. The reminiscences and recollections of Captain Gronow, being anecdotes of the camp, court, clubs and society, 1810-1860. e, determin-ing to carry him off to head-quarters as a prisoner. The next mornino; a council of war was held todevise a plan for transporting our prisoner. Proyd,the Figaro of the party, suggested placing him upona mule; but the question was, how to get himmounted on the back of one at so early an hour inthe morning, without creating a disturbance in thevillage. Hay, however, had no scruples on thatscore, and gave instructions to have the prisonertied upon one of the anima
. The reminiscences and recollections of Captain Gronow, being anecdotes of the camp, court, clubs and society, 1810-1860. e, determin-ing to carry him off to head-quarters as a prisoner. The next mornino; a council of war was held todevise a plan for transporting our prisoner. Proyd,the Figaro of the party, suggested placing him upona mule; but the question was, how to get himmounted on the back of one at so early an hour inthe morning, without creating a disturbance in thevillage. Hay, however, had no scruples on thatscore, and gave instructions to have the prisonertied upon one of the animals. Proyd, approachingthe fellow from behind, threw one of the regimentalbags over his head, and with the aid of his comradesfastened him securely on a mule. When all wasarranged to our satisfaction, the man began to bel-low, and his neighbour, finding we were in earnest,came out and begged for mercy; but to no purpose,for we were determined to make an example of thedisobliging brute : so off we started with our prisoner. We arrived in camp just in time to report theresult of our expedition to the commanding-officer,. CO a < ao o GENERAL SIR WARREN PEACOCKE. 193 who was much amused at our bringing, in additionto an ample supply of forage, &c, an impertinentfellow, with his head tied up in a bag. The nextmorning, after a severe lecture, our prisoner receivedhis conge, and was desired to return home and tellhis friends that we differed entirely from other sol-diers who had occupied the country, for we paidready money for everything we required and ex-pected to be treated with civility by the few days afterwards, another foraging party wasorganised, and on their arrival at the same villageevery door was opened, and provisions, corn, hay, &c,offered in abundance, while the greatest civilitywas paid to our men. The proprietor of the inn wasforemost in proffering his services, and expressed hisregret for what had occurred before, stating that thecause of it was that,
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