text:  The arrangements for giving effect to the treaty were still carried on; and the Envoy again met Akber Khan and Osman Khan on the plain when Captains Conolly and Airey were given up as hostages and the Envoy sent his carriage and horses and a pair of pistols as presents to Akber Khan who further demanded an Arab horse the property of Captain Grant assistant adjutant-general:-- "Late in the evening of the 22d December " (says Capt