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    NOTICES OF BOOKS. 351

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    Life Formerl H.M In . Tli 'S E Y Charge ...

    of whose granite sides , and sloped reaching at an the top le of , found thirty a degrees noble terrace on either , half side a mile . The in length ends ,

    ¦ were the Southern Peak and ang a huge _cyclopsean wall . I followed the guides to the formerandafter a slippery ascent , reached the summit . I have

    ward mentioned but that froni , this the , peak northward has a rounded it appears aspect to rise when sharp viewed ly to from a point the ; east and - when ; with great circumspection , I crawled up , I found myself on a granite point , not three feet in widthwith but a water-worn way a few inches broad

    to rest , on , and prevent my sli , pping over the sloping edges . " Fortunately for our authorlie was not at Sarawak when the

    , 'Chinese attack was made . Had he been there , however , we could not have had a better account of the destruction and mischief these

    ungrateful wretches carried into the Uajah ' s domains ; and probably we should have had to dispense altogether with Mr . St . John ' s work ,

    for the danger was imminent . Like the ancient anecdote of the boy and the wolfso many warnings had been given from time to

    , time of- —" The Chinese are coining ! the Chinese are coming ! " that when the natives came with genuine news of their steady progress

    up the river , no precautions were taken by Sir James and his friends .

    midni conjectured " Roused ght , the from what Rajah his had slumb looked occurred ers out by Several of the the unusual Venetian times sounds he windows raised of shouts his , and revolver immediatel and yells to fire at y

    . mined an among to effect them , his _biit escape convinced . He * that supposed he could th not at men defend engaged tlie house in so , he desperate cleter _^ - to insurits and

    concluded an affair would that bodies naturall of y the take insurgents every precaution were silently watching e the success ends of , the house ; so , summoning his servant , he led the way down to a bath-room which

    but then communicated fo follow und the closel coast with y , the the clear Raj lawn . ah Had , sprang and there telling forth been him with twenty sword to open drawn Chinese the door and there pistol quickl he cocked would y and , and skill in the of

    have passed are throug notI h believe them , as to his be quickness surpassed . Reaching practical the banks of use the stream weapons above , his , househe found , the Chinese boats there ; but diving under

    the bows of onehe reached , the opposite shore unperceived , and as he was then lay for suffering some from tim , e an on attack the mudd of fever bank and ague till , sli fell htl utterl recovering y exhausted he , was and

    • enabled to reach the Government writer y ' s house , . An g amiable y and promising young officer , Mr . Nicholets , who had just startled arrived b from the sound an out of -station the attack on a

    visit and , rushing and lod forth ged in to the reach upper the cottage chief , house was , was slain y by the Chinese ; while ; Mr . Steelwho was there likewise on a visit , and Sir James ' s servant , escaped

    Mrs to the Crookshank jung , le . The rushing other forth attacks on hearing took place this almost midni simultaneousl ht alarmwere y . cut Mr down . and

    the latter . left for deadthe former severely wounded g . The constable , ' s house , was attackedbut he and , his wife escaped ; while their two children and an

    English lodger , were killed by the insurgents . " in thi Plow s time the Raj of tri ah al , with behaved the aid admirab of his ly friends ) utterl and y routed the natives the Chinese , ( who

    many of whom perished for want of food , and shelter , Mr . St . John ,

    burnt subsequentl splendid j the library y silver tell , s house us and . other But , and the valuables property loss to Sir pocketed of James all descri was by the heavy ptions midni . wer His ght e

    Notices Of Books. 351

    NOTICES OF BOOKS . 351

• Citation
  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1862, page 351, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071862/page/63/