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bodies of the women and children were thrown. The ground round it is
kept in beautiful order. For many a day visitors to India will look with
tearful eyes and sad hearts on these spots sacred to their fallen
countrymen.

[Illustration: THE WELL AT CAWNPORE.]

[Sidenote: THE CAMPAIGN IN OUDE.]

Leaving Cawnpore, we crossed the Ganges and travelled forty miles to
Lucknow, the capital of the country of Oude, which was ruled by a
feudatory of the Mogul Empire, who had become a feudatory of the British
Crown. To him our Government gave the title of King. In 1856, by an
order from home, the country was taken under our direct rule on account
of gross misgovernment, by flagrant and persistent violation of the
engagement made with us. The Chief Commissioner in March, 1857, was Sir
Henry Lawrence. After staving off the Mutiny successfully for a time, he
was obliged in the end of June to concentrate his force in a
half-fortified place on a slight elevation, called the Residency, as
there the British representative, under the title of Resident, and his
official subordinates, had their abode and offices. There the English
were besieged by a vast body of Sepoys, and by the Talookdars, the
Barons of Oude, and their retainers. Sir Henry Lawrence was mortally
wounded on July 4th. The siege was maintained till September 25th,
when, after a fierce struggle, it was relieved by Havelock and Outram.
They in their turn were besieged, but they were able to maintain their
footing till November 19th, when they were finally relieved by Sir Colin
Campbell. Outram remained with a force of observation at Alum Bagh, a
large garden with a very high wall, outside Lucknow on the Cawnpore
road; while the rest held on to Cawnpore. Sir Colin Campbell returned
with his army, and took the city on March 6th, 1858. We are told that in
the interval it had been fortified in a way which would have done credit
to a European power. My narrative will be better understood by these
facts being remembered.

As we travelled from Cawnpore to Lucknow we passed houses close to the
road which still retained the loopholes through which the enemy had
fired on our troops. The earthworks hastily raised for temporary shelter
still remained. We were reminded at every mile of the fierce resistance
our soldiers had to encounter. At Lucknow we remained for a week, and
went over all the scenes made memorable by recent events. We paid
several visits to the Residency, where our