the Lamb'. (seep. 26) from from the

who had had died who during the siege for for a BACSA

Mrs. Mrs. Lydia Hale, York, the of New first Missionary to Lady the people The last last The cemetery brought to our attention has personal associations since 1962 Qfter it was deprotected by the Survey. Vaux was a pro­ other personalities who have been movedfrom their original plinths. tege of Sir John Child, who during his Governorship at Bombay,made Somestatues already stand there, shaded by trees, ~n~luding th?s: of him a factor, and later Deputy Governor. In 1697 while Vaux and his George V, Lord Hardinge and Lord Willington and official recognition wife were enjoying a sail on the Tapti, their boat capsized and both of the park means such statues will be well preserved and guarded were drowned. Their tomb was a high dome in the Muslim style, sit­ from vandalism. At the same time comes welcomenews from Lucknowthat uated at the mouth of the river and became a landmark for vessels the State MuseumDirector, R.C. Sharma is proposing a 'British' gal­ sailing up to Surat. By 1868 it contained no inscription of any kind lery, where fine marble and bronze statues of Queen Victoria, George and was used as a residence for the lighthouse keepers, acting also V and Sir Harcourt Butler amongothers, can be re-erected. Lucknow as a landmark for sailors. Old photographs or drawings of the tomb possesses more than 20 statues, gathered from neighbouring towns,.of would!:>ewelcome,with a possible view to some restoration. British dignataries, some of which have unfortunately be:n vandalised. Sculptors include H. Roy Chowdhury,T. Tarzan, E.R. Mullis and George Shortly after CommodoreMatthew Perry opened the door for British and Harvard Thomas. The gallery should form an interesting sidelight on American trade with Japan in 1854 the 'Foreigners' Cemetery' was India's recent history. established at Yokohama,twenty-five miles south of the capital Tokyo. One of its first inhabitants was a 23-year-old Lieut., Robert M. Bird Further good news from India, this time at Agra, where restoration of of the HBM11 Batt. 20th Regt. whosei ,1!icriptic..11reads starkly 'cruelly 'Akbar's Church' has been completed and is open for services again. assassinated by Japanese at Kamakura, Nov. 21, 1864, when returning The church was built originally by the early Jesuits under the aegis from Dieboots to Yokohama'. The grave, which is in good condition, of the EmperorAkbar. Moneyfor the church was donated by Prince so fascinated a visitor, Robert Black, that he carried out a careful Salim (later Jehangir) and Indian Christians! who flourished i~ the search for clues and the results of his works are published in the liberal days of the early Mughals. The beautiful church, described 'Asia Magazine' under the chilling title 'Dead Mendo tell tales'. by the traveller Bernier, had a large bell tower and both the Emper­ ors Akbar and later Jehangir would visit it. A later Emperor, how­ Bird had been sent to Japan for garrison duty and though the British ever, Shah Jehan, caused the building to be demolished during a had established themselves by treaties there, many dissaffe~ted ryands Christian persecution and a further hall on the same site was sacked of Samurai still roamed the countryside, determined to drive out the by the soldiers of the Afghan invader AhmadShah. hated foreigners by the sword, if necessary. Unaware, or heedless of danger, Bird and his good friend Major James Baldwin set out on By the middle of the 18th century th: ~u~lding was practic~lly i~ a picnic on a sunny Novemberafternoon 120 years ago. Travelling on ruins, but renovation in the 1760's initiated by Fr. Francis Xavier horseback they made for Kamakurawhere the main attraction was, as it Wendell resulted in the church which stands today. It is unique for is today, the giant bronze statue of Buddha knownas Daibutsu (angli­ its Mughal features of red sandstone panels of flower patterns and cized irreverently as Dieboots). Shadowedby a band of Samurai the engrailed arches with flat roof of stone slabs. Even the godless two officers dismounted in a pleasant field, took out their sand­ Walter Reinhardt, better knownas Sombreor Samru, was movedto help wiches and claret from their saddle bags and settled down for a pic­ in the restoration and the church was finally completed in 1772 accor­ nic. They were instantly set upon and decapitated. So fearsome was ding to a white marble panel over the west door the attack, even at a time of lawlessness that Governmentspies spread out through the near-by villages and within a month, three More evidence of the fertile mix of cultures in Agra comes from an Samurai were captured, tried and sentenced to death. The British dip­ article by ThomasSmith, a BACSAcorrespondent, who tells us of the lomat Ernest Satow described the scene of their execution. The ring­ anglo-indian poet and dancer, Janet Armston, who charmed Indians and leader of the group, ShimadzuSeiji, was captured later and executed Europeans alike with her beautiful Urdu lyrics and music. Janet ad­ on December31st of the same year, defying his executioners to the opted the Indian name Jamiat for her performances and was nicknamed end. As the blade fell, a single shot rang out - one of Bird's 'Houri' (fairy of Paradise) by her many admirers. On her death in friends, goaded by Seiji's last taunts, made sure that had the blade January 1885, aged 57 her husband, Major L.B. Armston of the 31st missed, his bullet would not. Other tombs still stand in good order British Infantry Regiment built a beautiful monumentover her grave today in the YokohamaCemetery, but none perhaps, as evocative as near the Shah Jehan Gardens at Agra Fort, but sadly the tomb is now that of the young man who found death on a harmless jaunt all those a heap of rubble. The inscription whith once graced the tomb, and years ago. was traced with difficulty, read (in Urdu) 'Jamiat has risen from this world' and asked the Virgin Mary to intercede for her. A similar On a more cheerful note comes news from Delhi that the city intends tomb of another anglo-indian poet, knownas Sitara Begum,who was the developing an 'archaeological park' at Coronation Park, site of the mistress of Lieut. Shairph, survives near the Delhi gate of the Agra three British durbars of 1877, 1903 and 1911. The park, which will Fort, with the Persian couplet 'Oh Jesus, give the date of her death. cover 20 acres will house statues of British monarchs, viceroys and The star of the firmament of beauty and grace has set' and the year 21 22 is

