firing lines, he was satisfied.

'The trenches were dug under a tolerably heavy fire. The enemy
captured all our horses and saddlery, some of our kits and
water-bottles, and one of our buck wagons marked with the Red
Cross. Both the medical officers and I had our horses and kits
taken from us, but the commandant assured each of us that they
would be returned, but we have not seen them yet. In the evening
these two officers with an orderly walked a distance of three or
four miles to the Boer laager in the hope of recovering their kits,
only to find that the laager had been removed and the enemy were
nowhere to be seen. They took my servant, and would not hear of his
remaining behind. We were released by Commandant De Wet, who told
us to bury our dead and take the wounded where we liked.

=Consolation to the Dying.=

'Our casualties were ten killed and thirty-five wounded. I went
over the battle-field with the ambulance party seeking for the dead
and wounded, and came across a man who was dying, and said to him,
"Do you know Jesus?" He replied, "Yes, I'm trusting Jesus as my
Saviour." I said, "That's right, brother. 'This is a faithful
saying and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into
the world to save sinners.' 'Christ died the just for the unjust
that He might bring us to God.' 'The blood of Jesus Christ His Son
cleanseth from all sin.' Do you know me?" I asked. "Yes," he
replied, "you are our chaplain," and turning his dying face to me,
he said, "Pray for me." I knelt down by his side, surrounded by our
stretcher-bearers, as well as by the Boers on horseback, who were
witnesses of this pathetic scene, and commended him to God. He then
said he was thirsty, and asked for a drink of water, which it was
my privilege to give him from the water-bottle slung by my right
side. We then laid him on the stretcher and carried him as gently
as we possibly could to the field hospital, but in a few minutes
his disembodied spirit had left its tenement of clay and gone to
answer the roll call up yonder.

'One cannot speak too highly of the unremitting care and attention
bestowed upon our dear wounded fellows by the army surgeons. Our
officers in the field behaved most gallantly, and were as cool as
possible under the most galling fire. The "O.