I cautiously approached the ledge over which I had seen him disappear, and through an intervening mass of jungle and foliage I could indistinctly perceive a white object struggling some twelve or fifteen feet below, and from whence proceeded piteous sounds of suffering and lamentation. This was the Doctor; who—after having shot over the ledge of rock—had been securely lodged amidst the thorny, complex, and massive leaves of a dense bush of cactus, or prickly pear, which grew immediately below. After a long _détour_, and some considerable delay, I succeeded in approaching the spot where the poor Medico sat impaled, as it were, on his prickly throne; and, with the assistance of Chiniah, succeeded at last in liberating him from so uncomfortable a position, and then conveyed him to his tent. The reader, who may chance to know the nature of the thorns of the cactus, will be able fully to appreciate the sufferings poor Doctor Macgillivan underwent, together with the time and labor it took to extract the innumerable prickles from that most prominent and vulnerable part on which, by the laws of gravity, he had naturally lodged. ----- [12] A Persian term, much used in Hindostan, and signifying a plain open space of ground. [13] A sort of pea, on which the horses are fed in India, and which in Spain, under the denomination of “garbansos,” constitutes a general article of human food. [14] A term usually applied to a new-comer in India, and having a synonymous meaning to that of “greenhorn.” [15] Meaning “Nazarenes,” or Christians, who are likewise denominated “Ferringhees,” or Franks. * * * * * =REVIEW OF NEW BOOKS.= _Papers from the Quarterly Review. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1 vol. 18mo._