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on a very valuable Arab, and the beast that had attacked 

 us was a pony of the Maharajah's, lent to a native 

 officer ; so, dismounting, I sent my charger to the rear, 

 where the head- quarter staff were grouped together. 

 Imparting the cause of disturbance to the commandant 

 and obtaining his permission to go ahead with a file 

 of men, I opened up our communications. The road 

 and the sides of the road were blocked by camp 

 followers, the relatives of the Sepoys who were accom- 

 panying the regiment to wish them good-bye ; in fact, 

 there were more followers than fighting men. We had 

 gone but a short distance when there was another rush, 

 and the pony knocked down an old woman and worried 

 her, and then retreated, so I ordered bayonets to be 

 fixed, told the people to halt and went ahead. In five 

 minutes the brute was upon us again, but the men were 

 steady, received it on their bayonets, and killed it. 

 We found that it was the identical pony bitten at 

 Juggumpett. He, too, had become mad. What became 

 of the old woman I never heard, as I ] eft the regiment 

 very shortly afterwards. 



