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prevailed at the time. No regiment suffered more 
than Her Majesty’s 26th, the ‘ Cameronians,” who 
were encamped on a green hill which overlooked 
the city, and which certainly appeared to be the 
most healthy spot which could have been selected 
for the purpose. That place still bears the name 
of the ‘“ Cameronian Hill,” and is now thickly 
strewed with the graves of our countrymen. | 
It soon became evident, that this great mortality 
proceeded from other causes than the paddy fields 
which surrounded the city of Tinghae. Invalids 
from Hong-kong and Amoy were sent here to 
recover their health; and the difference in the 
appearance of the troops stationed in Chusan, from 
those in Hong-kong, was most marked. Dr. Max- 
well of the Madras army, who was a most excellent 
judge in such matters, has often expressed his 
opinion, that, with good medical skill and ordinary 
care, this beautiful island might have been rendered 
one of the most healthy stations for our troops in 
the East. Indeed, every one now seemed to regret 
that we had not secured Chusan as a part of the 
British dominions for the protection of our trade 
in China, instead of the barren and unhealthy 
island of Hong-kong; and some even went so far 
as to recommend that means should still be taken 
by our government to accomplish this desirable 
end. The time, however, for doing this had gone 
by, and I believe that every right-thinking person 
would have seen with regret any power exercised 
by a great and exalted nation like England to in- 