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at Jhansi in and 1889 it is

there to seem be few cards of cemeteries;

by Indian firms (two of the

the whereall magazine

a photographer produced cards, who though

Bareilly, Cherat, Jhansi, Meerut, and Trincomalee. Poona

Fort

value of this collection.lies 1n the

used of cards some my of Dalhousie to illustrate one of

1

of the lives which Naturally, if anyone

publi~hed

The

photographed herself

seen none of Nagpur, Bareilly, or DehraDun

earthquake of mayprove interest to

both

was born in for and 1849 worked the until ICS his retirement in

tives like would who to have it, and notes that several and nephews

Shellim wishes to present the painting to any one of Tucker's rela­

had four sisters and two brothers, TuckerBoswell one George of whom, died as recently as 1932, in the house same in St. John's Wood. Dr.

now in the possession of a BACSA member, Dr. in the member, MauriceShell1m. now possession of Tucker a BACSA

painted

1903. Tucker was posted at Jhansi for time some and also sat on the Oudh Commission. Oudh Returning to England, he died in 1908in St. John's

WoodLondon having never married. Probably an amateur artist, he

centuries has to come light recently. was He who

pleased to hear from them. I she had members any postcards which BACSA it provides HELP? YOU CAN Another British painter working in India

or subject might which be included in collection my shown on a mound at on a shown mound the back of the card Edwardian of Half Way .

the greatest

his articles. Again, Sue Farrington has recognised th House' on the road up to Mussoorie, as that to her grandfather,

years ago.

1935 Harfield has

tact but a little soiled and after no wonder six months kicking about'. Occasionally cards such as the 30 or so

It a seems proper lazy man's country'. 'This sentry-box near breach of security here, surely?)

games'. 'A thousand thanks for corsets arrived which Saturday in­

we have we our suppers and spend most of our time singing and playing

shave us and strangely he generally does that while are we in bed.

lives. few of A favourites: my 'I like it here. do not We have much

I have by letter so that one does not feel that one is intruding in private work as work the natives do most of it. even have one We to go round and Much of the Much fascination of these postcards from their comes texts. These are usually banal - enough personal tended news to be conveyed

cantonment had not surprisingly only Amballa, big towns and of the hill stations (although strangely I enough have found none of Abbotabad, Mount Abu or Lansdowne) but foundor none of Abu almost Lansdowne) Abbotabad, Mount

largely marketed cers

and Hernam Dass and Hernam both of Amballa), although

and and, 1920 until 1914they were printed in Germany. They

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foliage lay the remains of Sir Alexander

in dense

by,

1804. Becausethese appeared tombs to they be wereMuslim overlooked

by Blunt in his in 'Christian UP' though and from Monuments Tombs their inscriptions, they are those them­ of imbued who Christian women selves deeply in Indian culture. himself contributed generously to the Church, as did other 'English

later permission won Hastings from Warren to found a church in Cal­

esting family history and a plea for information on the Church Greek following (The article has been kindly Chairman contributed by BACSA at Calcutta, in now a rather neglected state. Ourcorrespondent is site and stands today at the extension. end of Road Chowringhee Mem­ a descendent of Alexios arrived Argyree who in Bengal in and 1750 cutta for the thriving population Greek of traders there. Hastings 1857 (a British subject, since Corfu part was of our from Empire Gentlemen' but it appears now to from its have beenmoved original -1814 1864) and died in 1873/4 having as worked a and Landing Ship­ bers of Mr. Nicachi-Norris' family acted as assistant secretary to the Viceroy in the mid 19th century and as Judge of the Court High in Bengal. His great grandfather arrived in Calcutta from Corfu in A new BACSA member, Mr. Paul member, Nicachi-Norris writes BACSA with new A a most inter­ ping Agent in China Bazaar. the New Since of the community Greek that urgent steps should be taken to record what remains of its his­ tory from memorialinscriptions any information and welcome would on the church empty and nowits cemetery. their infant children, neither survived of their beyond whom first INDIA OF POSTCARDS Lawrence, son of was killed Sir who Lawrence Henry at the early age Calcutta dwindled has almost now to nothing, our correspondent feels cemetery stands marble a cross handsome marking the grave of the bridge which had broken. died man young The on 27 August 1864, seven

