Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieutenant in
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I shall mention but one more : a shell had burst between a man's legs, and had literally split him up to the neck. The large masses of congealed blood, seen at al- most every step between the temple and tank, were convincing proofs that the loss of life must have been very great; but most of the dead bodies had been thrown over the walls, to find their way to the bottom of some excavated rock or tiger's den. The place altogether exhibited nothing but signs of poverty and distress, and they must... have been, after the loss of the town, literally in a state of star- \ ration. From this eminence the prospect was ex- tensive and truly beautiful. The city of Borhanpore was plainly visible, and, although fourteen miles distant, such was the height of this place, that- it seemed almost to hang over it. Men in the several encampments looked like babes. When the even- ing closed in, I found the atmosphere chilly and cold. This soon sent us down to the warmer regions MEMOIRS OF JOHN SHIPP. 155 below, where the glass, at the cool of eve, stood at eighty-five, and sometimes at ninety.
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