'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.' [‎431] (461/481)

INDEX.
431
India, worst of all, 1%; a
great mistake, 19(1; selection of
breeders, 19/ ; merits of differ
ent breeds, 198 ; property in,
amongst the Belooch border
tribes of Sind, 298.
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India, natives of, incapable of self-
government, 3, 392; grateful,
3; mistrustful, 4 ; appreciate
fairness and honesty, 4; ideas
of their rights, 392.
Indian empire, source of greatest
danger to, 207, 407.
India, north-west frontier Region of British India bordering Afghanistan. of, 267,
294, 322, 345; suggestions to
wards its permanent defence,
345, 369; British errors in Tur
key, 345; the Persian quarrel,
345; Russian policy in the East,
345,368; furtherance of her de
signs on India, 346,353; the
present our time for action,346;
advantages of arrangements
proposed, 346; Herat as an
English fortress, 347; present
position of the British in India,
347; opportunity for better
ing it, 348; great routes into
India, 348; disposition towards
the British of the Aftghans and
Beloochees, 348; the Bolan
Pass, 348; the Khyber Pass,
349; Quetta as a posi
tion for a large force, 349;
subsidy of the AfFghans, 349;
raising of auxiliaries, 350 ; how
to render invasion impossible,
351 ; line of conduct to be
observed in dealing with the
AfFghans, 351; presence of a
British force necessary, 352;
difference between present and
former proceedings in Affghan-
istan, 352; Russian advance,
353; present frontier arrange
ments and remedy, 354; memo
randum of proposed arrange
ments, 354; administration
of the frontier district, 354;
officers, 355; arrangements at
Quetta, 355; frontier field force,
356; relations with Khelat,
357; advantages of an estab
lishment at Quetta, 357 ;
Khelat frontier stations, 358;
real enemy of the British in Per
sia, 358; insufficiency of opera
tions on the seaboard, 358,
370, 376; Persia and her Rus
sian advisers, 359; Quetta
should be occupied permanent
ly, 359; the danger of delay,
360; AfFghanistan during the
war, and at the present time,
360; the question of posting a
force at Quetta discussed, 361;
communication with Sind, 361;
the tribes of the country, 361 ;
plunderers of Northern Sind
and the Bolan, 362; country
between Quetta and Sind, 362;
principles to be applied in the
proposed advance, 363; cost
of troops, 363; arrangements
for accommodation and provi
sion, 364 ; commercial result
of such establishment, 365; a
financial view, 365; position
of the 'red line,' 365; conse
quences of a war in India with
an European invader, 365.
India, note on the causes of the
outbreak in, 404; secret doc
trines, 404; advantage taken of
them by Russia, 405 ; the ' sick
man,' 405 ; Russia foiled, 406;
cyclar doctrines of Buddhism,
&c., 406; unheeded warnings,
406; condition of the Bengal
army, 406; warning given by
General Jacob in 1850, 407;
consequences to himself, 407;
total ignorance of real causes of
the outbreak, 408; significant
passage from the "Anacalvpsis,"
408.
India, observations on the present
condition of, 383; recent occur
rences long foreseen, 385, 387;
causes of defects, 385; the