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man she fancied it might turn out to be 

 the Bengalee who had interested himself 

 so kindly in my behalf before my last 

 capture, and, on seeing him, this proved to 

 be the case. She brought him with her to 

 me, and delighted was I to see him again. 

 He had heard about the movements of 

 our army, but I had so many questions to 

 ask that he said he must rest before he 

 could give me the information I required, 

 as he had been very ill, and the 

 walk from the village to the top 

 of a tree my halting place had quite 

 knocked him up ; but he assured me he 

 had news for me that would " make my 

 face white," which strictly speaking, it re- 

 quired very much, for water was a luxury 

 I seldom had the opportunity of indulging 

 in ; and, as to soap and towels, they were 

 things of the past that I just recollected,, 



