364 THE FOREST AND THE FIELD. 



Dr. Nelaton, of Paris, dare not venture to ex- 

 tract it. 



Under the able care of the Colonial-Surgeon, 

 Dr. Eales, E.N., and Elliott, I was kept alive by- 

 suction upon old port wine until I arrived in 

 England, when, after a very severe operation per- 

 formed by Sir William Fergusson — the first surgeon 

 in Europe, whose coolness is only exceeded by his 

 skill — I was again enabled to eat, although for the 

 future mastication is out of the question, and I 

 shall never be free from severe aching pain at every 

 change of weather. The Legislative Council of 

 Lagos voted me £1000 for the service I had ren- 

 dered, and His Grace the Duke of Newcastle 

 gave me nine months' leave on sick certificate 

 (half-pay); but his successor, Mr. Cardwell, supsr- 

 seded me, and the Government, with their usual 

 generosity, gave me nix, notwithstanding the 

 whole affair was brought to the notice of Parlia* 

 ment by Sir Francis Baring, and great credit 

 was given to me by the Governor, and Commander- 

 in-Chief, and the Duke of Newcastle. Unfortu- 

 nately, that credit will not pay doctors' bills and 