interest in the 'Raj'. Far less available are pictures of the hunting can­ for postcards of airships or music-hall Edwardian stars, few birthdays. Near tonments, clubs, bungalows,memorials, churches and (since this is of two celebrated figures in Indian history. In the oldest (unnamed) of riding 26 when on the Hindustan-Tibet road by falling through a eldest child of Lord and Roberts, Lady died who aged just over a of Books photographs of the great buildings of British India and of various aspects of life there abound, because of the recent of wave people collect cards of British India. date Most from 1900 between An old An cutting newspaper reminds us of the Simla graves of children Mr. Michael Stokes). cemeteries of India BACSA) in the early years of the century. I have available from dealers and junk shops (I have accumulated 1300in twelve months) and comparatively cheap, since people while are many

discovered that postcards help to fill this gap. are They readily

year old, and a stone added later records the deaths of of more two years after his father's tragic death at Lucknow. ( see ( p. 19)

below: the memorial service 1895 massacre 1895 of missionary for the victims, held at Foo­ chow. Present are a BACSA

families (seep. 19) left: the memorial angel of Foochow, China, Foochow, recording the

member's great member's grand-parents

26

25

the disaster and lost two children and two

injured in

wifewere

help in tracing them? and nieces of the painter bear the following - surnames Stallard, lately on our screens, Mr. Pick, together with an Indian film-maker Partap is Shama a making series of documentaries called 'The Raj

been sent to us. Perhaps as an antidote to so 'Raj' much material Guerrier, could members Cockburn, and Brooks Roxburgh. Perhaps BACSA India early next year, but the producers like would to interview some

through Indian Eyes'. next To be shown year on 4, Channel the film­

British and Indians during the period. are They particularly looking An interesting An letter from a television film-maker, Martin Pick has graphs, drawings etc. which throw light on relationships the between British and Indian people here in Britain as well. If you can help, for anecdotes and insights into such relationships, whether formal,

please write to Mr. Pick at 2, Beresford Terrace, Park, New Highbury has the intriguing headline family" '"Kim in Earthquake: 4 members killed at Quetta: and Son daughter them'. among The family concerned or informal, official or social. telephone of Most 2DH, N5 01 the 359 3466. London filming will be done in makers are seeking BACSA members who may have correspondence, may who photo­ members makers are seeking BACSA In the last carried we Chowkidar an old photograph of a church in his Police and sports secretary of the Quetta Club. Are there any BACSA state confidently that Mr. Beatty was the original for model Kipling's Kim. Mr. Beatty is described as one of the most picturesque person­ An old An cutting newspaper of this 8 June passed 1935 year, to BASCA alities in Quetta, a superb athlete, of a the member Baluchistan grandchildren. But the newspaper (as yet unidentified) goes on to that of Writer in the office of the Secretary to and he Government,

were the Beattys, and it that seems the father, Mr. Beatty F.M.A. and interesting idea that was based on a Kim real person? From Mrs. Ursula From a of Nyss comes plea London for help in tracing her husband's ancestors before they went to India! Nyss John Shearman later to moved the Political Department. John died Nyss in and 1849

is the of Church All Saints there at is Maymyo an story amusing this unusual surname. children. But our correspondent is most interested to where know John was born.Nyss She thinks it unlikely to have been in Britain, for various reasons, and wonders if could help any members her with and asked Burma if Upper any readers could identify it. our To sur­ members who perhaps remember this perhaps who remember members family and could throw light on the prise received we two positive identifications, one siting the Church was born about and 1794 married Lydia JohnsonSmith at St. John's at situated Thayetmyo, on the west bank of the Irrawaddy, about 300 Cathedral, Calcutta on St. Valentine's 1817. Day His occupation was attached to it which the formerBilly Warden, Church Rivers, related was buried in the Circular Burial Road Ground, having fathered ten miles and from Rangoon, the other placing it at Maymyo.If indeed it

for for

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see when showing ladies ladies see showing when

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28 28

what what I

have have recently

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Afghanistan Afghanistan

armed warriors. warriors. armed Bedingfield, on attempting to reason

with with 500

is now no plaque commemorating the the is officers no plaque now commemorating though the space where it

fident fident that they will be able to help. from Delhi Ghose is Premola

Finally Finally two very requests unusual that put we before our readers, con­

rain rain rendered the British and thus powder their firearms, useless.

from from the top, could which be repaired without expense. undue There

good condition condition good apart caused by the from damage root of a tree growing

p.27 p.27 ) is adjacent to the site of the Engineers' and bungalow, is in

Shillong Shillong correspondent D.F.S. writes Papworth that the (see memorial

memorial, memorial, and perhaps the wording?

