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and, as each of our opponents was armed 

 with a sharp tulwar, or native sword, and 

 in many cases a dagger also, whenever a 

 man was disabled in any way he was im- 

 mediately dispatched I, fortunately, kept 

 my senses, and also my legs, for a con- 

 siderable time, and parried all the cuts and 

 slashes aimed at me, disposing of several 

 of my opponents, when, suddenly I received 

 a crushing blow on the back of the head 

 which made me sink on the ground with- 

 out sense or feeling ; with this, my recol- 

 lection of what afterwards occurred, ceased. 

 What I next remembered was finding 

 myself lying on a mat under a fine, branch- 

 ing tree, with my head splitting, and my 

 whole body a mass of pains so much so, 

 that when I attempted to turn, it was such 

 agony that I was only too happy to remain 

 still. A young woman now approached 



