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cut off, and I was sent to bed by Colonel Keatinge, who 

 attended to my wants with much kindness. Charley Hunt, 

 too, was in need of rest, having ridden beside me all night. 

 That evening Dr. Watson of the Bengal Army arrived after a 

 thirty miles' ride from Mhow, and considerably relieved my 

 mind by intimating his intention of endeavouring to save 

 the hand. He pleasantly remarked that any man could cut 

 off a limb, but that it required a surgeon to save one. 



I received much attention from all my friends at Mundlaisir, 

 and in about ten days was so far recovered as to be able to be 

 moved in a palanquin to Mhow, where I remained under the 

 surgical care and hospitable roof of Dr. Watson. I have no 

 joint in that wrist, and can only partially close my hand, but 

 the limb is serviceable in most ways ; and as Watson used to 

 remark " It is better than a hook." My misadventure oc- 

 curred about the 16th of April, and I was not able to take 

 the field again before the 20th of June. 



