On the 11th November the whole regiment was assembled at Bombay, to provide guards of honour to Lord Northbrooke, the Viceroy, and for a viceregal durbar to invest the Begum of Bhopal with the “Star of India,” and proceeded on detachment again on completion of these duties. The depôt companies, which had apparently now left Colchester, and were stationed at Chatham, moved to Newry. [Sidenote: 1873.] [Sidenote: 1874.] The whole regiment was assembled at Chinchivad to take part in manœuvres, after which it left in December by rail to Ahmedabad, and leaving one company on detachment there, marched to Deesa, arriving there on 15th January. Companies were sent for change of air to Mount Aboo. The “Glengarry” cap was taken into wear on 14th December, in place of one of the “Kilmarnock” pattern. [Sidenote: 1875.] Lieutenant G. Cleaveland died at Mount Aboo. The depôt companies moved to Fermoy, and were attached to the 86th Regiment. Lieutenant G. Beresford shot himself at Deesa. Two companies proceeded to Baroda on detachment in October, at which place the regiment found guards of honour on the 18th and 23rd November for the arrival and departure of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. [Sidenote: 1876.] Lieutenant A. H. Oakeley died at Deesa on 10th October. In December one company from Deesa and the three composing the detachments at Ahmedabad and Baroda marched to Porebundur and embarked on the I.G.S. _Dalhousie_ for Karachi; and then with the 50th Regiment were sent, on account of smallpox, into camp at Jemadar Ha Laudi. [Sidenote: 1877.] The head-quarters of the regiment marched from Deesa to Mandavi, and arriving at this place (twenty-three marches) on 10th January, 1877, proceeded on the _Dalhousie_ to Karachi, where they were joined by the companies from camp. In February two companies were sent on detachment to Hyderabad. The depôt companies, now at the Curragh, moved to Aldershot. [Sidenote: 1878.] On 11th November telegraphic instructions were received at Karachi for the regiment to be in readiness for field-service in Upper Sind. [Sidenote: 1879.] On 12th December, invalids, women, and children were sent, under Lieutenant Bell, viâ Bombay to Ahmednagar, and on 21st December the head-quarters (five companies), under Colonel T. S. Brown, proceeded on service to Sukkur, where on 5th January, 1879, they were joined by the three companies from Hyderabad, and on 30th January by a detachment from home. Of this draft 83 men came from the linked battalion (86th Foot). The strength at Sukkur was then--20 officers, 41 sergeants, 15 drummers, and 779 men. The regiment was encamped about 1½ miles south of Sukkur on the bank of the Indus. The regiment left Sukkur, by detachments, between 20th February and 5th March, and returned by rail to Karachi, and was encamped on the Maidan.