Produced by Steve Klynsma, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) LIFE IN AN INDIAN OUTPOST [Illustration] BOOKS OF TRAVEL Demy 8vo. Cloth Bindings. All fully Illustrated THROUGH INDIA AND BURMA WITH PEN AND BRUSH By A. HUGH FISHER. 15s. net ALONE IN WEST AFRICA By MARY GAUNT. 15s. net CHINA REVOLUTIONISED By J. S. THOMPSON. 12s. 6d. net NEW ZEALAND By Dr MAX HERZ. 12s. 6d. net THE DIARY OF A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE By STANLEY PORTAL HYATT. 12s. 6d. net OFF THE MAIN TRACK By STANLEY PORTAL HYATT. 12s. 6d. net WITH THE LOST LEGION IN NEW ZEALAND By Colonel G. HAMILTON-BROWNE ("Maori Browne"). 12s. 6d. net A LOST LEGIONARY IN SOUTH AFRICA By Colonel G. HAMILTON-BROWNE ("Maori Browne"). 12s 6d. MY BOHEMIAN DAYS IN PARIS By JULIUS M. PRICE. 10s. 6d. net WITH GUN AND GUIDE IN N.B. COLUMBIA By T. MARTINDALE. 10s. 6d. net SIAM By PIERRE LOTI. 7s. 6d. net [Illustration: AFTER THE PROCLAMATION PARADE.] LIFE IN AN INDIAN OUTPOST BY MAJOR GORDON CASSERLY (INDIAN ARMY) AUTHOR OF "THE LAND OF THE BOXERS; OR CHINA UNDER THE ALLIES"; ETC. ILLUSTRATED LONDON T. WERNER LAURIE LTD. CLIFFORD'S INN CONTENTS CHAPTER I A FRONTIER POST PAGE Our first view of the Himalayas--Across India in a troop train--A scattered regiment--An elephant-haunted railway--Kinchinjunga--The great Terai Jungle--Rajabhatkawa--In the days of Warren Hastings--Hillmen--Roving Chinese--We arrive at Buxa Road--Relieved officers--An undesirable outpost--March through the forest--The hills--A mountain road--Lovely scenery--Buxa Duar--A lonely Station--The labours of an Indian Army officer--Varied work--The frontier of Bhutan--A gate of India--A Himalayan paradise--The fort--Intrusive monkeys--The cantonment--The Picquet Towers--The bazaar--The cemetery--Forgotten graves--Tragedies of loneliness--From Bhutan to the sea 1 CHAPTER II LIFE ON OUTPOST