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152 HISTORICAL RECORDS OF THE1846. advanced to assist Stevenson, were called to tryand bring the body back to the waggons. Thisthey found impossible to do, as the enemy wastoo numerous, so they were obliged to retire. Indoing so, Corporal Morris halted within ten yardsof the body, and shot a Kaffir through the headwhile he was in the act of cutting poor Stuart'sthroat. CorporalSherrock also turned and shotanother Kaffir through the body, who was tryingto extract the ammunition from the pouch.Amongthe slain was afterwards discovered asoldier of the 91st, who had probably been burnedto death by the savages, as his remains werefound bound to the pole of a waggon and horriblydefaced by fire. The Kaffirs admit that theytied their victim to a stake and literally flayedhim alive ;the little children being permitted toassist in torturing him. They said they imaginedthe grenadiers of the 91st could not be killed, asthe balls appeared to glance harmlessly by them.The result of the fighting on the AmatolaMountains on the 16th, 17th, and 18th of Aprilwas, that the Kaffirs poured into the colony,thinking they would carry all before them, anddrive everywhite man into the sea.Theyconsequentlyattacked, and were repulsed with heavy