"In truth, I see but one possible escape for this party." "What is that ?" "I have already referred to it.

It will take us weeks to reach Calcutta on the east or Bombay on the west, and between us and each of these points the hell fire will rage for months to come.

To go south is equally suicidal, since it would take us into the heart of the insurrection.

I repeat that there is but one thing to be done: that is to push northward, as I said, until we reach a people too far removed to be affected by this deviltry." "To find a simple people where our knowledge of medicine will cause us to be looked upon as superior beings.

I have discovered a remedy for the bite of a cobra which will stand one in good stead, should a native be bitten.