Burlton Burlton cut was while extracting down an arrow from his wrist. Our would have have would been affixed is clear. any readers Do recollect the

hold hold out for 24 hours in the with a bungalow few sepoys, but for­ was

the the British and surrounded their on the bungalow of morning 4 April The end came on on end the The came road towards Cherrapunji a of when sudden shower

1829, 1829,

some years years the some when Khasis at suddenly decided Nongkhlao to expel

the the hills. Relations with the tribespeople had been

surveying surveying work, road building and the setting up of a sanitorium in

ledged ledged by Calcutta and he never published his Journals during his

ation ation on Stirling from readers be would passed on to our enquirer.

the the of Duchess but Northumberland there the trail ends. inform­ Any

trip trip through Persia in 1828-9. was the He first to European visit

field field and Philip Burlton, both Royal Engineers, erected was which at

Shillong Shillong in India the and show to memorial Lieuts. Richard Beding­ ling, ling, the first of Governor Perth, Australia. held various Edward

ced ced to a make break the when thatched roof fired. was

has has survived but our correspondent, Jonathan the where wonders Lee

Photographs Photographs of a sturdy brick in in Lanarkshire in and was 1797 the younger brother of Sir James Stir­

lifetime lifetime for reasons are which still obscure. of his Some material

the the earliest travellers in Persia and Afghanistan. Sitrling was born

with with the was killed crowd almost immediately. Burlton able was to

From Sussex comes an an Sussex comes interesting From query about Edward,Stirling, one of

certain certain areas of Northern

Nongkhlao in in Nongkhlao the Khasi Hills near Shillong. The story behind the

quested quested Stirling's draft Journals to to show Clive Lord to to us. 'At first' he writes 'we had only an iron ladder to get us up

rest rest is. the John Malcolm, subject biography of re­ a recent BACSA however, however, awaiting positive identification of the via Church a Burmese

round round the I Tower sure am all you would subscribe to a spiral stair­

Assam valley valley Assam in the 1820's these when officers two were engaged in

pulpit pulpit one day and said "If you

to to the Tower, but the Chaplain Rev. Thursfield G.A.R. got up in the

correspondent correspondent and hope to we solve the query in our next issue. civil civil offices in and Agra during his time as Collector there, a made

memorial memorial is one that reflects the British push into the remote Upper

case" case" and within no time had we a spiral staircase'. is Chowkidar,

• •

'r 'r

'

(see (see p. 23)

below: below: the Post-Office at

Shillong. Shillong. (seep. 28)

Burlton Burlton at near Nongkhlao,

collection collection of old post-cards. ed to commemorate Lieuts. Lieuts. ed to commemorate

left: left: the brick erect­ column

Richard Richard Bedingfield and Philip

Murree, Murree, Michael from Stokes' 27 27 on

sci~nces

30

of government.

reirs

of the soil.

Taylor's years of devoted service at Shorapur, where he built

In 1841 Meadows Taylor was appointed In to Meadows 1841 a difficult political post at

the productiveness 'I had never seen the interior of the fort, nor the English be­ House Shorapur, a small State Hindu in the south-west corner of the Nizam's

a considerable of knowledge law, and both English, and Hindu Muslim because he had to adminster Justice to the .•• he people studied geology and botany because he observed the direct bearing of these

ties, was unable to fulfill his financial obligations to the Nizam and Meadows Taylor's and Meadows predecessor had been sent to adjust the State's

pur until during 1853 which time he administered the State and put it

dominions. The Raja of Shorapur had fallen into pecuniary difficul­

affairs with the but Nizam, just on the point of success the Raja had Pid Naik, was recognised by as the Regent Governmentbut he a was weak

firmness and inexhaustable patience and kindness to all, finally won and achieved the respect of all. destinedwas He to remain at Shora­ on a firm financial basis before placing the young Raja on his throne

a house for himself and his wife sadly (who died during this period), thoughby successcrowned in 1853, were to be sadly eroded by the young died leaving a of boy seven as his successor. The Raja's brother,

trict with his headquarters in the vast and interesting fortress of

longing to it ... it and now residence. was to my become I found it a and handing the him building, handsome although not very commodious. In the centre was

Meadows

man with man little following and opposedwas by the senior Rani, the Shorapur in 1853 Meadows Taylor Shorapur appointedwas in to Meadows 1853 a ceded newly dis­ Nuldroog. 'Although I had often before been at Nuldroog' he wrote, settled part of his 36 years service in India. It was therefore to

hall, of a bedroom corresponding size, with attached, bathroom from

became one of greatest became my pleasures - for in nowhere India did English mother of the Taylor, boy Raja. by his Meadows However integrity, disaffection during and 1857 his tragic death a year later. From

He remained at He until Nuldroog and 1857 this place, together with his long service at Shorapur, are the two places where he spent the most Shorapur and that, Nuldroog having by been charmed 'The Story of my a large hall, with two semi-circular on rooms each side; above the Life' went we in search of Taylor Sahib. is Nuldroog in now Maha­ rashtra and is about 30 miles east of Sholapur. enters One the fort­ ress through massive gates into the open enclosure within the sur­ rounding bastions. of Most the internal buildings are in ruins but young Raja who fell Raja young who into bad and culminating ways bad company, in his garden about the house, very whichwas soon cleaned up, and eventually flowers and vegetables so grow ... well '

which there was a beautiful view all over the fort ... in front there was a broad verandah, supported by pillars ... there was, too, a good one, in order, good was the old Kutcherry and is utilised now as a college. unexpected Our arrival naturally aroused the curiosity of the Taylor inmates. as mentioned was the the Meadows name When

he

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married into

on the

India.

now res1d1ng now

year~

has been

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scripts

useful murdere~s

readers

published 1n

alway~

fi~st

royal fam1l1es.

the Resident; and

found_1t

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1

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family,

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m~terial

souls. He

the

Life

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provide

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as interpreter duty by

T~ylor's

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could

Officer's Club,

29

,s

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higher

Mug~al.and

emp~oyed

.

