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paid quite recently to the English government in golden sequins. Colonel FitzClarence had [[deletion]] hoped [[/deletion]] [[addition]] in the hope of [[/addition]] [[deletion]] to [[/deletion]] reach [[addition]] ing [[/addition]] Bombay in three weeks; he [[underline]] had set out in November [[/underline]] [[addition]] 1818 [[/addition]], but he did not get there until the 5th of February; he had travelled [[addition]] after [[/addition]] some thousand miles [[addition]] , [[/addition]] and nearly all the time [[deletion]] it had been [[/deletion]] through enemy country, [[deletion]] yet, in spite [[/deletion]] [[addition]] despite [[/addition]] of his perilous position, he had [[deletion]] made a point [[/deletion]] of visit [[deletion]] ing [[/deletion]] various ancient buildings, notably Ellora, Keylas, and [[deletion]] E [[/deletion]] Carli; [[deletion]] this is [[/deletion]] [[addition]] in [[/addition]] the account that [[addition]] [[unclear]] [[/addition]] he gives [[addition]] [[unclear]] [[/addition]] of his experiences in one of the chambers of this latter place. The officer who accompanied me fired off one of the Sepoys[[addition]] ' [[/addition]] muskets, and the violent echo and long continued reverberation, now at a distance, now returning with [[deletion]] in [[/deletion]] increased violence, and thrilling through the mass overhead, the noise surpassing thunder, but of a more hollow tone, was the most awful and overpowering sound I ever remember to have heard. I almost hoped, after the second return of the deep [[addition]] , [[/addition]] aggravated roar, that it was the last; but I was mistaken, and peal after peal followed in quick succession, and lasted several minutes, giving one the idea that the rock, indignant at its stillness being broken in upon, expressed its displeasure previous to enclosing the disturbers in its embrace forever. So wonderful and indescribable [[deletion]] a [[/deletion]] [[addition]] [[unclear]] [[/addition]] noise, would, I [[deletion]] think, try the nerves of a very strong minded woman; [[/deletion]] and [[addition]] that [[/addition]] I felt a chill creep through my frame which I never remember having experienced in any former instance; [[deletion]] so much so that [[/deletion]] if it had been proposed to fire a second musket, the impression made upon me would have caused me to object. to it. [[note]] Was the noise so much so [[/note]] Now that British rule in India is a thing of the past I quote these wo [[deletion]] o [[/deletion]] ^ [[addition]] r [[/addition]] ds of a young man of ^ [[addition]] [[unclear]] [[/addition]] twenty-two who had been on active service in Portugal, Spain and France since the age of twelve. Refuting the accusations made by
