17.—This was short, and to add to the distress of Burn, Neale fell upon him.
18.—Burn was down almost as soon as he appeared at the mark.
19.—After some futile attempts on the part of Burn to stop his opponent, he was hit down.
20.—“It will soon be over,” said the friends of Neale. “Not for three hours,” answered Uncle Ben. Jem was again sent down.
21.—Burn napped a facer, and was soon down, owing to weakness.
22.—Jem a little better; he appeared to be getting second wind, to the great joy of his backers; he also made play, and planted a couple of hits; but at the end of the round the finishing was on the side of Neale, who got Jem down.
23.—This was a singular round. Neale bored his opponent to the ropes; and in closing Jem struggled himself out of the ring. Burn showed fight outside, but as Neale could not reach him, he returned to the scratch, and sat himself down on his second’s knee. Burn then entered the ropes, and followed his example, and so the round ended.
24–26.—In the last round, Jem dropped weak.
27.—The battle might now be said to be at an end; the event was almost reduced to a certainty. Fighting, as to execution, was out of the question on the side of Burn, and Neale was determined not to give the slightest chance away. Burn went down.
28.—Jem now bobbed his head aside to avoid the coming blow, and was hit down distressed.