The Sun.
London, England, 1858-09-03 00:00:00

THE BOMBARDMENT OF JEDDAH.

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT 01' THE TIMES.)
ALEXANDRIA, AUG. 17. '
After nearly a month's expectation the Cyclops
has returned to Suez, and we have obtained the
assurance that the first measure of retribution has
been dealt out upon the fanatics of Jeddah.
The instructions brought to Capt. Pullen by the
Wanderer are already well known to your readers.
On the evening of the 18th ult. the Cyclops sailed
from Suez, all on board, men as well as officers,
eager to prove to their treacherous enemies that
when they last left the place it was neither weak-
ness nor fear that had arrested their arm.
They reached their destination on the morning
of the 23d, and anchored at the entrance of the port
of Jeddah. The festivities of the Kouribrui Bairam,
the feast of the sacrifice, were at their height ;
the town wore a holiday appearance, with the
shipping in the harbour decked out with gay flags,
and it seemed as if on the spot where so lately a
great crime wasp erpetrated—one for which even
then the entire civilised world was calling for ven-
geance—all remembrance of it had already passed
away.
It was soon ascertained that Naamik Pasha was
at Mecca ; but no time was to be lost, and a letter
was at once despatched to the Kaimakam for trans-
mission to the Pasha, informing him that Capt.
Pullen had come to the place, by order of his
Government, to demand, on thepart of England and
France, the immediate punishment of the authors of
the late massacre ; that a period of 36 hours was
allowed for the purpose, after the expiration of
which, if the required satisfaction were not given, he
would take the matter into his own hands and open
fire upon the town. Four hours more were subse-
quently granted, to make up for time lost in
further communication with the Kaimaikam. He
had sent to say that no person about him under-
stood any European language, and the purport of
the letter had, consequently, to be explained to him.
Meanwhile a strict blockade was enforced, in which
the Cyclops was assisted by the Lady Canning, a
small, lightly-armed East India Company's steamer,
which had conveyed the Morocco Princes to Jeddah,
and which was awaiting their return from Mecca.
The two vessels took up their position at a point
commanding the town, at a distance of about a
mile and a half, and whence their guns could
sweep the two channels leading into the inner
harbour.

No fresh communication came from the shore, ex-
cepting a message from the Kaimakam, brought by
a negro slave, the object of which was to beg for
a longer delay; but the request was met with a
prompt refusal, to which it was added that Captain
Pullen would hold no further intercourse with the
authorities on shore, excepting it were through the
medium of an officer of proper rank.
Early on the morning of the 25th the time had
expired, and hostilities were forthwith commenced.
A few rounds of shot and shell were fired into the
town from the four ten-inch guns. When day
broke they were found to have had the effect of
driving almost all the inhabitants to seek refuge
beyond the walls. During the course of the day
the boats of the Cyclops and Lady Canning were
sent off to destroy a number of bungalows, or
native coasting vessels, belonging to the place,
some 14 or 15 of which were burnt or sunk.

Almost all were fully armed and their guns gene-
rally too heavy for removal.

The bombar.dment was resumed at intervals (lur-
ing
the course of the day, and was continued in
like manner on the 26th. Altogether, about 100 to
150 solid shot, shells, and rockets were thrown into
the place, and of the latter a few were fired from
the boats of the Cyclops during the night. It was
afterwards ascertained that their appearance had
struck intense terror into the minds of the people
on shor.. The women, as the fearful missiles came
hissing through the darkness in a train of fire,
shrieked • aloud, and the men slunk away in an
agony of fear. The Moorsom shells had also an
excellent effect, but, upon the whole, the town was
very little damaged, and the loss of life is not
known to amount to more than 10 or 12. . _

