76 MAJOR W. HODSON. 



The heat at that time was terrible. One night, 

 while he was making a longer march than usual, 

 a British regiment on its way to Ferozepore suffered 

 cruelly from the same hot night-wind which had 

 completely prostrated himself. "It fell upon the 

 men as they halted at a well to drink ; they were 

 fairly beaten, and lay down for a few minutes to 

 pant. When they arose to continue their march, 

 a captain and nine or ten men were left dead on 

 the OTOund ! It was the simoom of Africa in 



miniature." ^ 



^ Hodson of Hodson's Horse. 



