262 GAN/AM. 



wicked looking arrow sticking in the 

 brim of his hat, but no other casualties 

 occurred. 



The next day our operations were 

 wholly unlucky. I went out to visit 

 the deserted villages, and endeavoured 

 to find and communicate with some of 

 their inhabitants ; but one of my parties, 

 owing to a mistake, became embroiled 

 with the Khonds, who, without showing 

 themselves, peppered them with their 

 formidable arrows. I had to go with 

 the rest of the men to extricate them, 

 and we brought back with us two men 

 severely wounded, my raw recruits hav- 

 ing expended much powder and ball on 

 rocks and trees, and greatly endangered 

 the lives of their comrades and our- 

 selves. 



