"If I could have taken him in hand within an hour of his being hit, the matter would have been simple enough; but I cannot search for the ball, or in fact do anything, till we have reduced the swelling.

You must put warm poultices on every half hour, and by to-morrow I hope the inflammation will have subsided, and I can then see about the ball.

It evidently is somewhere there still, for there is no sign of its having made its exit anywhere.

In the meantime you must give him two tablespoonfuls of this cooling draught every two hours, and to-night give him this sleeping draught.

I will be over to-morrow morning to see him.