'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.' [‎430] (460/481)

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INDEX.
Fortifications, unnecessary in ge
neral, in India, 200; none on
the frontier of Sind, 333.
• Forts, destruction of, on the fron
tier of Sind, 327.
France, benefits of our alliance
with, 346.
Frontier detachments, state of, in
Sind, 168, 326, 328.
Frontier, the north-west, of India,
papers relating to, 50, 267, 294,
322, 345.
Frontier trade returns, 50.
Frontier tribes, 5, 267, 294, 301,
322, 330, 335, 342, 349, 361.
Fund, military, its effects on the
army, and on society, 184; what
it really is, 185.
Funds, regimental, 137 ; assamee,
156; military, 184.
Furloughs, effects of, on Indian
society, 97 ; existing rules out
of date and unfair, 185; a phy
siological fact, 185 ; authority
for it, 186; effects of present
regulations on English society,
187; sabbatical system recom
mended, 188; benefits of such
an institution, 189.
G
Garden and Son, directions to, for
a saddle, 210; in connection
with rifle practice, 237.
General orders, 310, 311, 312.
Ghizree Creek, 39.
Gibbard, Captain, trial of rifles by,
248.
Goldney, Captain P., & notice re
specting Boogteemarauders,312.
Goojerat, incident of the battle
of, 343.
Goorkas, the, as material for a
native army, 123, 194.
Gordon, Brigadier, order by, on
relinquishing command of the
troops in Upper Sind, 302.
Goree Naree, 330.
Green, Colonel, reports by, on rifle
practice, 245, 247.
Green, Lieutenant, rifle practice
by, at Jacobabad, 239, 240.
Griffins, and griffinism, 96.
Guffoor Mahomed, Jemedar, and
the Sind Horse, in a fight with
Boogtee robbers, 311.
Guides, Belooch, on the frontier
of Upper Sind, 330, 338.
n
Hancock, Colonel, report by, on
Jacob's rifle and rifle balls, 244.
Hassan-ke-Ghuree, spies at, 330,
331.
Head quarters, fixed, for regi
ments, 90, 124, 154, 193, 402.
Herat, designs of Russia and Per
sia on, 346; as an English for
tress, 347.
Hill tracts, pastoral, management
of, 67 ; chiefly valuable as graz-
ing-lands, 67; statistics desir
able, 67; the people not to be
compelled to resort to agricul
ture, 67; staple wealth of the
districts, 68; best method of
dealing with the inhabitants,
68; results, 68.
Hindoo Khoosh, the, in connec
tion with the security of India
from invasion, 347.
Hindoostanee, passing in, 12,388.
Hindoostanees, the best material
for native soldiers, 123, 194,
199; contrasted with Affghans,
&c. as soldiers, 342; at the
battle of Goojerat, 343.
Hoodoo, escape of Boogtee rob
bers at, 296.
Horse fairs, opinion on, 201 ;
effects of proclamations of, 202.
Horses, compensation for, to irre
gular cavalry, 150; neglect of,
151; casting of, 153; unprece
dented mortality amongst, 165;
remarks on the purchase of, for
military purposes, 194; Govern
ment agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. injurious, 195,
202; cost, 195; plan recom
mended, 195; stud-bred, of