History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v1.c16.9

v1.c16.9

⁴ The mode in which the excavations were conducted by Government was to send out a party of sappers in the cold weather to dig, but the officer in charge of the party was the subaltern who happened to be in command of the company at the time. A new officer was consequently appointed every year, and no one was ever selected because he had any experience in such matters or any taste for such pursuits; and the result was, as might be expected, painfully disappointing.