| Description | Since he last wrote there have been great changes. He has lost an assistant and wrote to his nephew, Major Maxwell, commanding the sappers at Roorkee, to ask what to do. After some circumlocution, the Governor considered the request unusual enough not to back an official. Maxwell offered to nominate a young officer to command at Roorkee, allowing Roberston to get to Bengal. He thinks, therefore, he may have the chance to meet up with Herschel, and play the fiddle again; he is taking lessons. He intends to change Herschel's opinion of the violin and asks if Henry practices his flute. He gives news of mutual acquaintances, some having gone to China. Bill Conningham and Chrystie had a row with the police over the killing of a tiger, and due to bad feeling between the Collector and the engineers. Conningham was fined 50 rupees without a hearing and Roberstson gives an account of his subsequent actions, stating that 'no gentleman will ever speak to the Collector again'. He asks Herschel to write with an account of his movements and sends greetings from others. |