CHAPTER V.

THE PUNJAUB.

Sent Tumbling into a Ditch--Sir Houston Stewart--Ordered to England--Fearful Accident on H.M.S. _Belleisle_--Lisbon--Cholera--A Magnificent Regiment--The _Ulysses_--A Scotch Captain--A Long Farewell to England--Cape Pigeons--The Albatross--Arrival in India--Perplexing News--Our Position in India--Servants--Ordered to the Punjaub--Agra--Installation of the Star of India--Showers of Meteors--Durbar 85