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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, 



HOSPITAL TENT AT VOI WHERE 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, I heard what I thought was 

 a lion walking round the tent. I at once woke 



