Returning to Scotland in 1816, the battalion was subsequently incorporated with the first battalion as one regiment on its return from India—conveying, with its few remaining soldiers, a character for firmness truly remarkable in such young soldiers, and adding the glories of Maida and Egypt to those of Assaye and Java, acquired by the first battalion, and now one in the Seventy-eighth. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHAPTER XXXVIII. But hark! what means yon dismal wail— The shriek that’s borne upon the gale? It comes from India’s sultry plain— It calls for vengeance from the slain, Nor calls in vain to Scotland. ’Tis the destroying hordes of hell, Whose hearts with fiendish passions swell, Whose swords on ruined Beauty fell— The Brave, the Fair, the Weak. Farewell! Ye’ll be revenged by Scotland. Then Scotland, by brave Havelock led, Rush’d o’er the field of murder’d dead, Fighting for “bleeding Beauty’s” sake— The very earth itself might quake Beneath the wrath o’ Scotland. Haste ye to Lucknow’s fainting brave; Too long they’ve battled with the slave— The weak and helpless Fair to save From rapine, ruin, and the grave— Hope comes wi’ bonnie Scotland. And now brave Havelock’s work is done; He sets like to the evening sun; By him the crown of glory’s won— His God, beholding, saith “Well done!” The Lost—the Loved o’ Scotland. PERSIA—INDIA—1817–1862. Escaping from the tedious details of peaceful service which for upwards of forty years mark the history of the Seventy-eighth, we now follow that gallant regiment to India—the scene of its early glory, and since embalmed in our memory, as presenting the most splendid testimony to its heroic character. [Illustration: INDIA.] In 1857 we find it transferred from Bombay to Persia, and engaged in the expedition destined to chastise its vainglorious and presumptuous monarch. An easy triumph crowned the efforts of our arms. At Koosh-ab the Seventy-eighth was present with credit; although that success was achieved rather by diligent perseverance in long marches and battling with inclement weather, than by any very remarkable feat of arms. This name and that of “Persia” were gained for the regimental colour during the campaign, in scenery hallowed by sacred memories, being supposed to be the site of the garden of Eden.