. Memorials of the life and letters of Major-General Sir Herbert B. Edwardes, , , of Oxford; LL. D. of Cambridge . Eaikess Notes on the Eevoltof the North-Western Provinces of India, which is insertedhere, by Mr. Eaikess permission. Sketch of «0f what class is John Nicholson the type, then? Of Nicholson noue ; for truly he stands alone. But he belongs essentiallyw^rdes. ^o the school of Henry Lawrence. I only knocked down the walls of the Bunnoo Nicholson has since reduced the peoigle (the mostignorant, depraved, and bloodthirsty in the Punjab) to sucha state of
. Memorials of the life and letters of Major-General Sir Herbert B. Edwardes, , , of Oxford; LL. D. of Cambridge . Eaikess Notes on the Eevoltof the North-Western Provinces of India, which is insertedhere, by Mr. Eaikess permission. Sketch of «0f what class is John Nicholson the type, then? Of Nicholson noue ; for truly he stands alone. But he belongs essentiallyw^rdes. ^o the school of Henry Lawrence. I only knocked down the walls of the Bunnoo Nicholson has since reduced the peoigle (the mostignorant, depraved, and bloodthirsty in the Punjab) to sucha state of good order and respect for the laws that, in thelast year of his charge, not only was there no murder, bur-glary, or highway robbery, but not an attempt at any of thosecrimes. * The BunnoocheeS; reflecting on tlieir own metamor-phosis, in the village gatherings under the vines, by thestreams they once delighted so to fight for, have come tothe conclusion that the good Mohammedans of historicages must have been just like Nikkul-Seyn ! They emphatically approve him as every inch a ha-keem.* And so he is. * Hakeem, master or 3 I •8 4 1856.] TEE NIKKUL-SETNEE FAKEEIiS. 335 It is difficult to describe him. lie must be Dalhousie—no mean judge—perhaps, best summed uphis hii^h military and administrative qualities when he calledhim a tower of strength. I can only say that I think himequally fit to bo Commissioner of a division or general ofan army. Of the strength of his personal character I will only telltwo anecdotes. 1. If you visit either the battle-field of Goojerat orChillianwallah, the country people begin their narrative ofthe battle thus: Nikkul-Seyn stood just there. 2. A brotherhood of fakeers in llazara abandoned all Pf ^^ kul-oeynee forms of Asiatic monachism, and commenced the worship of fakeers,Nikkiil-Seyn, which they still continue.* Repeatedly theyhave met John Nicholson since, aud Allien at his feet astlieir He has flogged them sound
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