During the whole of this time the forts continued
perfectly silent, and never once did they attempt to
offer the slightest opposition. Captain Pullen had
previously_ declared his wish to spare all public
buildings and Government property, and had re-
quested that flags should be hoisted over them,
which, after some demur, was complied with.
On the afternoon of the 26th a secretary of the
Pasiia's arrived from Mecca, and implored Captain
Pullen to desist, declaring that the murderers, 16
in member, were in confinement ; that their punish-
ment was certain, but that it could not be carried
into execution approval of the sentence was
received from Const2ntmople. Captain Pullen,
however, continued firm in his first demands.
On the following day some t. 90 Albanian troops
arrived from Suez in open sailing boats, and Cap-
tain Pullen was requested to allow the2l to land.
This was at once granted, together with a it•Psh
re-
spite to the town. During this interval -Cie, Yal-
makam (who, it was found, had been recently .P-
-pointed, and was not the person who occupied the
post at the time of the massacre) paid his first visit
to the Cyclops, and announced the arrival at
Jeddah of Naamik Pasha. The latter came off next
day, and now the same arguments had again to be
hitened to, with the same expostulations and en-
treaties for delay until the expected reply could be
received from Constantinople ; but Captain Pullen
continued steadfast. He required the immediate
punishment of the assassins, failing which he would
°bay his orders, even though the whole of the city
should be destroyed, and the responsibility of what-
ever might occur he declared would rest with the
.Pasha. As, however, the pilgrims had now com-
iseleed returning from Mecca, a further respite was
afterwards granted, and it was ultimately extended
to the sth of August, so as to allow them ample
-time to leave the place. On the 31st the Moolish
Princes embarked on board the Lady Canning and
sailed for Yembo, whither they proceeded to per-
form the pilgrimage to Medina. One of the three
,Princes died at Mecca of apoplexy. It was also
ascertained that cholera was raging in the city, and
the disease, it was said, had broken out among the

people at Jeddah.
The town was now filled with pilgrims, who, how-
ever, speedily began crowding on board the craft
ovgilable for carrying them away, and in these
operations they received every. possible assistance
from the Cyclops, even to supplying the vessels with
water from her condensing machines. Naamik
pasha continued to protest his inability to comply
with what was demanded, and it seemed
.noi;hing could save the town from destruction. But
its fate was averted in a manner which none at
Jeddah hoped for. On the morning of the 2d of
August a steamer hove in sight, which turned out
to be the Gabarri, with Ismail Pasha and about
450 Egyptian troops. The object of Ismail Pasha's
mission soon became known, and his arrival at once
put an end to all further suspense or difficulty.
Shortly afterwards a letter came from Naamik
Pasha, stating that he had received a firman from
the Sultan conferring upon him the necessary
power, that he was consequently prepared to satisfy
to their fullest extent the demands made upon him,
and that it only remained for Capt. Pullen to point
out the spot upon which the execution of the crimi-
nals should take place. Sixteen men, a list of whose
names was furnished to Capt. Pullen at his request,
had been condemned by the Turkish courts, but one
of these had died in prison, and against four of the
others the evidence was declared insufficient to
prove that they had been guilty of actual murder.
'They were reserved to be sent to Constantinople,
condemned to the hulks for life. The remaining
11 were to suffer death.

The spot selected was one of the river reefs, in full
view of both the town and harbour. On the morn-
ing of "the sth a force composed of the Marines of
the Cyclops and of part of the crew, all fully armed
and with fixed bayonets, were landed and drawn
up upon the ground ; and the prisoners soon after
arrived, escorted by a strong body of Turkish and
Egyptian troops. Decapitation was the mode of
death that had been decided upon ; but I will spare
your readers and myself the horrible and sickening
details of the scene that ensued. The execntionb.''s
were inexpert or their weapons blunt. There were
few among our men whose cheeks did not turn p4,le
at the spectacle they were compelled to witness.
Most of the men met their fate with the utmost
fortitude. Each of them was asked his name, and
all distinctly confessed their guilt, some, indeed,
maintaining an air of defiant exultation to the very
last.
The moral effects of these events cannot fail to be
most beneficial. The town of Jeddah has received
a lesson which will doubtless make a deep impres-
sion, and the salutary effects of which will spread
alVnlusvessulsemlsanhawvoer,ll.ol A
considerable number oe_
throughout the whole fofltnliche.
over, witnessed all that occurred,utyenrmand7 t will
whom
l carry
home the news among their con
it will afford fresh proof how delusive wassisn v
..tha.e i_iaoy-
tion that the " raj ' of England wash
paeless'it must
from among them, and how utterly
be to defy or insult her power even ho
the shores
of a distant and comparatively unprotected sea, and
far more so, therefore, on her own territory.
We must, however, guard ourselves against too
readily believing, that the work has been completed,
or that the ends of justice have been fully attained.
In some continents that lately appeared on the sub-
ject it was observed that the demands of the English
and French Governments would probably be met by
the execution of some few of the subordinate actors,
while attempts would be made to screen the more
powerful and wealthy—those, in fact, whose guilt
is by far the deepest. According to all appearance
the prediction has been fulfilled to the letter. Of the
11 men who were exemted one was a tinsmith, an-

