Actually disrespectful, for formal letters, and there was a
particular traditional knack in cutting and folding the special
envelope for each missive, which was included in the instruction given
by every competent Khoja as the present writer well remembers in the
quiet years that ended with the disasters of 1877.
[36] Collinson's Memoir of Yule, Royal Engineer Journal.
[37] Extract from Preface to Ava, edition of 1858.
[38] The present whereabouts of this picture is unknown to the writer. It
was lent to Yule in 1889 by Lord Dalhousie's surviving daughter (for
whom he had strong regard and much sympathy), and was returned to her
early in 1890, but is not named in the catalogue of Lady Susan's
effects, sold at Edinburgh in 1898 after her death. At that sale the
present writer had the satisfaction of securing for reverent
preservation the watch used throughout his career by the great
Marquess.
[39] Now in the writer's possession. It was for many years on exhibition
in the Edinburgh and South Kensington Museums.
[40] Article by Yule on Lord Lawrence, Quarterly Review for April, 1883.
[41] Messrs. Smith & Elder.
[42] Preface to Narrative of a Mission to the Court of Ava. Before these
words were written, Yule had had the sorrow of losing his elder
brother Robert, who had fallen in action before Delhi (19th June,
1857), whilst in command of his regiment, the 9th Lancers.
