. A personal narrative of a visit to Ghuzni, Kabul and Afghanistan, and of a residence at the court of Dost Mohamed: with notices of Runjit Sing, Khiva, and the Russian expedition. he elephants, withgold and silver howdahs, were next paraded runjits horses. 265 before the tent; and afterwards came thehorses, whose bodies, heads, and necks,were so covered with trappings of gold andjewels, some of the emeralds being verylarge, that their figure could not well bedistinguished. When his favourite horse,Leili, passed us, I heard him remark, thathe had cost the lives of four or five thou-sand men. I
. A personal narrative of a visit to Ghuzni, Kabul and Afghanistan, and of a residence at the court of Dost Mohamed: with notices of Runjit Sing, Khiva, and the Russian expedition. he elephants, withgold and silver howdahs, were next paraded runjits horses. 265 before the tent; and afterwards came thehorses, whose bodies, heads, and necks,were so covered with trappings of gold andjewels, some of the emeralds being verylarge, that their figure could not well bedistinguished. When his favourite horse,Leili, passed us, I heard him remark, thathe had cost the lives of four or five thou-sand men. I made a sketch afterwards of a largeshowy grey horse, that was sent to me tobe drawn as Leili; but to this day I amnot sure that he was the real horse. Run-jits jealousy would prompt him to believethat the King or the East-India Companywould ask for him, had they seen hisportrait. On the morning of our departure Runjitpresented each of us with a fine horse, 266 PRESENTS FROM RUNJIT. a bag of rupees, a gold-mounted sword,belt, and matchlock, an aigrette, andnecklace of jewels, several shawls, andother articles,—the Barons presents beinga shade more valuable than mine ORNAMENTS ON MAHMUD S TOMB, p. 133. CHAPTER X. Remarks on Runjit Sings Conduct and Character—The Girl and Fakir—A Second Anecdote—Mode ofDealing with a Request—Sir H. Fanes Visit to Lahore—His Reception by Runjit—The Bride and Bride-groom—Military Display—Reported Apprehensionsof Runjit—Rival Military Practice—Arrival of the Pa-tans—Entertainments—Ladies Interview with Runjit—Departure of the Commander-in-Chief—The Fakirwho buried himself alive—Elephant Fights—TheAkalis—Guja Sing and his Invitations. It was, I think, Mr. Burke who said, that ifa man would repeat, as true, what he knew 268 runjits dissimulation. to be untrue, every day for a month, hewould believe it in the end; but in spite ofsuch an authority, I much doubt whetherthe sentence which Runjit has probablyutter
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