other was a baker, a third was a boatman, and so
forth to the end of the list. Although the fate of
these men was undoubtedly well-merited, still it
cannot for a moment be believed that they alone
are guilty, or even that the abettors or instigators
of the massacre are beyond detection. The con-
duct of the Turkish authorities, therefore, on that
and also on other grounds, calls for strict investi-
gation. In the matter of the Irade the proceedings
of Naamik Pasha have, without question, been most
unwarrantable. On leaving Jeddah, the vessel,
which had been condemned by a regularly consti-
tuted tribunal, was, at the request of the Pasha,
delivered into his charge ; but this was done with
the express understanding that she was the pro-
perty of the British Government, and that though
she might abstain from hoisting British colours,
none other should be displayed. On the return of
the Cyclops one of the first objects that met the
eyes of the officers was the Turkish flag flying from
her gaff, and Captain Pullen's indignant remon-.
strances were met with the reply that it was done
in honour of his arrival. Afterwards it was ascer-
tained that the flag had been placed there immedi-
ately after the departure of the Cyclops, by the ex-
press orders of the Pasha. On Captain Pullen
threatening to tow the vessel out into deep water
and to sink her, the harbour master was sent on
board, and the flag was again hauled down.
Naamik Pasha then proposed that a mixed court
should be formed to adjudicate upon the vessel, but
an offer so uncalled-for was necessarily at once re-
jected. The nationality of the vessel had never
once been questioned, and, as Naamik Pasha must
well have known, no officer of a foreign Govern-
ment had a right to claim the slightest jurisdiction
over her.
The Cyclops was evidently in a most unfavour-
able position for obtaining information on the sub-
ject of the massacre, but a belief was ascertained to
be prevalent that the authorities of the town, in-
cluding the Pasha as well as the Cadi, were far
from being wholly guiltless in the matter, even it
was stated to the extent of connivance. It can
hardly be credited that this is absolutely true ; but
the mere existence of such a report shows how
necessary it is that all the circumstances of the affair
should be strictly and impartially investigated. The
mild terms of indignation in which the Pasha spoke
of the massacre on his first interview with Captain
Pullen, and immediately after its occurrence, as
compared with the warmth of his language when
attempting to screen'the guilty city from the doom
which for a while seemed to hang over it, may be
passed over, but we are entitled to fuller assurance
that none concerned in the massacre have escaped
being brought to judgment. We may also fairly
claim the right to learn why the Kaunakam, the
only man who rendered any assistance to the Chris-
tians, was displaced and another person appointed
in his stead. It was alleged that the cause of his
dismissal was of old date, but it is obviously neces-
sary that any circumstance in any way bearing
upon the late outrage should be explained on the
fullest and highest authority.

AUG. 23.

The Hindostan, with the Calcutta and China
mails, reached Suez yesterday afternoon. She has
been retarded several days beyond the usual time
by a derangement of machinery, and had to steam
up the Red Sea working one engine alone. The
outward mails left Suez by. the Bengal on the 20th.
The Egyptian steamer Gabarri arrived at Suez
on the 18th inst. She reports everything quiet
at Jeddah, whence she sailed on the 10th inst.
Ismail Pasha was preparing to leave the place,
on his way back to Constantinople. The
mortality at Mecca and at Jeddah, at first attri-
buted to Asiatic cholera, it now appears arises
merely from a more severe form of the endemic
diseases by which the pilgrims are annually deci-
mated. One of the Sultanas of the late Sultan
Mahmoud, who was performing the pilgrimage,
has fallen a victim to the disease. Her suite have
arrived at Suez by the Gabarri, together with a
large number of other passengers. Public health
in Egypt continues excellent. Her Majesty's
steamer Vigilant arrived from Malta this morning
with despatches for the Consulate.

TEE. CA w 1 MASSACRE, BY AI
EYE- WITNESS.

