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bling, or cooking under the shade of the 

 trees. 



They were soon made to know that their 

 rations, although plentiful, were confined to 

 only one article, three^'pounds of beef, — with- 

 out a grain of salt, a bit of bread, or any 

 thing in the shape of, or an apology for, 

 vegetable ; for drink, as much water as they 

 chose to be at the trouble of fetching. Money 

 they found to be perfectly useless, as there 

 were no sutlers, or followers of the camp, ex- 

 cept some unfortunate emigrants, dependent 

 on the charity of the soldiery for their preca- 

 rious subsistence. Little pleasure was to be 

 found, in this new service, for the lover of 

 order, and much less for the lover of com- 

 fort. The old soldiers discovered that all 

 their experience was of little use, every 

 thing here being to them quite novel; the 

 young ones were quite dismayed ; some at 

 first turned their thoughts to desertion, 

 but a moment's reflection convinced them 



