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Honourable Court, when, on the prize-day at Addiscombe, the lad stood forth blushing with modest
pride, the Pollock medal in his hand, the sword of
honour under his arm, and a pile of military histories,
emblazoned with the arms of the academy, on the
table before him. After his arrival on Indian shores,
the same advice was impressed upon him by his uncle
the Sudder judge, his cousin the junior secretary,
and his school-chum the probationary-sub-assistantcommissary-general.
Rich were the prizes open to the aspiring cadet:— rich, but far from rare. There were the political agencies at the courts of Holkar and Scindiah ; at the seats of the ancient and romantic dynasties of Rajpootana ; at that European station whence, in dangerous proximity, an English resident still watches with anxious glance the intrigues and feuds which agitate the nest of Arab and Rohilla cut¬ throats, who protect and terrify the Nizam of Hyderabad. There were the Deputy Commissionerships of Oude and the Punjaub, whose occupants enjoyed a salary almost equal to that of a Collector in the more settled provinces, with a far greater share of power and responsibility. There were the posts in the branches of administration more exclusivelv military: the Departments of the Adjutant-General, the Quarter-Master-General, the Commissary-Gen-