~rmy

Zo~

which

the

an

employment', but arriving the at house of Bombay

'Thuggee' infested who the roads of

researchmater,~l

there. Now

because the construct,onof roads, tanks and

interested in

reco11111ended for much reco11111ended

autobiography 'The Story of my

1839 and 1839 recounts the confessions of Al,, Am,r whose

has been pursuing the fascinating task of drawing up

descendants of the once celebrated

be carefully copied and returned if they are sent c/o

fascinated by the 'Confessions' I have

one or two snippets

pl~ys

especially where Europeans, like the

inside? photographs, Any or rem1n1scences

of mercantile

essential part of the of improvement the country. acquired He

a lot of his

noble families. Letters via the Secretary w,11 be passed on,

Secretary.

the venue for touring and companies amateur theatricals, and

very straitened circumstances in India.

self engineering

kinsman, obtained a was commission for in him the Nizam's Military contingent. At seventeen he was at eighteen he found himself assistant Police Superintendant of a district comprising a population of a was an was

business he was to enter proved to be no better than a shop, and its chief an embarrassed tradesman. the By influence and assistance of a

Martials, and

house Meadows Taylor house was sent a upon Meadows to 'vague and Bombay fallacious promi;e

shor1tlyafterhis death.

and a months in few the drudgery of a Liverpool Merchant's counting

since being in

(An article (An kindly contributed Ash) by Timothy As a lad of fifteen, after a years few spent at a second rate school,

published in

the widespread and fanatical robbers practising secret sect of ritual

to interview open to obtain a copy and a couple of years with Taylor's IN SEARCH OF TAYLOR SAHIB (1808 -SAHIB 1876) TAYLOR OF SEARCH IN

the chain, these appalling disclosures as a turned Thug approver lay bare the story of and incidentally member a BACSA on the Gardners published in 'The India Magazine'

titled 'The Confessions of a Taylor Thug' of by Captain the Meadows is particularly of Nizam Hyderabad's service. This work, come across come

As a As boy at school I found on the shelves the of library a en­ volume

Though

pedigrees for leading families Muslim in India for some

look like

BA[SA Dr. Bierbrier

there must be many BACSA members who attended who plays members there, there or BACSA must be even many acted on stage. kind What of performances took place? there Were elaborate stage-props and lighting? members will members

spending a short time in Britain trying_to

and holding once

Theatre Simla with the idea of restoring ,t to ,ts former splendour

1 1

·

in'the in'the

the the truly bi­

Cantonments and and pal­ Cantonments

rulers, rulers, including

32 32

stations, stations, the

intrigues intrigues surrounding the case

Hyderabad Residency and many others, others, Residency and many Hyderabad

Indian Indian

hil~ hil~

whose architect architect whose died insane during its

for for

1915 and and 1915 1948. chapter Each is a in theme

the the court

resulting resulting in a successful synthesis, the author

d:l~ghtful d:l~ghtful

British British

at at Baroda,

Calcutta, Calcutta, the

Raj. Raj. British Architecture in India 1660-1947

until until Independance, apart from a five year period in

incl~ding incl~ding

Training: Training: The First Sub-division: District The Super-

- the

Vilas Vilas

of of the

Burma, between between Burma,

two two ideas,

Laxmi Laxmi

career career -

built_by_the built_by_the

~hese ~hese

ilip ilip Davies

!ndian_(Imperial) !ndian_(Imperial) Police Officers in the various Provinces of India,

1ntendent 1ntendent etc. - with the experiences and thoughts of the contributors

Indore Indore on deputation to the Indian Political Department. exciting An

1985 1985 Publisher: Leslie Robins (distributed pp 120 £5.00 by BACSA)

thought thought and felt. This is an account of (and not men forgetting

portant portant as evidence of what individual officers in these situations

~hat ~hat

including including

Robins. Robins.

On Honourable Terms Terms Honourable On ed. Martin Wynne

1985 1985 John Murray pp. 272 £25.00

of of superb paintings of policemen and in Ena unifonn Haddon by Mark

zarre zarre against against the of MaharaJa Rewa. The illustrations include reproductions

A number of of number opinions A are expressed, controversial. some are They im­

woven into into woven a mosaic of distinct parts, yet forming a coherent pattern.

account account of the murder investigations, trials and riots with which he

believes. believes. also The book explores less controversial aspects of British

United United Provinces

styles styles and principles. Delhi Lutyens' represents New the amalgamation

lists' lists' - British architects a wanted who return to indigenous Indian

Policing Policing the Raj Leslie Robins

civil civil engineers to drive the railways, roads, and canals through the

erection. erection. Recommended.

