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126 and his fears proved to be reasonable. Lord Canning, it may be here observed, on his visit to Lahore after the Mutiny, adopted more liberal measures towards these chiefs. But, meanwhile, the effect on Sir Henry was the feeling that the jágírdárs might think that they had been unfairly deprived of rights which they had been justified in expecting to retain, and for the loss of which they would impute the blame to him for want of power if not for want of will — a sad end to a staunch friendship in the case of a man of such deep sympathies.

Sir Henry, on receipt of Lord Dalhousie's letter, accepted the appointment to Rájputána; and the news of his approaching departure was, it need hardly be said, received with a wail of sorrow by the whole Province. On his journey southwards from Lahore, he was accompanied almost throughout by a sorrowing escort of old friends and chiefs and their followers.