It is I who have aided him, while he has given but little assistance to me; and would, I am sure, ride away and leave me to my fate, if he knew where to go to.

But his country, his capital, and his forts are all in the hands of the English; and he stays near here because it is, at present, the safest place for him." On the 23rd of March, the British cavalry returned.

For a month no attempt had been made to renew the siege, but the camp still remained as a threat against Bhurtpoor, and the time had not been lost.

Convoys, escorted by strong parties of infantry, had come out from Agra.

Supplies of all kinds, battering guns and ammunition, arrived almost daily.