Royal Military Exhibition, London.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 22 August 1890, Page 2

Royal Military Exhibition, London.

« ■ ■■■' THE INDIAN SECTION. This is one of the m st interestsections of tbe exhibition, and vi>-i t;ora wil 1 ha p'easod with tlie nn'form 1 ? of the modern Indian Army, of whioli th*re is a j»ood r« pres-n^ative coVe^tion One ipeci. men of a eonqu^iiiip Rijpnt of tw^ ( hundred year* ago desflnres special ' attpnfiol). We cm understand this ' gentleman commanding a cert-iin i amount of resnoct. He wovo a step] < ens*, well po'ish d, on hi<! h«)id. t chain armour on hi« body nnd lept, i and carried about his clust, amomr « other liit'e vrenpons, a '>ow mnd* of 1 luiffilo hovi, with thirty one arrows t These had points of different kinds, i the on^s with the sharp steel cmsent r hflid* be : ng iwd to cut off limbs, t He a!s^ wor« a <?reat sword, k^en as \ a razor, a knife, and a pun, and he r carried a longish snear besidss, for r the purpose, d"ubtle9B, of Taryinjp r the monotony wh»n he was tired c of dea'ing with his enemies at clos.^ i quarters. H«» could not hare V looked inviting, but when he came v to call on tH» p-^ii'ltra-n of tile 1 vllhcre f,hi»v pmbihly m*d« a fng« n *b-<ut Vim. nvi'mutid him with *v d *Mtm »«« MM AMftlltltßft it Mk i

,ft«r his health. A large shield of hinnceros hide completed his fquipn«nt, and he must have felt tolora»ly secure for the time ; bnt •ome >nnd boys of the YorV and Lancaster iesrimer't, who were examining him fith keen and critical eyas, gave it <s their O|>'iion that his gun wa« jot of much use It *onld depend, )f course, on how it was used ! If ;hat gentleman from the Court of Feypore wore to be behind a roilc Ive |>aces from the path you took four constitutional upon, for the purpo ! e of firing at your stomach when you came within that diitance, md the powder caught at all, no respectab'e assurance company would back a bill for you. Western! al* ways forget that those ancient heroes did not fire till th°y were sure of doing execution ; that ii to 3ay, at about ten paces.