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England, my sister had the option of re- 

 turning, or accepting the hand of a settler 

 at Cawnpore. She chose the latter. 



After having survived two hus- 

 bands, she was one of the many females 

 beleaguered in our intrenchments at Luck- 

 now : where she had resided many years, 

 her second husband, not long deceased, 

 being attached to the court of the King of 

 Oude. 



Naturally intelligent and observing, with 

 a fair share of accomplishments, experience 

 had given her a thorough knowledge of the 

 native character ; while her husband's situ- 

 ation, and her intercourse with both Eng- 

 lish and Native chiefs to whom she acted 

 as interpreter, and sometimes as amanu- 

 ensis had made her acquainted with the 

 political movements that preceded the 

 awful outbreak which convulsed this mag- 

 nificent part of our Empire. 



In her correspondence with me and 

 other individuals of our family, which is so 



