Excerpt from Zeila, the Fair Maid of Cabul: A Tale of the Affghan Insurrection and the Massacre of the British Troops in the Khoord-Cabul PassesAn object of the deepest and most filial interest has sanctified the Author's labours throughout the composition of the present work.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.