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AGE, 35-37.
RETURN TO INDIA—THE MUTINY
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physical suffering, but erect and undaunted, quitted Calcutta on
the 6th March i 856." 4°
His successor was Lord Canning,, `whose confidence in Yule
and personal regard for him became as marked as his prede-
cessor s.
In the autumn of 1856, Yule took leave and came home.
Much of his time while in England was occupied with making
arrangements for the production of an improved edition of his
book on Burma, which so far had been a mere government re-
port. These were completed to his satisfaction, and on the eve of
returning to India, he wrote to his publishers 41 that the correction
of the proof sheets and general supervision of the publication had
been undertaken by his friend the Rev. W. D. Maclagan, formerly
an officer of the Madras army (and now Archbishop of York).
Whilst in England, Yule had renewed his intimacy with his old
friend Colonel Robert Napier, then also on furlough, a visitor
whose kindly sympathetic presence always brought special
pleasure also to Yule's wife and child. One result of this in-
tercourse was that the friends decided to return together to
India. Accordingly they sailed from Marseilles towards the
end of April, and at Aden were met by the astounding news of
the outbreak of the Mutiny.
On his arrival in Calcutta Yule, who retained his appointment
of Under Secretary to Government, found his work indefinitely
increased. Every available officer was called into the field, and
Yule's principal centre of activity was shifted to the great for-
tress of Allahabad, forming the principal base of operations
against the rebels. Not only had he to strengthen or create
defences at Allahabad and elsewhere, but on Yule devolved the
principal burden of improvising accommodation for the European
troops then pouring into India, which ultimately meant provid-
ing for an army of 100,000 men. His task was made the more
difficult by the long-standing chronic friction, then and long
after, existing between the officers of the Queen's and the Com-
pany's services. But in a far more important matter he was
always fortunate. As he subsequently recorded in a Note for
Government : Through all consciousness of mistakes and short-
r'
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4" Article by Yule on Lord Lawrence, Quarterly Review for April, i 884. 41 Messrs. Smith & Elder.
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