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to speak. Dr. Rose at once did all he could both 
for her and for the children, the mother being 
given a sleeping draught and made comfortable 
in one of the tents. When she appeared again 
late in the afternoon she was much refreshed, and 
was able to tell us the following dreadful story, 
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HOSPITAL TENT AT VOI WIIERE MRS. O'HARA RESTED. 
which I shall give as nearly as possible in her own 
words. 
“We were all asleep in the tent, my husband 
and I in one bed and my two children in 
another. The baby was feverish and restless, so 
I got up to give her something to drink; and 
as I was doing so, | heard what I thought was 
a lion walking round the tent. I at once woke 
