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George FitzClarence, Earl of Munster, was cer tainly able; his record in the Army was a fine one, and his subsequent career in India. when he acted as aide-de-camp to the [[addition]] to the Governor General Marquis of Hastings [[/addition]] [[underline]] Earl of Meira [[underline]], [[deletion]] [[unclear]] [[/deletion]] does him [[addition]] great [[/addition]] credit, further enhanced as it is by the book that he wrote on his experiences [[deletion]] there [[/deletion]] [[addition]] in India [[/addition]]. Two serious accidents that he met with in London in 1819, on his return to England, induced him to amuse himself by writing [[underline]] Journal of a Route accross India through Egypt to England [[/underline]] [[addition]] , [[/addition]] and considering the rudimentary nature of his education - he had been only fourteen when he ^ [[addition]] had [[/addition]] started his military career,- the ease with which he expresses himself is surprising. Evidently India had interested him [[deletion]] from the first [[/deletion]] [[addition]] deeply [[/addition]]; he [[deletion]] had [[/deletion]] learnt [[deletion]] t [[/deletion]] all that he could of the country's past history, and the artistic taste which he must have possessed, had made him keenly alive to the beauty of much of the country, and the many wonderful buildings. For many years marauding horsemen, known as Pindarries had been harrying India, and shortly after the arrival of Colonel FitzClarence [[addition]] in 1814 [[/addition]], the menace that they were becoming to territory under English protection led to the inauguration of a campain [[deletion]] g [[/deletion]] against them The Governor General, the Marquis of Hastings, started the campaign from a camp at Secundra, on the banks of the Jumna [[addition]] on the 23rd of October 1817 [[/addition]]; Scindia undertook to provide 5,000 troops, other rulers followed suit [[addition]] , [[/addition]] and there seemed every hope that the belief expressed by the Commander-in- Chief that "Every desirable point would be carried by equity and moderation, which was proudest triumph for the British character," would be confirmed. But at an early stage in the campaign an epidemic of cholera broke out in ^ [[addition]] one of [[/addition]] the camps; six
