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 served out, we had at first each a ration of lime-juice, which was excellent stuff, to my thinking.

In the afternoon I went into the town and had a look round, and much to my delight found one or two houses where all manner of tinned provisions were sold. These were kept by enterprising Englishmen, and a wonderful business they must have done with us soldiers. The best one was Ross's, but there were others which fell little short of this. It was here I discovered some really good white bread, which I promptly bought and carried back to camp in triumph. There was, however, not much use in buying this afterwards, as the ration bread served out to us was very good, though rather bitter, and we always had plenty of it.

By the time I got back to camp our horses had all come in, and were being picketed in rear of our tents. Some of them looked a bit tucked up after their voyage; but this was not to be wondered at, as they had had a roughish time of it They all pulled round but two, both these having been very bad at sea.

I ought not to omit to mention that during the interval two men arrived in camp, of foreign and uncertain origin, bringing with them