Tuesday, December 8th. It was such luxury to be in bed, and have my chota hazree brought to me, after having had to make it for so many months--almost the whole of the siege--and it was such delicious bread and butter! Mr. S----, the chaplain, and some gentlemen, came round to all the tents, early, bringing cakes of soap for us; and the night before all our tents were supplied with oil lamps. We went over to breakfast in the Mess tent--it was the Governor-General's Durbar tent--a most splendid one, and pitched in the centre of our camp; we had a delicious breakfast--coffee, with rich cream. I enjoyed it much, after our siege fare, and was as pleased as a child to get it. We telegraphed to Capt. P----, in Calcutta, to write home, and say we were all safe. Drs. B---- and H----, and Major T---- called. After this, our days passed quietly at Allahabad. Christmas Day, we dined with Capt. J----, of the Fusiliers; and Monday, January 11th, left Allahabad in country boats, to join the steamers at Sirsa, as none of them could come up higher, on account of the shallow water on the Dum-dumma Flats. We had a narrow escape! As our boat was alongside the _Charles Allen_, another steamer passed, having several Native boats attached to its flat; one came with great force against ours, and every one expected we were done for, as these Native boats generally crush up and go down instantaneously. There was a cry, "Save the women and children!" and we were dragged up on the top of the paddle-box by our arms; however, our boat did not go down, or we must have gone with it. Captain F----, of the _Charles Allen_, afterwards told me he had expected to see us go down, and thought the poor creatures had escaped Lucknow only to meet with another horrible death. We had a pleasant trip down the river, and reached Calcutta on Thursday, January 28th. We slept that night on board, and the next morning took up our abode at 3, Harrington Street--one of the houses prepared by the Relief Fund Committee for the Lucknow refugees, where we found everything provided for us in the most luxurious style. * * * * * Transcriber's Note The following table appeared as a single unit in the original work but has been split here in order to fit the space. * * * * * RETURN OF KILLED AND WOUNDED. RETURN OF KILLED AND WOUNDED--GARRISON OF LUCKNOW, from 30th JUNE to 26th SEPTEMBER, 1857.