buildings buildings that benefit would the public began to and recruit the PWD

aces aces

was.involved, was.involved,

of of

joined joined the Indian Imperial Police Service in 1928, and served

The privately privately The published autobiography of L.C.F. IPM Robins, who QBE,

These memoirs record record These memoirs the incidents and activities in the career of perialists' perialists' of as the they were PWD, called, and the 'native reviva­

to to the debate at the turn of this century the between 'aesthetic im­

BACSA BOOKS (Books by BACSA members) members) by BACSA (Books BOOKS BACSA

Nizam paid paid Nizam for it'. After the to more check of moved emphasis 1857

Gover~ment_House, Gover~ment_House,

eurs) eurs) through to the expression of Imperial superiority found in archite:ture archite:ture

earliest earliest and military commercial structures (often erected by amat­

British British India which still survive. Their history is traced from the

bringingtogether bringingtogether for the first of time many the notable buildings of

P P

Shlendours Shlendours

country, country, to the advantage of both Britons and Indians. But this led

when when architecture was cheaper than sepoys, particularly the when local

This This is and book the a most handsome author is to be congratulated on

he he

and and

a a long time,

i11T11ediate i11T11ediate

live live here',

here here for

normally normally

followed followed asked and we

livec livec

31 31

of of Shorapur which lies seventy some

why we were were we there. why are 'We interest­

of of courtesies

area area

exchan!:)f: exchan!:)f:

looking looking gentleman of later years, greeted who

Taylor Taylor Sahib; yes, he

An An

obviously obviously wondering

but but kindly

to to see it'. It as was if he had left but ten days before

a a doorway.

· ·

corm1ented corm1ented

from from

::li~nifi:C: ::li~nifi:C:

noticed noticed it recently, I wonder?

1876 shortly shortly 1876 after his return from a final visit to India. His last

my refuge, refuge, my and underneath are the everlasting arms'. anyone Has

words words uttered on earth are inscribed on his tomb 'The eternal is God

that that evening after a most satisfying end to a search for Taylor Sahib.

Meadows Taylor Taylor died at Meadows in Mentone southern France on the 13th of May

stayed stayed the night there instead of all bumping the back way to Bijapur

town and now the PWD guest guest house. the and town now PWD If could we only have had we known

Raja Raja Pid Naik directed us to a nearby hill top found we where 'Taylor

by by his handprint, dipped in ground sandalwood.

Manzil Manzil 1844', an attractive and well-kept overlooking bungalow the

Moghul Emperor Aurangzeb to to Aurangzeb the Emperor Raja Moghul Hindu of Shorapur, embellished

a a of number family heirlooms was a which amongst 'Firman' from the

that that Shorapur had never been the since same Taylor left. produced He

Raja Raja Pid Niak, for that was his name, left us with the impression

said said I of by way explanation. 'Ah, grandfather's my ... guardian and '

ed ed in once served an who Englishman Taylor' here, his Meadows was name

he he

that that from Bijapur had we come to visit Shorapur. 'A long to way come'

apologised, apologised, 'I'm usually at fann, my distance some away'. I told him

a a

us us courteously before taking us to another room, again unfurnished,

ushered ushered into a furnished room only with a charpoy on was which seated

So So through courtyards, corridors and up the stairs followed we to be

if if it was possible to look round the old palace. 'Well', said he to

where we all all we where sat on a stone bench. 'I don't

our our complete astonishment, 'you'd better up and see come Raja Sahib'.

ed ed

when a a when smart figure in 'congress' cap, white jacket and dhoti appear­

on on his arrival in - 1841 'Vote for Pid Naik!' found the We palace,

which which and appeared unoccupied unkempt so were we set for exploration

electoral electoral slogan painted on a wall reminded us of Taylor's problems

changed changed but little, and even before reached we the palace, town an

progressed progressed to the more remote

been been well worthwhile and rewarding. It days was later some that we

We left left We feeling Nuldroog that our visit there in search of had him

no-one no-one to the work 'water supply'.