The following account of the Cawnpore massacre,
by Mrs. Murray, the wife of Sergeant-Major Mur-
ray, was first published by the Indian Empire.
Mrs. Murray is now in Calcutta, and is ready to
answer any questions :
" Long before the mutiny broke out at Cawnpore
there was a report that the old muskets would be
superseded by the Enfield rifles ; that the cartridges
of the new guns were prepared with hogs' lard and
cows' grease ; that the time had arrived when the
Government was going to Christianize its subjects;
that the new cartridges were the preparatory steps
to attain that object, and a thousand and one such
reports which I have neither time nor patience to
relate, but all calculated to inflame the mind of the
ignorant people. The Mahomineflan portion of the
population—a class of men whose capacity for fabri-
cating lies could only be -gleaned by perusing the
" Arabian Nights "—had given out such reports as
could never fail to rouse any one to madness, and
had 0 strongly worked upon the feelings of the
masses that the whole population seemed ready, as
it were, to sacrifice anything dear to them rather
than Surer their castes to be violated. It was about
this time that General Wheeler ordered a parade of
all the regiments stationed at Cawnpore, and read
out officially a General Order that the use of the
old muskets ceased in the army from that date, and
that in future Enfield rifles would be supplied in
their place. The Sepoys, of course, refused to use
the new guns. Parade was again ordered in the
evening, with no better results. From that time
parade regularly took place twice a-day. The
General was determined to carry- out the orders, and
the Sepoys were determined to oppose them.
While this foolish obstinacy both on the part
of the General and the army lasted the Sepoys
seemed to have been very much dissatisfied,
and openly grumbled to go to the parade.
News of all sorts were flying from one end of
the station to another. There was -not a report
ever so absurd which -was not firmly believed by
the populace. Things were fast assuming a very
unfavourable aspect. The loud cries of discon-
tent on a sudden changed into a sort of sullen re-
serve ; everything looked suspicious ; at this time
an old havildar, whose pension paper was sent to
the Commander-in-Chief for confirination, Went up
to the General and informed him that the whole
of the native army Was perfectly disaffected, and
was-rife at the slightest pretext to break out into
open reMlion. .
.He therefore suggested, as a pre-
cautionary measure, to destroy the whole of the
powder in the magazine, keeping only as much as
would be necessary in case of a protracted siege.
The -man was rewaded with imprisonment for his
trouble ; on what ground this step was taken was
better known to him who ordered his arrest. Next
followed General Wheeler's Ichansamah, who was
arrested for having informed him that the army
was . disaffected, and that unless he' changed his
policy he would bitterly repent of what he was
about. A third, who was a sepoy, was taken up
while fast asleep in his line, for no other fault th. 211
that of having spoken something seditious in the
bazaar. About this time Nana Sahib visited
Cawnpore. He called upon the General, and on
being -asked as to the object of his visit, he said he
had heard there was to be a disturbance in the can-
tonnient, 'and he had come down to render him as-
sistance. What further passed between him and
the General no one could say. Nana halted at the
station only a few days, and then all of a sudden
left the place for Bithoor. Just after his departure
the 2d Cavalry mutinied. It was at midnight on
the 4th of June, 18.57, that the bungalow of the
riding-master was set fire to ; he escaped with his
life providentially. The whole of the 2d Cavalry,
with one regiment of native infantry, marched off
towards Nawabgunge, looted the treasury, and was
makingraway to Delhi, and had actually gone off
about 12 miles from the station, when they were
joined by the Nana's men, who told them that the
King of Delhi would not receive them unless they
made a practical demonstration of their hatred to-
wards the accursed Fenn' ghees, which would not
only entitle thein to double pay offered by the King
odbutmweno.uld
Atgainthisthetmheythe
returned
of • all le h
to Ca.wnpore, accompanied by their new
friends,
which haci up to this time, in other respects, re-
when the rest of the regiments,
mained faithful,joined the mutinous corps as if it
were by a comiNon consent, and they all in a body
went up to Nave bgunge, about three miles from
the station, looted
and secured all the e remainder of the treasure,
g:ts and ammunition. This
was on the sth of June. -
On the 6th the Christian
portion of the town were ovslered to go into the
entrenchment, which was no• other than an old
hospital belonging to a Europe regiment. The
civil, military, merchants, tradesmen, clerks, drum-
mers, pensioners—in fact' all the men omposing the
Christian part of the population :
•*-tto the en-
trenchment. went

