IV. The Treaty with Lahore of 1806. 542 V. Proclamation of Protection to Cis Sutlej States against Lahore of 1809. 544 VI. Proclamation of Protection to Cis Sutlej States against one another of 1811. 546 VII. Indus Navigation Treaty of 1832. 548 VIII. Declaration of War of 1845. 555 IX. Services of Captain Humbley, Rifle Brigade. 558 X. Inscription on Colonel Cureton's Monument. 559 XI. Official Despatches. 560 XII. The late Major-General Sir Robert Henry Dick. 590 XIII. Proclamation of Peace. 591 XIV. First Treaty with Lahore of 1846. 593 Supplementary Articles to the First Treaty with Lahore of 1846. 598 XV. Punchees or Punchayets. 601 XVI. Treaty with Goolab Singh of 1846. 601 XVII. Second Treaty with Lahore of 1846. 604 XVIII. Notification. 609 XIX. Supply of Horses in India. 612 XX. Revenue of the Emperor of Delhi. 613 XXI. Notice of Dr. James, Bishop of Calcutta. 613 XXII. Ancient Scriptural Customs. 614 JOURNAL OF A CAVALRY OFFICER IN INDIA. INTRODUCTION. THE remark has often been made, that India is but little known to persons in England and on the continent of Europe. That there is ample ground for such a remark none can deny. For, whether we consider its vast territorial extent, covering an area of upwards of a million of square miles, with a population of more than 150 millions; its commercial wealth and enterprise, from the remotest ages of antiquity, and its immense natural resources; or, whether we regard India in a more intimate point of view, as forming an integral part of our own dominions, owing allegiance to one sovereign ruler, bound up with us by social relations and family ties, and consider what an El Dorado it has proved to the British empire for upwards of two centuries and a half; it is indeed a matter of no small surprise, that India should be so little, and so imperfectly, known by us. We can scarcely comprehend how, until recently, the Emperor of China and his subjects should have looked upon the celestial empire as the most important in the world; but it is yet more astonishing that we, to whom the whole world lies open, should be contented to remain in ignorance of what it is so obviously our interest to understand.