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jircseni. coiiifortablo situation, Tlic *' Wentlier- 

 bonnlcii lint"' is a iiiilitarv statiuu lor n st'rjcriiit s 

 guard, placed to escort pnsoiier.s oi" road and iron 

 gangs, as tliey are rentldirtd tttm om ^s^ton iQ> 

 another. It fbfm^ly i?efy traKealthy for the 

 troops, occasioned by tl ic bad construction of their 

 habitations, and tiic l)l(';ikn<'ss of situation ; but 

 siuce more commodious tlwellings liave been 

 W&stedi fully capable of resisting the severity of 

 the imth^r, it hm heoo^e txtore h^nbity. 



Weex^iy^d a plentiful S|l|lpCT of tea, toa>t, 

 bacon, eggs, kc, but there wrL< no milk ; the 

 excellent reason given for its absence being tiie 

 ii^^ 0^ a few days previous, not that 

 1 Biii?^sed at the animaVd dii^th , hut only 

 how any living creature could subsist even for 

 a lew ihiys in such a }dace. \A hen we asked 

 our attendant why he did not get anotJier i*ow, 

 fee i-eplied, " E^ea^ it wmiA mt survive 

 long f** Ma wader, thought I| for where m this 

 desolate place could sufficient provender be 

 found for the unfortunate b(>ast to sustain h"fe ? 



After seeing our horses fed, and jdaced in a 

 warm and comfortable stable, with a good bed 

 for the iiigtet, {M is th6 stables itt th<e»r e<>lt^ietl 

 inns, horses reqiili^ M much to he looked after 

 wlien travelliuii,' as at home, for ostlers are in 

 this country much of the same species, or per- 