~ From the 7th of June the mutineers comnk•tleed
ght all .'''`.. e
cannonading the garrison.'
They br".
with
th 24-potmders from the magazine, erected four bat- •
teries on the four sides of the entrenchment, an
commenced pouring in balls like rain. T
brought mortars, but the shells, being filled
powder only, could scarcely do any harm. The first
three or four days they were incessantly firing n•
the entrenchment, but after that time they firedcl
only at a stated hour. The people in the entrench-
ment were half dead through fear, particularly the
ladies, but after three or four days, when they got
used to that mode of life, they did not care for the
booming of a cannon. There could not have been

less thaii 1,000 souls in the entrenchment, including
women, children, and men of all classes and ranks,
and the rebels outside were ten times that number ;
of this number 5,000 to 6,000 were regular disci-
plined men from the ranks of the native army, one
portion composed of the Nana's men, and the rest
were budmashes of the town and villages, whom
prospect of plunder had attracted into the station.
All the -public and private property outside the
garrison was looted. The conveyances belonging
to the gentlemen of the station were taken and
made use of by the heads and leaders of the
insurrection. The ranks of majors, colonels, and
generals were supplied by the senior non-com-
missioned officers of the mutinous army. With
all their endeavours and firing they . found that
they could not much harm the garrison. They
then attempted to take the place by storm, but as
many times as they tried they were repulsed with
a considerable loss. With all their firing very few
men were killed in the entrenchment, and those few
not while they were doing sentry duty, but while
drawing water from the fatal well in the entrench-
ment, which was in a most exposed part of the
garrison. It was about this time that the old
havildar, whom General Wheeler had confined on
suspicion, and who was in the garrison, was killed
by the bursting of a shell. A lady was also killed
in the same way. But accidents like these were so
rare that I scarcely remember beyond one or two
instances in which lives were lost. When any one
was killed it was the practice to stitch him in a bag
and remove him at a late part of the night to a blind
well which was close by. The accidents that too
frequently occurred were while drawing water out
of the well. After one or two deaths took place at
the well people commenced sending little children
to draw water, thinking they would not be fired
at ; but the mild Hindoos and refined Mahomme-
dans are not the men to spare a dog belonging to a
Christian, and much more children. Many children
were killed and wounded at the well while drawing
water. Perhaps twelve days or a fortnight had
not elapsed since we had entered the entrench-
ment, when the roof of it, which was built of straw.
caught fire by a shell and was burnt down. Just
after this occurrence the soldiers one night, having
consulted together, sallied out of the garrison dis-
guised in black, and utterly spoilt one of the bat-
teries which the rebels had constructed on the four
sides of the garrison, spiked as many guns as they
could lay their hands upon, and would have as-
suredly done more, but the General, having heard
of it, disapproved the bold attempt, and immedi-
ately ordered the bugle to sound, when they all re-
turned into the garrison. It is a remarkable fact
that during the whole period of our stay in the
garrison not more than 30 soldiers were killed. To
the best of my knowledge, there were lots of pro-
visions in the garrison, and if the General had only
held out for 12 days or a fortnight more the whole
of the garrison would have been relieved by Gen.
Havelock, who arrived at Cawnpore just twelve
days after the massacre. But no ; it was fated
otherwise. On the 26th of June, Jacoby, or Jaco-
bite, the watchmaker's sister-in-law, who was left
behind and was in the hands of the rebels, came
with a letter from Nana Sahib, offering terms of
peace. Her brother-in-law and sister were in the
garrison. She swore Nana was sincere in his pro-
fessions, and the General, as the drowning man
grasps at a straw, swallowed down everything as
Gospel truth. The whole garrison was against
surrendering, and bitterly opposed the General
when he seemed inclined to accept the offer. The
soldiers became mad to hear that the General was
going to accept the offer. They broke their guns
in a rage, and openly exhibited every sign of in-
subordination, but to no purpose. The General
accepted the terms, in the teeth of universal oppo-
sition. Mrs. Wheeler herself opposed him, and
begged of him not to do this, but to no purpose.
He was firm and inflexible. The Nana had been
his friend, and he could not see the reason why he
could not trust him. The General wrote a warm
letter of friendship and sent it off by Jacoby's sister-
in-law. A little while after the miscreant Nana
arrived, and was immediately conducted to the
General. Whatever was proposed at that moment
the General agreed to, provided he was only allowed
with the beleaguered garrison to depart in peace.
Nana agreed to it, and to satisfy him took an oath
that he would see them safely, conducted to Allah-
abed. After this the rebels outside rushed into the
garrison. Their number was so great that there
was hardly any place to stand. There could not
have been less than 7,000 to 8,000 armed men sur-
rounding the garrison and occupying every inch of
