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placed face to face with him from load- 

 ing and discharging a pistol. With an 

 unceasing shower of pellets he pro- 

 ceeded to knock about the pistol, the 

 powder flask, and the knuckles of his 

 antagonist, till the latter had to give 

 up attempting to load and confess him- 

 self beaten. 



While leading his men through the 

 jungles of Sawuntwari, Captain Tain- 

 ton received his mortal wound from a 

 matchlock ball. He carried a double- 

 barrelled gun on his shoulder, and turn- 

 ing as the shot struck him, caught sight 

 of the smoke of the matchlock in the 

 bush, and shot the man dead just before 

 he dropped himself. 



The end of the rebellion did not come 

 till two or three months later; but 



