The first thing that met our eyes on arrival at this place was a skeleton, ostentatiously placed against the side of a bridge leading to the encamping-ground; it was headless, and the bones were hacked and broken.

It was pronounced by more than one doctor to be the skeleton of a European woman.

This sight maddened the soldiery, who demanded vengeance, and at one time it seemed that the town of Khurja would have to pay the penalty for the supposed crime.

The whole force was greatly excited.

At length calmer counsels prevailed.