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two of brass, and rather pretty. One had on the breech-ring, “ Henry 
Lithgow fecit." One iron, small in bore, but 6 feet 9 inches long. The 
latter was burst. Hume ordered to-day to do duty with the 3rd Troop, 
3rd Brigade, Horse Artillery. He and I rode out some three miles 
beyond picquets but saw nothing. Villages are empty. 
October 31st. —The Sappers, under Captain F. R. Maunsell, arrived 
to-day. Three iron and one brass gun brought in to-day. One was 
merely the breech and part of the first reinforce of a larger one (10 or 
12-pr.) of very primitive make—longitudinal iron bars forming the 
bore, with strong iron rings shrunk on outside. A shot had carried 
away the chase, and the ends of the bars had been doubled back over 
the remaining rings. So, taken out again to fight, poor thing. 
SKETCH FROM MEMORY. 
November 1st. —A parade in review order to hear read the Queen's 
proclamation assuming the Sovereignty of India. Cox fired a Royal 
salute with the big guns. The Mithauli Raja wont deliver up his 
headman, the brute who handed over the Shahjahanpur fugitives to the 
Sepoys. 
November 3rd. —Marched to Nikara. The Brigadier has written to 
Seaton about looking after his camp equipage and baggage while he 
goes against Mithauli. 
November 4th. —Rode with Wake over to the Gumti, three miles 
west of camp. Country ought to be good for game, but only saw 
partridge and quail. Our baggage is to go to Muhamdi; we take 
nothing but bedding and grub. Cut mortar fuzes to-day ; all have to 
be re-graduated as well. 
November 5th. —By 12 o'clock every tent and cart was off, and we 
are light enough to go anywhere. Ismail Khan has written in to ask if 
the term " British Subject" in the Queen's proclamation includes 
natives as well as Europeans. The reply was a copy of the proclama¬ 
tion. Cut more fuzes to-day. 
November 6th,— The escort sent with baggage did not return till 
11 o'clock, so our march is deferred. There is a bridge over the Katna 
river between this and Mithauli; it is a long way round, but the ghat 
on the direct road is occupied and entrenched. Set a number of hand 
grenades for the Engineers. Ordered to march at 12 o'clock to-night. 
November 7th. —Got out of our ground at midnight, but the regi¬ 
ments not having concentrated when the baggage went, no one could 
find out in the dark where to go. One of the staff went down a well; 
the Provost-Marshal went into another; but at last all were got to¬ 
gether, and we went towards Aurangabad and then changed our course 
