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replied the poor fellow, ' it was my duty, 

 after leaving you in safety, to follow and 

 join my regiment; I did so, and lost my 

 arm in a charge.' " 



The foregoing is given, as nearly as I can 

 recollect, in the very words of the distin- 

 guished soldier who related to me the anecdote ; 

 and truly three finer fellows than those three 

 brothers could not be found in any service in 

 the world ! 



Warfare in India is seemingly for the present 

 at an end, the insurrection having been put 

 down by physical force; but I do not consider 

 that tranquillity is in reality restored, for the 

 minds of the masses are still untranquillized, 

 and their hostility of heart is still unallayed. 

 No attempt at further insurrection need how- 

 ever be feared, as the natives are aware of 

 the enormous European force ; fully appointed 

 and skilfully disposed throughout the length 

 and breadth of the land, and held in perfect 

 readiness to crush any attempt at insurrection. 

 They must consequently be perfectly sensible 

 of the futility of attempting it, and I do not 

 believe that it will be attempted, imless a 

 foreign foe should appear on the scene. But 