ground. If they had wanted they could have
crushed us in the garrison without using their
weapons. After this the treasury chest was made
over to the Nana, together with all the ammuni-
tions -which were in the garrison. Nana then
ordered the necessary preparations to be made
to leave Cawnpore, he having left the garrison to
go and arrange for boats. Every one packed up
his things, and passed the night with feverish
anxiety. Next morning a Sowar came and informed
the General that there was not a sufficient number
of boats available, and therefore, instead of boxes,
in which every one had packed up his things, a
bundle of clothes could only be allowed to be car-
ried by each man, which was forthwith prepared,
but, another Sowar coining in after a while com-
municated to the General that, there not being
sufficient room in the boats to stow so many
bundles, it was decided by the Nana Sahib that
they should depart as they were. The General, at
this second message, at once ordered the whole gar-
rison to march out as they were. They were con-
ducted towards the ghaut by the Nana's men, who
took them not by the route h which they had their
battery (for the soldiers would have assuredly
fallen upon their battery and would have turned
their guns again-st them), but by another passage
altogether. When the garrison reached the ghaut
the men were ordered to go in the boats, to which
they objected, unless the ladies and children were
first accommodated. But the General, being as-
sured that there was no harm in it, that there was
some breakfast prepared for the ladies and chil-
dren, which as soon as they had taken they would
be put in the boats, the General got into a boat,
and then all the men followed his example. As
soon as the main body of the men were thus sepa-
' rated from the women and children, they were fired
at, but some of the soldiers having a few rounds of
cartridges which they had taken with them by
stealth, returned the fire, and like so many desperate
bull-dogs, jumped out of the boats, and fought bravely
against the fearful odds as long as their cartridges
lasted. They then threw away their guns and
were cut to pieces. One soldier jumped into a blind
well, but was taken out and massacred by a host of
ruthless barbarians. One boat having caught fire,
was burnt with all its inmates, and any one at-
tempting to escape the fire was made a target-
mark by the armed multitude standing on the
banks. The gentlemen who were left on the bank,
or, at least, those who had not gone into the boat,
were hunted from one place to another like dogs,
and on each man a thousand sabres flashing at a
time, wives and children beseeching the multi-
tude with folded hands and in praying attitude to
spare their husbands and fathers, but to no pur-
pose, the whole of the male portion of the garrison
were barbarously murdered by order of Nana
Soor. My husband, William Murray, Band-Ser-
ceant of the 56th Native Infantry, was shot
t,-
in the head. My brother met the same fate. His
name was Hero. My two sons Alick and John fell
by.tulwar. The women all, high and low, were
stripped in open air, a piece of blue cloth of hardly
three cubits, and less than a cubit in breadth, was
given to each woman, just to cover herself. Then
followed the massacre of the children, and I can,
without any exaggeration, confidently declare that
no less than 300 of the innocent angels were de-
stroyed, as it were by the spell of magic.
" They were bayonetted, shot, dashed on the
ground, and trampled under foot. One European
boy, of about seven years, having escaped from the
hands of the Sepoys, came running and fell upon
Nana's foot, and begged of him to spare his life and
he would serve him as a mehter. The boy had not
lifted up his head from the foot, before it was cut
off by the express order of the Nana, and he flung
the head away with his foot. My two grandsons,
Robert and Charles, aged five and 12 years re-
spectively, were cut down on the spot. My two
daughters-in-law, Lewsa and Santa, were cut down,
both of whom were pregnant, but the latter, being
very far advanced, expecting daily to be confined,
was ripped open, and the child came out of her
womb, which was cut on the spot. Many were the
heartrending scenes which followed, when mothers
were forced to give up their infants in arms to be
brutally massacred in their presence--but too many
to be related here. I received one sword-cut on
the head by a sowar, who, aiming a second blow,
I guarded with my hand, when I received another
cut on my hand ; after that I received one cut on
my back, which was so severe that I fell down
senseless. I received two cuts more, but I am not
sensible as to when they were inflicted ; after that
what passed lam not aware. When all the peo-
ple were gone away I opened my eyes, and I found
myself lying in the heap of dead bodies fearfully
mangled. I tried to get up,. but I could not, so I
crawled and went near the water, and I drank
some water. A fishwoman living on the ghaut
ka,v9 ino• seen me, took pity on me and used to supply
fsuelelnytiv
bhat
,ith gruel and other necessaries which she
coula' afford, but her mother used to abuse me shame-
.afte:Nuvase_d_ritsobb3e, lying near the river close to a
ssho,opotrom:ield; e
dthi
tehoeplacethey
where brick is baked. I was
some sepoys, who threatened to
qd them they were welcome to do
shot me in the head, and thus got
rid of a life which
wasi;ssuoprpesoiltavebrlee
:obfuetarftwhelyy
went away without Cu3lesting me. Perhaps they
felt loath to look at me, u