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Rh without the possibility of receiving any relief. Those who were thus struck suddenly turned giddy, foamed at the mouth, and as instantaneously became lifeless. Even when encamped, the sufferings of the soldiers were excruciating; for the tents in general were ill-adapted to afford shelter against the solar heat at this season, when the thermometer in the shade frequently exceeded one hundred and thirty degrees of Fahrenheit!

The misery of the troops was further increased by the scarcity of water, owing to the debility and mortality that prevailed among the bheesties, or persons employed in procuring this inestimable article. Numbers of these