Five years in India: comprising a narrative of travels in the Presidency of Bengal, a visit to the court of Runjeet Sing, residence in the Himalayah Mountains, an account of the late expedition to Cabul and Affghanistan, voyage down the Indus, and journey overland to England

Oct.(year?) Allahabad. On one of the days we remained, a Mahratta princess staying here sent two rhinoceroses to fight before Sir Henry, who (the rhinoceroses) after punching each other on the head for some time, at last got angry one with the other. The blows got harder and harder, until at last one of the parties thinking he had had enough, turned tail, and ran at the top of his speed through a thick hedge into Mrs. F's flower-garden; where again gaining courage, he faced his opponent who had followed him; the punching again commenced, and by the time the two brutes could be separated, the place of the garden, or the colour of the flowers, were both most difficult to discover.