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“anity, | would humbly reply that this has been my “object ; and, I conceive, it is the aim and end of “every Christian who speaks the Word of God to “another, namely, that the Lord would make him “the happy instrument of converting his neighbour “to God.” Did not this good Colonel forget who it was who bade us give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast our pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend us ?
On the 29th of March, a private of the Thirty-fourth, Mungu! Pandy by name, under the combined influence of religious frenzy and intoxicating drugs, took into his head to swagger about in front of the lines, musket in hand, bawling: “Come out, you “blackguards! The Europeans are upon us! From “biting these cartridges we shall become infidels! “Get ready! Turn out, all of you!” This conduct in the course of time brought down upon him the Adjutant and the Sergeant-major, which in no wise disconcerted Mungul Pandy. He shot the officer's horse, disabled his bridle arm, and finally, with the assistance of some of the boldest among lis comrades, desperately wounded and drove off both the Europeans. The Colonel next appeared on the stage. flere again it may be best to quote his own words: “The native officer at length ordered the guard to
