This is not usual in military executions, but was deemed necessary on the present occasion.

An attempt to escape, on the part of the condemned, would have been productive of much confusion, and was properly guarded against.
'The condemned men displayed no unmanly fear.

On the contrary, they steadily kept step to the Dead March which the band played; yet the certainty of death threw a cadaverous and ghastly hue over their black features, while their singular and appropriate costume, and the three coffins being borne before them, altogether rendered it a frightful picture: hence it was not to be wondered at that two of the European soldiers fainted.
'The mutineers marched abreast.

The tall form and horrid looks of Daaga were almost appalling.

The looks of Ogston were sullen, calm, and determined; those of Coffin seemed to indicate resignation.
'At eight o'clock they arrived at the spot where three graves were dug; here their coffins were deposited.