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4. On the commencement of the Mutiny, I turned out my battery. Colonel Platt and his adjutant preceded me to the parade ground, and were shot down before our arrival. In arriving in the lines we were fired upon; but the lines were nearly deserted, and the men had marched en masse to Indore.1
5. From the blown state of my horses in the morning, and the darkness of the night, which prevented our seeing anything, it was impossible to follow the mutineers; and as I had no covering party of any description, I returned to the Fort, after having fired several rounds of round shot into the lines.
6. During the last three days we have laid in ample store of provisions for some time, and are prepared to hold this position until relieved. We are threatened by an attack from the Raja of Indore or the mutineers, and are anxious and quite ready to meet them; but, as sudden retribution should reach the scoundrels who have shown such treachery and ingratitude to their benefactors, I trust that Colonel Woodburn may be ordered to hurry on a portion of his Dragoons, by the aid of whom we can amply avenge ourselves for what has been done.
7. Yesterday and to-day I have turned out a portion of my battery, accompanied by flanking parties of officers, to destroy the villages surrounding Mhow, in which many of the mutineers have taken refuge, and from whence they have turned out to burn and pillage the houses in the cantonments. Several villages have been burnt, much property recovered, and some Sepoys and troopers destroyed.
I have etc.,
(Signed) T. Hungerford, Captain, (To be continued.) Commanding at Mhow.
MISCELLANEA. THE MASOOLAH BOAT IN THE EARLY and the planks of which it is composed are literally NINETEENTH CENTURY.
sewn together with the fibres of the Kyar (coir) rope In Vol. VI, Proceedings of Meetings, Indian (rope made from the cocos tree) and the stitches Historical Records Commission, Madras, January (if they may be so called) all so little connected 1924. Mr. J.J. Cotton, I.C.S., has a paper on George that it should seem there could be no security against Chinnery, the Artist, who lived from 1774 to 1852. its leaking so much as to injure its safety. To At p. 46 we learn that to a little slip of a book prevent any accident of this Nature each Boat is entitled “Views of Madras," published in 1807) provided with a Baler. These boats are used to Chin Dery contributed six plates. Of these (p. 48), convey Goods and Passengers to and from the shipe Plate II is of the Masoolah Boaty "One of the in the Madras roads, and on their return from the most extraordinary inventions that Navigationships they are sometimes thrown with so much has to boast." The description attached to the violence against the shore, that if they did not Plate is quaint and accurate.
by their singular construction yield to the shock "To all appearance any other kind of vessel they would be dashed to pieces. The steerswould be safer on the water. On the contrary man stands on the stom of the Vessel and the nor boat of any other kind dare venture over the rudder is an oar simply. The dexterity with which violent surf, which breaks along the seashore at he balances himself in the heavy sea is perfectly Fort St. George. It is unique in its construction, astonishing. The number of Boats used is 120 equally unlike the solid canoe and the European and they furnish occupation for upwards of 1.00G In vention of caulked vessels. It is flat-bottomed natives."
R. C. TEMPLE. BOOK-NOTICE. NABAKETARI KATEÂ, AN OLD-RAJASTHẦN TALE, been accepted by all, and that because of their
odited with notes, & grammar, and a glossary by scientific method. Their works about the New CHARLOTTE KRAUSE; Verlag der "Asia Major." Indian philology show this very method and hence Loipsiz 1928.
their importance for the Indian scholar of his Some readers might think that by reviewing mother tongue. The Aryan languages of modern this I Am carrying coals to Newcastle ; but India show some peculiar features de compared it is certainly not 80. The superiority of the with their predecessors, various Prakrits, and Westerners in the field of Old Indian philology has Sanskrit. The inflectional system was abandoned
1 It was subsequently ascertained that the men were all in the lines, but fled precipitately as soon As we opened fire upon the hute.
