Where is the nearest surgeon to be found ?" It was as much as Reuben could do to walk across the street, aided by his two supporters.

A strong glass of Cape smoke (as the native spirit is called) and water revived him somewhat.

It was some minutes before a surgeon arrived; for five persons had been terribly wounded, and two killed by the Malay on his course, and the surgeons near were busily employed.
"Not very serious," the surgeon said, as soon as he examined Reuben's wounds.

"Very different affairs from those I have just come from." "I had hold of his hand," Reuben said, "so that he couldn't strike.
They are only cuts he made in trying to get his arm free." "That on your arm will not trouble you, though it has bled pretty freely.

The one down your face is, fortunately, of no great consequence; except that it has cut down to the bone on the brow and cheek.