Tuesday, May 26th. The day passed quietly. Several husbands and fathers visited their beloveds, but mine could not leave his station duty. In the evening I went to the Residency to see Mrs. B----, whose baby was dying. I never witnessed such a scene--a perfect barrack--every room was filled with six or eight ladies; beds all round, and perhaps a dining-table laid for dinner in the centre--servants thick in all the verandahs--numbers of the 32nd soldiers and their officers; and underneath all, the women and children of the 32nd barracks--such a hubbub and commotion! It is an upper storeyed house, but the upper storey is not nearly so large as the under one, and yet in that, including servants and children, there are ninety-six people living! Poor Mrs. B---- was in great distress; she and another lady had a small room to themselves, with her five children. I was quite thankful I was not there: it was a complete rabbit warren. On my return I found Dr. F---- and Mr. H---- had been to Cantonments, and heard that the 13th Sepoys had taken up four city men, one of whom attempted to stab Mr. C----, the Adjutant. Wednesday, May 27th. The day passed quietly. I went over to the Residency to see Mrs. P---- and Mrs. A---- in the evening, and found them in a small room with another lady. Mrs. P----'s child had bad fever--it was such a scene--they were having a punkah put up, and their beds were so thick you could hardly move, and scarcely a breath of air to be had. Such a hubbub all round--some parties were grouped in a circle in the verandah, some in the compound--but it is impossible to describe the scene; I can compare it to nothing but a rabbit warren. Thursday, May 28th. The day passed as usual. In the evening two of us drove with Dr. and Mrs. F---- to the Martinière College, he taking with him a very small pistol, and concealed from view, on the coach-box, a double-barrelled gun. The part of the city we drove through seemed perfectly quiet. Friday, May 29th. About 5 A.M. I drove with Miss H---- to Cantonments, and had the inexpressible delight of seeing Charlie again, and the poor doggies I thought would have eaten me up. I had chota hazree with Charlie, and we sat chatting till 7, when the H----'s carriage came for me again. The day passed quietly. Some of the party drove out with Dr. and Mrs. F----, in the evening, but I did not. Dr. F----'s elephant is brought every evening to the verandah, where we are generally all assembled, to have his dinner. He has large cakes made of 32lbs. of ottah (coarse flour). This evening he performed various feats: taking the Mahout upon his back by his trunk, then putting out his forepaw for the Mahout to climb up that way; roaring, when he was told to speak, and then salaaming and taking his departure.