164 A WOUNDED SEPOY. 



to death a poor Mooltani Sepoy, wliose duty 

 it was to strike the hours on the Ghurry, 

 so severely injured a second that his life 

 was despaired of, and inflicted some ugly 

 bruises on a third. At break of day I 

 was summoned to see the wounded man, 

 who was terribly crushed, but happily with- 

 out broken bones ; so I caused him to be 

 fomented all over with hot neem leaves, 

 which seemed to afford him relief, and by 

 persevering in this course of treatment, with 

 bleeding, and cooling drinks, I soon had the 

 gratification of seeing my patient on his legs 

 again. It really was quite touching to wit- 

 ness the attention paid to the wounded man 

 by his comrade and countryman, who, though 

 severely bruised himself, heeded not his own 

 hurts, and afforded every assistance in his 

 power to his suffering companion. I availed 

 myself of the circumstance to recommend 

 the Meer to have all the old walls pulled 

 down by the convicts, and the hollows filled 

 up and planted with tamarisk, as tending 

 both to the salubrity and ornament of the 

 city. This recommendation was, indeed, partly 

 attended to ; but the convicts were not suf- 



