To Mr. F. Worlock. Wapley, Nr. Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England.

Bombay Colabra Barracks January14th 1848

                  Dear Brother
     I sit down to write these few lines to you, to contradict the letter that I wrote to Father. That is there is an officer arrived from England belonging to the 14th Light Dragoons and there is a Corporal transferred from the –16th/10th- Hussars with me to the 14th Light Dragoons. This officer and a Captain belonging to the Bengal Horse Artillery, are both going up the Country together. I am valeting the Captain and the Corporal, the officer belonging to his Regiment. We are getting ‘camels’ and tents and horses for the march. We have about 20 natives and 2 guides, these are men  that are kept for the purpose of travelling through the country. If please God we keep good health, we will reach it in about 3 months. We have spears and swords, pistols and everything that is required for an attack. We take Cooks and Bakers and ‘dobogh’  that is those that wash the clothes.  The 14th and 3rd light Dragoons are both lying together at Umballah, it is the most fortunate occurrence for us, that ever two young fellows could have met with. It will be no expense to us and not only that but we are going through the heart of the Country and if please to God to preserve our health, we will see more, than hundreds that have been in the Country for 10 or 13 years. It seems that it was ordered a purpose for the Lieutenant to come to Bombay, for I suppose he is the first that ever did, for all the Bengal Establishment disembark at Calcutta and up the Ganges. I expect in the next letter, dear Brother you have from me, there will be a tail of news in it, please God we have luck to get there. We leave Bombay on the 26th of January for Umballah. I expect you will get this the same time that Father gets his. All our letters have always been very safe, with the exception of one I wrote to Mother and I hope she will have it by this time. It will be useless for you to write to me before you hear from me again and I suppose we will call at some stations on our road and then I will write to some of you a letter. When you know where we are I believe you can tell Charles Highnam and H.Godwin . In the next letter I shall expect a deal of news from you all. I have sent Father a Bombay paper. Nothing at present.
      I remain
        Dear Brother
          Yours for ever
       John Phillips Worlock

P.S. with love to all my dear relations and  Mr. Hopkins , Mother, Mr. Godwin, dear Grandmother. A sad job about poor H. Godwin believe me but when I think of him and older times I shed many a tear.
  The next letter I shall expect to hear from you of those single young lackeys being settled in life, W. Hockey, Bob Gould, Mr. G. Hockey ‘-y’ live and the rest of them. Tell us how farmer B rains family is getting on.