r considered worthy to retain it.

It is but justice to Mr Eyre to give in his own words some remarks which
he has thought it right to make, with reference to what he has recorded
of the conduct of that unhappy regiment:--

"In the course of this narrative, I have been compelled by
stern truth to note down facts nearly affecting the honour and
interests of a British regiment. It may, or rather I fear it
must, inevitably happen, that my unreserved statements of the
Cabul occurrences will prove unacceptable to many, whose
private or public feelings are interested in glossing over or
suppressing the numerous errors committed and censures
deservedly incurred. But my heart tells me that no paltry
motives of rivalry or malice influence my pen; rather a sincere
and honest desire to benefit the public service, by pointing
out the rocks on which our reputation was wrecked, the means by
which our honour was sullied, and our Indian empire endangered,
as a warning to future actors in similar scenes. In a word, I
believe that more good is likely to ensue from the publication
of the whole unmitigated truth, than from a mere garbled
statement of it. A kingdom has been lost--an army slain;--and
surely, if I can show that, had we been but true to ourselves,
and had vigorous measures been adopted, the result might have
been widely different, I shall have written an instructive
lesson to rulers and subjects, to generals and armies, and
shall not have incurred in vain the disapprobation of the
self-interested or the proud."

The Envoy having again appealed to the General, again received an
answer, stating the impossibility of holding out, and recommending that
the Envoy should lose no time in entering into negotiations. This letter
was countersigned by Brigadiers Shelton and Anquetil, and Colonel
Chambers.

On the 11th December, the Envoy, accompanied by Captains Lawrence,
Trevor, and Mackenzie, and a few troopers, went out by agreement to meet
the chiefs on the plain towards the Seah Sung hills. A conciliatory
address from the Envoy was met by professions of personal esteem and
approbation of the views he had laid before them, and of gratitude for
the manner in which the Ameer Dost Mahomed Khan had been treated. The
Envoy then read to them a sketch of the proposed treaty, which was to
the following effect:--

"That the