CHAPTER IV.

Rio Scinde having died, his throne usurped by the Rannie or Queen of Gwalior--Ordered to join Lord Gough's Army at Agra--The Palace of Agra--The ancient seat of the Moguls of Delhi--Lord Ellenborough rewarding Pollock and Nott--The Targ or Marble Tomb of Akbar's favourite daughter--March through the country of the Ryots--Grain-fields--Religious superstition--The white bull--Women--The Chumble river crossed--No enemy in sight--Nature of ground before Maharajpoor--Christmas morning--General Grey and his Division to arrive at Gwalior--Disposition of Troops--March to Battle--Wheat-shocks filled with Sharpshooters--Battle--Push on to within fifteen miles of Gwalior--The Raumi comes out to meet us--Unconditional surrender--Gwalior a formidable Place--The Queen and her army surrenders--Grey joins us 3rd January--Reinstatement of the young King--Grand Review--Incident on a Shooting Excursion--"Bob, don't go, Bob, don't go"--Break up Camp, 3rd February--Ordered back to Meerut--Passage of the Chumble--Frightened Game--A Chase with a Stag--Through Agra and Delhi to Meerut 61