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III. ADDITIONAL REPORTS ON THE LAST JOURNEYS AND
DEATH OF OUR BROTHER ADOLPHE.
A. Mr. Thornton's Report: I. Deposition of Murad. II. Opinion of the Civil Surgeon Lahor. III. Memorandum
on a note of hand. IV. Analysis of the evidence hitherto obtained.
B. Recovery op Adolphe's last Journals: I. Lord William Hay's letter to H. and R. de Schlagintweit; II. Lord
William Hay's official correspondence.
Our first volume contains (pp. 43—05) the official Reports that we were able to
collect up to the end of 1860, about the fate of our unfortunate brother. Early in 1861,
new and important evidence was brought to light, principally through the examination of
Murad. a Jew from Bokhara,, whom the late Colonel Irby, of H. M. 51st Regiment,
had induced to come down to India.
At the instance of A. A. Roberts, Esq., the Judicial Commissioner of the Panjab,
the examination was carried on by his personal Assistant, T. H. Thornton, Esq..
who was supported in his laborious and difficult task by Colonel Laughton and
Dbs. Scbiven and C. M. Smith. How ably these gentlemen have acquitted themselves
of their melancholy duty will become apparent from the following memoir which they
have drawn up on the subject.1
The observations of the writers are included in brackets, and printed in smaller
type.
Just before the conclusion of this volume, November, 1861, we received important
communications from Lord William Hay, whom we have already repeatedly had occasion
to mention in connection with Adolphe's fate. It is owing to his exertions, that we
1 The memoir was officially printed in the "Calcutta Gazette," May 22, 1861.
DEATH OF OUR BROTHER ADOLPHE.
A. Mr. Thornton's Report: I. Deposition of Murad. II. Opinion of the Civil Surgeon Lahor. III. Memorandum
on a note of hand. IV. Analysis of the evidence hitherto obtained.
B. Recovery op Adolphe's last Journals: I. Lord William Hay's letter to H. and R. de Schlagintweit; II. Lord
William Hay's official correspondence.
Our first volume contains (pp. 43—05) the official Reports that we were able to
collect up to the end of 1860, about the fate of our unfortunate brother. Early in 1861,
new and important evidence was brought to light, principally through the examination of
Murad. a Jew from Bokhara,, whom the late Colonel Irby, of H. M. 51st Regiment,
had induced to come down to India.
At the instance of A. A. Roberts, Esq., the Judicial Commissioner of the Panjab,
the examination was carried on by his personal Assistant, T. H. Thornton, Esq..
who was supported in his laborious and difficult task by Colonel Laughton and
Dbs. Scbiven and C. M. Smith. How ably these gentlemen have acquitted themselves
of their melancholy duty will become apparent from the following memoir which they
have drawn up on the subject.1
The observations of the writers are included in brackets, and printed in smaller
type.
Just before the conclusion of this volume, November, 1861, we received important
communications from Lord William Hay, whom we have already repeatedly had occasion
to mention in connection with Adolphe's fate. It is owing to his exertions, that we
1 The memoir was officially printed in the "Calcutta Gazette," May 22, 1861.