instead instead of a century and more. His 'English House' in though now

miles miles south west of Bijapur in Karnataka State. Shorapur has probably

but but under the now sun just March Deccan a tangle of dried weecs, with

circular circular rooms, the view to the rear from his over the bedroom waters

ruins ruins was instantly recognisable with its large hall and adjoining semi­

most most beautiful. could One see that the garden had been well laid out

reason reason for our visit the reaction, to our surprise, was

we have have we a settlement called Taylor Nagar. His house is over there if

enthusaistic. enthusaistic. 'Ah, you you wish their wives) in the circumstances of their time; the routine and ord­ such as the Observatory, the Iron Bridge, and hospital; the Residency; inary, the exciting and desperate moments. What becomes apparent to the Cantonment; Claude Martin's buildings; the four palace complexes - the reader is the awesomeresponsibility that fell on the shoulders the Macchi Bhavan, the Daulat Khana, the Chattar Manzil and the Qai­ of these officers. And linked with this, the remarkable loyalty of s~rbag~; and the Old City. Through these buildings and those that their men, drawn from different races and creeds, owing allegiance to lived in them, their plans and planners both Indian and European a foreign crown that their kith and kin were challenging, yet welded the bricks and mortar used and how they were manufactured, the a~thor together through high qualities of leadership. The memoirs were com­ pursues her theme of how the ferment of ideas between East and West, piled and edited by the late Martin Wynneunder the aegi~ of the Ind­ between free-trade and Companycontrols, were reflected in the devel­ ian Police (UK) Association, with more than twenty contributors.who opment of the town. served between them in the nine main Provinces of the Sub-continent. The book.abounds in social anecdote throwing light on the attitudes Illustrated. o'. ~he time,_and the Europeans do not always emerge with great cre­ di~. There is_a reference to the import of mouse-traps and cucumber 1985 Published by BACSApp. 248 £7.50 sl~c:rs, as evidence of an unshakeable belief of the superiority of Briti~h-made goods: A mention of the great height of the walls sur­ Raj and Post Raj Col. W.I. Moberly rounding the Nawabi houses - exceeding the height of a man standing Attached initially to the Hampshire Regt. stationed at Razmakin the on an elephant - to ensure the sanctity of the zenana. And a comment NWFPin the 1930s, the author's introduction to India was in one of on the contrast between the extreme cleanliness of the inner court­ the remote frontier posts on the border, where even a game of foot­ ~ards of Muslim and Hindu houses, and the utter filth that collected ball outside camp necessitated the turning out of duty piquets to. ~nth: ~arrow streets outside, revealing the lack of any sense of hold the surrounding heights. From there he travelled and worked in public ~roperty by our standards. There are 19 fascinating photo­ most of the major north Indian towns until the outbreak of war found graphs, with n~merous house and town plans; something in it for every­ him serving in Italy. After presiding in post-war India over the one but essentially an authoritative book with a message and a special Referendumheld in the NWFPto ascertain whether the population wished appeal for architects and those who knowLucknow, undoubtedly one of to accede to India or Pakistan, Col. Moberly joined the British Army the most interesting cities in India. (TCW) and later postings included Cyprus! th: Suez Canal _and Singapor:· A wide ranging, illustrated book, which is well detailed on the minutae 1985 OUPIndia pp. 284 Rs. 150 of an officer's life. BOOKSby non-membersthat will interest readers. 1985 Pentland Press pp 231 £9.00 Templer, Tiger of Malaya John Cloake A Fatal Friendship Rosie Llewellyn-Jones This is a full-length biography of Field Marshal Templer, who died in 197~. '.he author has researched and interviewed on a grand scale to BACSAmembers familiar with Chowkidar and our activities in the Eur­ d? Justice to the extraordinarily varied career of a first-class ;ol­ opean cemeteries of South Asia will appreciate the approach to the dier. _Tem~lerserved his country in many places: Flanders 19l7, enlivening of old records and inscriptions through biographical sket­ Palestine in the 19301 s, France 1940, Anzio, post-war Germanyand, ches of those buried there. Here, in this book, by the same process of course, Malaya, where he first earned public renown. Weare given applied to buildings instead of monuments, Chowkidar's Editor has generous background surveys of these momentousevents and trace the brought to life the Nawabi days in Lucknowfrom the 1750's to 1850's. d:velopment of his great gifts - the dynamism, the ferocious dedica­ In a cemetery a communitytends to be seen as sectionalised, the tion and the un~anny skill in getting immediately to the basics of Christian British, with only occasional references over the wall to any problem. Like Monty, he had the knack of picking quality in his the wider India. In Lucknowone is dealing with Muslim and Hindu, colleages and subordinates. He became CIGSin 1955 but the years at to remind us of the realities of former Moghuldomination; with Eng­ the_t?p.of h1s profes~ion were not happy ones. He found dealing with lish and French to remind us of the incursion of Europe into Asia; poli~icians _a most distasteful and uncongenial business' and he was and with offici~ls and non-officials in the East India Company's terms, at first bewild:red and then disgusted at their conduct over Suez. to remind us of the attempts to expand trade and impose order. And F~r one so passion~tely devoted to the regimental spirit and tradi­ all this in an inherently anarchical situation where there was a heady t~ons of the Ai:myit must have been agonizing to preside over its mixture of fantastic wealth and a confusion of standards: religious, dismembermentin the 1950's. Howdid this nervy, quick-tempered man moral and cultural. come to commandso much loyalty and affection? His directness how­ ever intim~d~ting_at first, and utter honesty won people over.' He Using architecture as h:r ~edium Rosie Llewe~lrn-Jones picks her way through all the main buildings of Luckn~w,_givinga scholarly acc~u~t was a_tra~itional~st an~~ ~onservationist, and we are told something (32 pages of references): the Nawabi buildings erected for the British, of this side of his activities; more's the pity that no mention is 34 33 '

who over who the

for Malacca: Goula

·

during the turmoil

during a parachute jump,

it was time to leave India

tablespoons black treacle

1881) the Darjeeling tea­

6

36

he felt

to the Editor's recent request for

(1833-

Badly hurt

self-taught Italian

£9.95

Valerie Robinson

the foolowing typical recipe in the

him

in proress collating for them publica­

two egg whites they and when are stiff, author was able to provide with him

him.in Amritsar

This

familiar ground of life army in the NWFP

by Mrs.

to try

Mandel~i

12 oz. milk; 8 oz. water: 2 egg whites: a

'.ound

is now

in

and the

~necdotes.

