loose in a country like India, and
might do much mischief if he joined the Pindarees, who were then in full
force prowling about the country, not immediately in our provinces, but
lingering on the borders. After some search, this rajah was found with
Nawab Ameer-Khan, an independent chief; and, no sooner had the Company
discovered the place of his residence, than, instead of punishing the
rebel as he deserved, they munificently offered him a pension for
himself and family, if he would reside in our provinces. With these
terms the veteran rajah readily complied, and he is now residing in
affluence, peace, and happiness, under the Company's banner of
protection and shield of faith. I have heard from those who have since
seen him, that his loss in lives at Hattrass was upwards of fifteen
hundred in the fort, besides those in the town. Two of his nephews were
amongst the dead; and he himself encouraged his men in person during the
whole of the siege, and was scarcely ever from the ramparts.

My wound at this time assumed a dangerous appearance. It had been much
irritated by the extraction of several pieces of shattered bone; and, as
the weather at this period grew intensely hot, my doctor advised me not
to travel with the regiment, as he apprehended that the extreme heat,
and the constant shaking of the palanquin, might bring on inflammation.
I therefore the next afternoon left my corps for Cawnpore, some hundred
miles, by dawk,[15] and arrived there about the same time on the
afternoon of the following day. From having been more than
four-and-twenty hours without proper dressing, the whole of my arm, and
indeed all my left side, became much inflamed, and were extremely
painful; but the fond attentions of an affectionate wife, and the
kindness of her good family, soon made me forget my pains and aches.

I had such a home as few were blessed with; and, in the bosom of my
family, I forgot the toils of terrific war. By good nursing and good
medical advice, my wound began to mend apace; but there were still
pieces of bone protruding through the wound, which, however, were in
time extracted by the hand of skill.

The moment I got my hand dressed on the night I was wounded, I took the
precaution of sitting down to communicate the true particulars of the
affair to my family by letter, knowing well what erroneous reports are
often sent to the wives of soldiers, and communicated in the most blunt
and abrupt manner.

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