This poor boy was left with the others at Liponde, and I never saw him again.

I observed him associating too much with the sepoys; and often felt inclined to reprove him, as their conversation is usually very bad, but I could not of my own knowledge say so.

He came on with the others as far as Hassane or Pachassane: there he was too weak to come further, and as the sepoys were notoriously skulkers, I feared that poor Richard was led away by them, for I knew that they had made many attempts to draw away the other Nassick boys from their duty.

When, however, Abraham came up and reported Richard left behind by the sepoys, I became alarmed, and sent off three boys with cordials to help him on: two days after Abraham left he seems to have died, and I feel very sorry that I was not there to do what I could.

I am told now that he never consented to the sepoy temptation: he said to Abraham that he wished he were dead, he was so much troubled.