CHAPTER XI. 



HAVE spoken of the country under Mr. Commis- 

 sioner Tayler's rule, as bearing comparison in size to 

 the whole of Ireland, This was divided into several 

 districts, in each of which there was a Magistrate, 

 half-a-dozen other officials, besides a few European 

 traders, and Indigo planters, scattered all over the 

 country. There were native policemen, but no soldiers 

 in these districts, the only military station being at Dinapoor, on 

 the river Ganges, eight miles from Patna. 



The three regiments of Sepoj^s which made us assemble in such 

 hot haste at the Commissioner's house after their mutiny at 

 Dinapoor, instead of coming to Patna, as everyone expected, went 

 off to the out-lying station of Arrah, where they were kept at bay 

 in the most gallant manner by my friends. Wake, Colvin, Bojde, and 

 other Europeans, who had fortified a house. We naturally thought 

 they would all be massacred, but in case they should be able to hold 

 out for a time, H.M. loth Regiment was sent to their relief, and 

 Ross Mangles, Wake's cousin, who was living with me, joined the 

 force as a volunteer. I volunteered also, but the Commissioner 

 would not let me go. 



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