Pinn has recently put together an interesting

li~e

scenes' of stiff, formal occassions led to a suc­

so sickened

and add a few drops of vanilla essence. Pour the

mould and mould chill in the fridge. set When turn the

1947

Loui~

sago together with the sugar, milk and water until

wor~

'mandellii' in his honour and towards the end of his

ten years an authority became on the birds of the

?n

dish and serve with the from black sauce made treacle

a~d

responded handsomely

might

which

M~ndelli oz. sugar:

but written with such and charm lightenss of touch that

to the HEof Governor the Punjab and his varied social

hilariou~

transparent. Whip

.2

of 45. Another BACSA member, Major Poole of member, is 45. a great Another BACSA grand­ the sago

a wetted

boil the

member, Fred member,

onto a

'behind the

a~d.Italy: space of

the name

Membe~s

me~ber~

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~nto

the 30's

auto-biography covering

Partition

•.

be:omes

RaJ Recipes

life led on the Frontier. punches are No pulled, but then they

that, in a strange way, shared the code of same honour. in 1985 Jonathan Cape pp. 298 £15.00

affectionate account of the unique collaboration two groups between

pos~ Yes, Excellency Your V.E.O. Stevenson-Hamilton weren't pulled at the time and the is book an accurate, honest and 1985 Harnsworth Thomas pp. 229

the reader is engagingly swept along. author The later took up the

touch to well territory. known cession of the author later reJoined the 4th Rifles Gurkha and service saw in Burma

duties ~n little booklet of s~ort for good. Well written and illustrated the author brings a fresh Himalayas, parts of Sikkim, Tibet, and Bhutan Nepal wasunfortunately not to the know importance of his researches. At least five birds life.he waselected of a the member Asiatic Society of Bengal. But planter and ornithologist. cholera, debts and ill-health caused to him take his life own at the ton son of Louis c~rry 3.oz.sago: tragically he eventually felt unable to cope with the full-time job of of manager the Darjeeling tea estates and a succession of droughts ~C~A early age it A_BACSA little vanilla essence. For the sauce - 2 teaspoonsful juice. lemon thinned with the juice. lemon ~ethod:

fold sago_into much valuable much information on comparatively little-known ancestor. pu~ding

The recipe The is also as known 'Jaggery Pudding'.

meantime, kindly sent

-

poache~

to

Agents stationed

according to his tribal

·

Political

not much mind what mischief mind not much

35

sometimes reverted sometimes

gamekeep~r

government did government

the

blazing heat or ice and of of snow; swoops dawn

results - the experiment was a success. The Frontier

This absorbing book is about that life. Largely in the words

They wereThey formedinto corps, each at the disposal of a

.

country in

.

them had to devise of means from theirthem weaning some wicked

between world between wars were savage. The bookis illustrated handsomely

isolated, fortified outposts; of patrols 30 miles moving a day over

rugged

service with good photographs and is for memorable its frank detailing of the

outlaw strongholds; of localized battles which in the years of peace corps he wished to join. This tolerable made a hard and dangerous of British and Pathan officers themselves, letters and diaries or

ibility and at considerably more risk than their counterparts in the

perienced officers of their tribes, own all carrying far respons­ more memories recorded memories on paper and tapes, it tells of everyday events in regular army. extraordinary An affinity up grew the between Pathans and the carefully selected young officers - each vetted by the tribal

Scouts were led by officersyoung of the and by very Army INdian ex­

so the Frontier tribesmen themselves - nearly all Pathans - were re­

Political Agent, collectively and were known as the Frontier Scouts. Though in Though the early days with dramatic

cruited

The solution was ingenious. TheAgents needed their private own army, which would not whichwould be subject to the military normal hierarchy (as it was so frequently at variance with the local political authorities), among

the tribesman in made his territory own so long as he did not it make on the roads or at the expense of servants. government attempt No

indeed the Pathans lived who in 'Tribal Territory' on the Indian side ways. into British India,

code of honour. The frontier was not heavily garrisoned or fortified; to made was govern of tax the tribes but of it were not even administered. naturally While discouraging raids

frontier roads and pursue his blood feuds

to raid the villages in Britihs India, to snipe at travellers on the

In all the well-documented history of the Raj, the intriguing and

the poacher having been the Pathan tribesman lived who along the critical North Frontier West dividing India Afghanistan from and, ultimately, from Russia. This tribesman's most precious possession

has served both as soldiers and as civil servants'. (JW) colourful tale of the Frontier Scouts is one which has not hitherto 1985 Harrap pp. 520 £14.95

was a rifle, modern his pride was to call master, no man his pleasure been told. It is a singular of example poacher-turned-gamekeeper:

it, and above all of an intensely romantic love of India and all that it meant in terms of and the the Armh - Empire an India where he was

had a strong romantic streak. His feeling for the wasfull Empire of

never himself to serve, but where his forebears andrelations so many

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