A PRISONER OF WAR. 517 the rear of the column in the defile itself. There was some sharp fighting with the Afridis, who, as usual, wereemboldenedto attack by the sight of tlae troops retreating. The rearguard lostaltogether three killed and sixteen wounded during the day.

baby's age to be eighteen months, to arrange for its nourishment and nursing. For the former essential he provided from the scantymess-stores some Swiss milk, and for the latter a Kohati follower was found, who, being next door in blood to an Afridi,was promoted to tlaepost of nurse. The question of thedisposal of the baby on the 24th, when the return journey to Bagh was tobemade, becamerather embarrassing, and the mess president decided to restore the infant to its kinsfolk. Accordingly, as the house was being passed where this curious capture was made, the baby was deposited on the threshold in full view of the Afridis who, as usual, were pressing on the retirement."

A curious incident of the expedition toDwatoi is thus related by the correspondent of the Pioneer: " As the Goorkhas were advancing on the 22nd the leadingscouts shot an Afridi who was trying to drive off some cattle, and when the man's body was found, a little Afridi baby was discovered byhis side. It devolved on the mess president of the regiment, who computed the