364 INCIDENTS WHICH HAPPENED 



channel, were two smaller forts of twenty guns each. 

 We took the island forts one day, with a small loss of 

 killed and wounded, and the following morning the 

 large Annunghoy Fort ; and now the passage was clear. 

 The day we took the latter forts I was left on shore 

 to guard the east gate, which was situated on a hill 

 about 200 feet high, and commanded the extensive 

 plain running to the south. A higher range ran along 

 behind the fort, completely commanding it, and the 

 renowned celestial soldiers kept sneaking back to this 

 ridge and taking cool pot-shots at us, which began to 

 get unpleasant, although at 200 yards they were not to 

 be much feared. Still as a stray shot is supposed to 

 have effect even on his Satanic majesty, I planted 

 three or four men behind big stones half way from the 

 gate to the ridge, who, whenever a Chinaman showed 

 his nose, let fly at him. I was wandering over the 

 ground myself, looking for wounded or dead Chinamen, 

 when I saw a wretched man on his back, apparently by 

 his moaning and movements in great pain ; he had one 

 of their long daggers stuck in the ground beside him, 

 and knowing instances where they had feigned being 

 wounded, and attacked their intended relief, I judi- 

 ciously stalked him, through the rough grass and 

 boulder rocks, and quietly from behind possessed my- 



