'The views and opinions of Brigadier General John Jacob, CB. Aide-decamp to the Queen; Aide-de-camp to the Governor General of India, &c. &c. &c.; late commanding in chief the British forces in Persia; at present commanding the Sind Irregular Horse, and Political Superintendent of the North-West frontier of Sind.' [‎423] (453/481)

INDEX.
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Accountants, Village, restoration
and duties of, 68; the connect
ing-link between Government
and the cultivator, 69; necessary
qualifications for, 69; salaries
to, 69; who should pay them?
69; bearings of, and reply to,
the question, 70.
Administration, civil, 1, 391, 397;
military, 85, 391, 39/; of the
North-West Frontier Region of British India bordering Afghanistan. of Sind,
322; scheme for the reorgan
isation of the Indian, 391, 397.
Advice, to a native prince, 340.
Affghanistan, state of, in 1839,
26/; invasion of, by Persia, 345;
friendly to the British, 348;
changes in, within the last ten
years, 360.
Affghans, the, as recruits for our
armies, 342; their character,
342; their appearance, and
conduct in times of danger
344 ; subsidising of, 349.
Agriculture, artificial encourage
ment to, impolitic, 66 ; its sole
legitimate stimulants, 66.
Ahmed Khan Mugsee, Sindian
chief, 309.
Aliff Khan, and his intrigues with
Boogtee settlers, 301.
Alim Khan, Boogtee chief, 284,
301.
Ali Moorad, Meer, rendezvous of
marauders in his territory, 299;
takes part in Sir C. Napier's
hill campaign, 309.
Amiel, Lieutenant, and his Be-
looch horsemen, 275, 276.
" Anacalypsis," quotation from
the, 408.
Anglo-Saxon, the, contrasted with
the Oriental, 3, 393; the do
minant race in India, 4 ; dete
riorating in Bengal, 96, 109,
387, 389, 391, 410.
Apparatus, for army rifle, 255.
Arabia, purchase of horses in, 194.
Arabs, 372.
Arkvvright, what his spinning ma
chinery has done for England,
211.
Armies, of Bengal and Bombay:
comparison between the systems
obtaining in, 108; normal con
dition of the Bengal army a
state of mutiny, 108, 113; Ben
galee idea of the cause, 10.9;
the true causes, 109, 113;
state of affairs in the Bombay
army, 110; seniority system of
promotion in Bengal, 111;
drilling, 111; proportions of
European officers requisite with
^European and native troops,
112; example in the Sind Irre
gular Horse, 112; discipline
and character of that corps,
113; state of affairs in Bengal
extending to Bombay, and why,
114,192.
Armies, of England: remarks on
the true principles of their