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\292 HISTORICAL RECORDS v. IP'1879. on board, of a sergeant (Keene) and six men ofthe regiment, who afterwards gave a graphicaccount of the abject state of the deposed monarchwhen he first felt the effects of the very choppysea which he encountered in the surf boat takinghim out to the steamer. He was accompanied bythree female attendants, who seemed to feel morecomfortable than he did, and who were apparentlyvastly amused at the discomfiture of their royalmaster. The storyis that his escort, who wereall men picked on account of their being goodsailors, were themselves nearly as unhappy astheir prisoners.The capture of the kingwas the termination ofthe war, and on the 13th of September orderswere received for the regiment to proceed toDurban; the head -quarters left the next day,followed by the other detached companies.Nothing of importance happenedon the returnmarch, and Yerulam, the terminus of the railwayfrom Durban, was reached on the 22nd of themonth. There they remained until the 28th.Orders had in the meantime arrived that adetachment of three companies should go toMauritius and one to St. Helena, while headquarterswere to proceed to Cape Town. The