FOOTNOTES.
[1] This regiment afterwards mutinied to a man.
[2] The Cawnpore troops were expected to rise, and then we had but little chance of remaining quiet ourselves.
[3] These all turned against us afterwards.
[4] Not true.
[5] The Nana.
[6] This was a ruse to deceive the enemy and keep them off a little longer—which we were not told at the time.
[7] This must have been the firing into the boats instead. Poor creatures! we little thought it was the horrid massacre going on.
[8] Miss Palmer had her leg taken off by a round shot in the Residency this day, and only survived it twenty-four hours.
[9] Now Lord Napier of Magdala.
[10] These mines were prepared by us to throw down several walls, to assist our troops in getting in.
[11] While I was talking to an officer, a bullet passed between our faces.
[12] Two miles out.
Transcriber's Notes:
Original unusual spellings have been retained. Minor punctuation errors corrected on pages 12, 24, 73, and 138. The following typos were corrected:
Page 52, "everthing" changed to "everything." (...and do [everything], excepting the cooking...)
Page 57, "harldy" changed to "hardly." (...[hardly] any one is without them now.)
Page 57, "beeen" changed to "been." (... the firing had [been] very sharp...)
Page 84, the word "I" was missing in the original. (Rose and [I] did all...)
Page 86, "quite" changed to "quiet." ( The enemy tolerably [quiet] to-day...)
Page 106, "as" changed to "us." (...called and gave [us] full particulars of the whole affair...)
Spellings and hyphenation made consistent with these changes:
Page 17, "Mr. G——s'" changed to "Mr. G——'s." (This house, as well as [Mr. G——'s]...)
Page 19, "Martiniere" changed to "Martinière." (...Mrs. F—— to the [Martinière] College...)
Page 40, "smallpox" changed to "small-pox." (...as there is [small-pox] in both...)
Page 55, "Godowns" changed to "Go-downs." (...[Go-downs] were considered unhealthy...)
Page 104, "godown" changed to "go-down." (I took possession of my [go-down]...)
Page 115, "storeroom" changed to "store-room." (...in my [store-room] I had a very...)
The word "our's" has been standardized to "ours" on pages [57], [139], and [141].
The following corrections were made by handwritten note in the original book and were retained in our text here:
Page 24, "reals" changed to "rupees." (This man got 100 [rupees]...)
Page 27, "to" changed to "in." (...he went back [in] Sir Henry's carriage...)
Page 28, "Mr. A——" changed to "Mrs. A——." (As I and [Mrs. A——] occupied Mrs. F——'s room...)
Page 45, "score" changed to "crore." (... said to be worth a [crore] of rupees!)
Page 51, "Major H——" changed to "Major B——." (Sir Henry then appointed [Major B——] his successor.)
Page 52, "and" changed to "as." (...[as] they passed up and down...)
Page 54, "Mr. and Mrs. O——" changed to "He and Mr. O——." ([He and Mr. O——], and two others...)
Page 79, "Mrs. C——" changed to "Mr. C——." ([Mr. C——] was wounded.)
Page 81, "Mrs. S——" changed to "Mrs. L——." (...Mrs. P——, Mrs. B——, and[ Mrs. L——]...)
Page 87, "running" changed to "mining." (The enemy were discovered [mining]...)
Page 125, "fright" changed to "fight." (He then told me of the [fight] they had coming in...)
Page 131, "have" changed to "leave." (...Mrs. B—— would not [leave] in her buggy...)
Page 144, "W.I." changed to "N.I." (H.C. 13th Regt. [N.I.])
Page 144, in the column "Natives, Killed, Rank & File" and row "Artillery, Regular and Irregular," the number listed was changed from 9 to [8] based on the totals given for that row and column.