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SPORT AND WAR. 
CHAP. XIII. 
I have seen him on the line of march dismount 
and give his own horse for tired men to ride upon; nor 
would he ever allow his own tent to be pitched until he 
had seen his men under shelter; and he would then go 
and secure a hole of water or make a small reservoir of 
it for the men—generally a scarce article in camp, from 
the number of draft oxen that go into and muddy the 
pool. 
The bodies of these officers were afterwards dis¬ 
interred and removed to King William’s Town, under 
the authority of the Bishop. They are now buried in 
the church at that station, to which Lady Elizabeth 
Baker contributed a large sum of money. 
After the war a gold watch which belonged to the 
Doctor was recovered from the Kafirs by Mr. John 
Crouch and sent home to his family. An assaigai, 
evidently thrown at the Doctor, had struck this double¬ 
case hunting-watch in the very centre, for it had pene¬ 
trated through both cases and into the works, which 
had stopped at that moment, showing that they were 
attacked at two o’clock in the day. 
The five officers whose terrible fate I have been re¬ 
lating were Major Baker, Lieutenant Faunt, Ensign 
Burnup, Surgeon Campbell, 73rd Begiment; Assistant- 
Surgeon Lock, 7th Dragoon Giuards; and the officer 
who turned back after starting was Lieutenant Little- 
hales, a cousin of Major Baker. 
