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194 officers — 'the mighty fallen' — 'the chariot of Israel and the horsemen thereof' — 'the overwhelming wave of dismay' — 'the lightning has struck a cedar' — 'the sainted ruler' — 'in the midst of worldly state One has said, friend, come up higher.' Some civil servants even wore mourning crape for several weeks. Inexpressibly deeper was the grief of the three children gathered for a brief while under the friendly roof of Dr. Murray at Agra, the daughter suddenly left alone in the new world which she had but recently entered, the young son just come to find the paternal home turned into a house of mourning, the elder son deprived of guidance in the opening of his career. What must they have felt on re-entering the Government House, quitted but three weeks before, to gather up the writings, the books, the pictures, the familiar mementos of the departed. With what tears must she have read again the preface to the manuscript book which was to be for her: a silent but powerful monitor when the hand can no longer write nor the mouth speak.'

Later on there sounded the echo of national mourning when in the following spring the Ganges water was led into its new channel, and the thoughts of those standing around the scene were turned in regret and sorrow to the Ruler, who had not been spared to see the desire of his eyes and the success for which he had long travailed.

The following account is given by Mr. John Walter Sherer, who was then Assistant Secretary to the Government at Agra: —