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cut out, high up on the chest; and Catty, who the 
Doctor at first thought could not live, was well in a 
few weeks, while I was for two years on crutches. 
There was a missionary station at the Keiskama 
Hoek, under the Eev. Mr. Kevin, and it was at first 
proposed to leave the wounded men at the station, as 
it was known that the troops would have to fight their 
way back to Fort Cox the next day. Fortunately for 
us that arrangement was not carried out, for the station 
itself was attacked a few days afterwards, and the church 
and mission buildings burnt to the ground. The mission¬ 
aries and their wives were, indeed, allowed to march 
out; but whilst making across the Amatolas for the 
Chumie mission station, carrying Mrs. Kevin, who was 
an invalid, a separate party of Kafirs fell upon them 
en route , ill-treated them, and stripped them all naked 
before letting them pass on. In fact, Mr. Kevin’s life 
was only saved by the heroism of a high-caste native 
woman—afterwards our servant — who threw herself 
between the assaigai and her teacher, and from being 
the sister of Sandilli’s chief counsellor her entreaties 
were listened to. This woman was also the sister of 
Togo Sogo, the Kafir who was educated at Glasgow, 
became a missonary, and married a white lady, the 
daughter of an elder of the Scotch Church. 
The day I was wounded was my birthday; the one 
following was Christmas-day 1850, and it was rather a 
