General John Jacob : commandant of the Sind Irregular Horse and founder of Jacobabad . veshad been lavishing money on the embellishment of theircapital. It is the photographic evidence of the rapidgrowth of the new Jacobabad, shooting to almost magicalmaturity like the prophets gourd, by the action of fierysun-blaze on free irrigation. There is a marginal noteby Sir Henry, All the trees shown in the book I sawplanted. Jacob, in his firm faith in the future, hadbegun by planting a million of them, and his successorhad to thin them before resigning the command. Planting only needed faith, and wa
General John Jacob : commandant of the Sind Irregular Horse and founder of Jacobabad . veshad been lavishing money on the embellishment of theircapital. It is the photographic evidence of the rapidgrowth of the new Jacobabad, shooting to almost magicalmaturity like the prophets gourd, by the action of fierysun-blaze on free irrigation. There is a marginal noteby Sir Henry, All the trees shown in the book I sawplanted. Jacob, in his firm faith in the future, hadbegun by planting a million of them, and his successorhad to thin them before resigning the command. Planting only needed faith, and was comparativelycheap and easy. The next view shows an almostpalatial residence, in the purest style of solid Orientalarchitecture, and again it is shadowed and overtopped bysuperb timber. Considering Jacobs chronically strait-ened means, his building surprises even more than hisforestry. Under the photograph is a cutting from someIndian paper : Jacobabad, our noted frontier station,one monument among many to the brave and in manyrespects inimitable soldier whose name it bears. Next. In Jacobabad. 1-nvn ap/iotogiaph in Sir Hoiry GiceiCs colLxtioii. MECHANICIAN—ARTILLERIST—THEOLOGIAN 217 come many views ot iiinbrageous alleys like the loftychesniit avenues in Bushey Park, with sequestered lawnsand glades like those in Windsor Forest. Under thedense foliage is a cool depth of shade that even Sindsunshine could never penetrate, and it partly explainsthe possibilities of Jacobs indefatigable labours. Thencome views, also significant, of the Commandants housefrom almost as many points of view as Mr. Pecksniffsstudies of Salisbury Cathedral. Like the man, it ismassive, strong, and unpretending. He built at Jacoba-bad as at Hyderabad for the dignity of the ruling himself in all his tastes, he never neglected thewisdom of imposing on Orientals, who associate authoritywith visible signs. Finally, there is the tomb, a plainwhite pedestal bearing an urn, fenced in from the
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