18.—Nat let fly his left, but Ben was too far off. Ben, however, went to him, and slight exchanges took place, Nat on the mark and Caunt on the side of the head, and Nat down.
19.—After slight exchanges, Ben got home sharply on the back of Nat’s brain pan, and Nat fell.
20.—No time lost. They walked up to one another, and at once let fly, Caunt on Nat’s forehead, and Nat on the left brow. Nat down.
21.—Good exchanges, but Nat straightest, getting another good one on Ben’s conk, and renewing the crimson distillation. Caunt touched Nat’s forehead, and Nat down without a visible mark of punishment.
22.—Caunt rushed at Nat, who being close to the ropes, slipped down. An appeal of “foul” was made, but not by the umpires. The referee, however, sent Nat’s umpire to him to caution him.
23.—Nat fiddled and dodged until Caunt drew back his arm, when pop went the left on Ben’s cheek. Exchanges followed, Nat getting on Ben’s left peeper, and Ben on the brow, and Nat down.
24.—Slight exchanges; Ben on the forehead, and Nat down.
25.—Nat missed his first delivery, but in a second effort caught Ben on the body, Caunt retaliating with a swinging round hit on the cranium, and Nat down.
26.—Sharp exchanges; Nat on the kisser, and Ben on the side of the canister, and Nat down, Ben as usual stepping over him, but asking him why he “did not stand up and have a round.”
27.—Ben went to his man, and began business by lunging out both hands, but he missed, and Nat popped his left on the whistler. Ben, however, returned on the cheek, just drawing claret, and Nat down.