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calls him rigorous or fevere, another Jn^ 

 ftantly contrafts what they regard as his 

 better qualities, faying " why to be fure he 

 is a little clofc upon us^ and keeps us to it ; 

 but then you know it is for our own ad- 

 vantage ; and, befides, how good he is to us 

 when we are fick ! You fee he keeps thefe 

 doftors to their duty, too. He comes to fee 

 us himfelf every day, and makes them give us 

 plenty of every thing that's good for us ; and 

 Yisn't all officers do that you know ! Some 

 of 'em are more afraid of an hofpital than a 

 cannon ball, and never care whether we die or 

 live !" 



In this way their remarks ufually go 

 to the approval of the Colonel's conduct to- 

 wards them ; and like good foldiers, they ac- 

 knowledge their efteem for a commander 

 who, by impofing a ftrict routine of duty, 

 gives them caufe to pride themfelves upon 

 a degree of pre-eminence in point of health 

 and difcipline. 



. Among the many ills of climate, I am 

 now fuffering from a teazing eruption which 

 has thrown itfelf out upon my legs ; a com-* 



