CHAPTER I.

Sixteenth Queen's Lancers--Regiment in India--Gravesend--Scenes _en route_--Embark on board _Lord Exmouth_--Sprung a Leak--Plymouth Sound--Passage--Passing the line--Father Neptune--Cape de Verde Islands--Becalmed--Fishing--Cape of Good Hope--Albatrosses--Pass St. Paul and Amsterdam--Storm--Isle of Fraun--Sandhead--Hooghly--Fort William--View of Calcutta--Disembark--Chinasura Garden reach--Dutch Fort--Cholera--Orders for Cawnpore--Up Ganges in Boats--Typhoon--Swamped--Loss of a Lady--Scenery along the River--Benares, the holy city--Allahabad--Cawnpore--Night marching--Camp--Description of large Banyan Tree--Meerat--Regiment--Captain Havelock--War Rumours 17