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This
seemed
rather
serious
news
,
for
our
position
on
the
top
of
the
mountain
,
which
measured
a
mile
and
a
half
in
circumference
,
being
an
extended
one
,
it
was
important
to
us
to
concentrate
our
comparatively
small
defending
force
as
much
as
possible
.
But
since
it
was
impossible
for
us
to
dictate
in
what
way
we
should
be
assailed
,
we
had
to
make
the
best
of
it
,
and
accordingly
sent
orders
to
the
various
regiments
to
prepare
to
receive
the
separate
onslaughts
.
Slowly
,
and
without
the
slightest
appearance
of
haste
or
excitement
,
the
three
columns
crept
on
.
When
within
about
five
hundred
yards
of
us
,
the
main
or
centre
column
halted
at
the
root
of
a
tongue
of
open
plain
which
ran
up
into
the
hill
,
to
give
time
to
the
other
divisions
to
circumvent
our
position
,
which
was
shaped
more
or
less
in
the
form
of
a
horse-shoe
,
with
its
two
points
facing
towards
the
town
of
Loo
.
The
object
of
this
manoeuvre
was
that
the
threefold
assault
should
be
delivered
simultaneously
.
"
Oh
,
for
a
gatling
!
"
groaned
Good
,
as
he
contemplated
the
serried
phalanxes
beneath
us
.
"
I
would
clear
that
plain
in
twenty
minutes
.
"
"
We
have
not
got
one
,
so
it
is
no
use
yearning
for
it
;
but
suppose
you
try
a
shot
,
Quatermain
,
"
said
Sir
Henry
.
"
See
how
near
you
can
go
to
that
tall
fellow
who
appears
to
be
in
command
.
Two
to
one
you
miss
him
,
and
an
even
sovereign
,
to
be
honestly
paid
if
ever
we
get
out
of
this
,
that
you
do
n't
drop
the
bullet
within
five
yards
.
"
This
piqued
me
,
so
,
loading
the
express
with
solid
ball
,
I
waited
till
my
friend
walked
some
ten
yards
out
from
his
force
,
in
order
to
get
a
better
view
of
our
position
,
accompanied
only
by
an
orderly
;
then
,
lying
down
and
resting
the
express
on
a
rock
,
I
covered
him
.
The
rifle
,
like
all
expresses
,
was
only
sighted
to
three
hundred
and
fifty
yards
,
so
to
allow
for
the
drop
in
trajectory
I
took
him
half-way
down
the
neck
,
which
ought
,
I
calculated
,
to
find
him
in
the
chest
.
He
stood
quite
still
and
gave
me
every
opportunity
,
but
whether
it
was
the
excitement
or
the
wind
,
or
the
fact
of
the
man
being
a
long
shot
,
I
do
n't
know
,
but
this
was
what
happened
.
Getting
dead
on
,
as
I
thought
,
a
fine
sight
,
I
pressed
,
and
when
the
puff
of
smoke
had
cleared
away
,
to
my
disgust
,
I
saw
my
man
standing
there
unharmed
,
whilst
his
orderly
,
who
was
at
least
three
paces
to
the
left
,
was
stretched
upon
the
ground
apparently
dead
.
Turning
swiftly
,
the
officer
I
had
aimed
at
began
to
run
towards
his
men
in
evident
alarm
.
"
Bravo
,
Quatermain
!
"
sang
out
Good
;
"
you
've
frightened
him
.
"
This
made
me
very
angry
,
for
,
if
possible
to
avoid
it
,
I
hate
to
miss
in
public
.
When
a
man
is
master
of
only
one
art
he
likes
to
keep
up
his
reputation
in
that
art
.
Moved
quite
out
of
myself
at
my
failure
,
I
did
a
rash
thing
.
Rapidly
covering
the
general
as
he
ran
,
I
let
drive
with
the
second
barrel
.
Instantly
the
poor
man
threw
up
his
arms
,
and
fell
forward
on
to
his
face
.
This
time
I
had
made
no
mistake
;
and
--
I
say
it
as
a
proof
of
how
little
we
think
of
others
when
our
own
safety
,
pride
,
or
reputation
is
in
question
--
I
was
brute
enough
to
feel
delighted
at
the
sight
.
The
regiments
who
had
seen
the
feat
cheered
wildly
at
this
exhibition
of
the
white
man
's
magic
,
which
they
took
as
an
omen
of
success
,
while
the
force
the
general
had
belonged
to
--
which
,
indeed
,
as
we
ascertained
afterwards
,
he
had
commanded
--
fell
back
in
confusion
.
Sir
Henry
and
Good
now
took
up
their
rifles
and
began
to
fire
,
the
latter
industriously
"
browning
"
the
dense
mass
before
him
with
another
Winchester
repeater
,
and
I
also
had
another
shot
or
two
,
with
the
result
,
so
far
as
we
could
judge
,
that
we
put
some
six
or
eight
men
hors
de
combat
before
they
were
out
of
range
.
