21 



became a lake. Until we had been tliere 

 for some days, exposed to all tbis incle- 

 mency of tbe weather, the horses had 

 not as much as even a single blanket to 

 cover them, and yet, notwithstanding this 

 exposure, though it is true, they were 

 affected by the cold and wet, (and it was 

 cold and wet), in other ways, colds and 

 coughs were unheard of. Again, at the 

 same time, an officer of my regiment 

 had, of necessity, to take out with him 

 into camp — he being short of horses — 

 an old and favorite charger, which, at the 

 time of her going out of the stables in 

 barracks, was suffering from a severe 

 cold. In a few days she was quite well 

 again. * * . If people would but give 

 their horses a chance of breathing the 



