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as could find' room to touch it, but they could not wrefl it from me, 

 I had at leaft feventeen.or twenty upon me, but this rather prolonged 

 than fhortened the conteft, . as they pulled in oppoute directions. It 

 would have been maintained for even a longer time, had not one man 

 got upon my neck and (luck his knees into my loins, endeavouring t 

 ftrangle me with my handkerchief, whilft another faflened a rope r 

 my left leg and pulled it backwards from under me. .Supported 

 one leg and alraoft fainting from the hand round my ner. 

 hold on the gun, and was inftantly -thrown to the ground. * 

 -dragged about by the legs until my arms were pinioned. Whc nad 

 got up, nothing could furpafs the favage expreffion of joy depicted in 

 the countenance of the victors ; nor was the ferocity ©f their actions 

 -much behind hand. For fear of my getting leofe, two foldiers held me 

 fad by a cord, and every now and then gave me, a violent jerk by way 

 of letting me know my fituation. I defired to be placed upon the 

 Chabutra out of the croud ; and, after fome hefitation, this was complied 

 with. Mr. H. it feems had little fufpicion of fo immediate an attack^ 

 as he was waffling his mouth when the affray begun, and did not hear 

 my call to him. 0ur fervants were abfent from the fmall pile of arms we 

 'had. I had only one armed man in my fuite, having givenover my t 

 sOther double barrelled gun to Mr. H. for his own immediate ufe; and 

 -to my fervant who had a long duck gun, I had given the mod exprefs 

 .orders not -to fire unlefs the Got kalis fired fir ft. Mr. H. and the whole 

 .of our fervants, except two or three wjio, efcaped this fate, I know not 

 show, were fecured. Mr. K. was not bound, but fecured by perfons 

 holding his arms. Some of the,others were ft ruck with the butt ends of 

 . mm fleets and much maltreated. In about two hours, during which I 

 remained bound, the fubadar made his appearance. He feeraed quite 

 a beau juft ftepping from his toilette, fainted all "the foldiery with a 

 •tempering iinile of exultation playing on his countenance. He did not 



