Put our dead and wounded in the carts, and we can harness two of these chargers to them.

We shall not be in safety until we are in Taunton town.' Even Master Joshua saw that the matter was too pressing to permit of any spiritual exercises.

The wounded men were lifted into the waggon and laid upon the bedding, while our dead were placed in the cart which had defended our rear.

The peasants who owned these, far from making any objection to this disposal of their property, assisted us in every way, tightening girths and buckling traces.

Within an hour of the ending of the skirmish we found ourselves pursuing our way once more, and looking back through the twilight at the scattered black dots upon the white road, where the bodies of the dragoons marked the scene of our victory..