APPENDIX, N° I. 
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and there they must lead their horses by the 
bridle. Cossacks will go through any thing. 
When the battle is gained, the Cavalry pursue 
and hack the enemy, and the Infantry are not 
to remain behind. In two files there is strength 
— in three files, strength and a half *. — The first 
tears — the second throws down — and the third 
perfects the work. 
Rules for Diet. 
Have a dread of the hospital! German physic 
stinks from afar, is good for nothing, and rather 
hurtful. A Russian soldier is not used to it. 
Messmates know where to find roots, herbs, 
and pismires. A soldier is inestimable. Take 
care of your health ! Scour the stomach when 
it is foul ! Hunger is the best medicine ! He 
who neglects his men — if an officer, arrest — if a 
sub-officer, lashes 2 3 ; and to the private, lashes, 
if he neglect himself. If loose bowels want 
food, at sun-set a little gruel and bread. For 
costive bowels, some purging plant in warm 
water, or the liquorice-root. Remember, Gen- 
tlemen, the field-physic of Doctor Belly potsky 4 ! — 
(2) Strength and a half. — A common mode of expression in Russia. 
Suvorof aimed at the style and language of the common soldiers : this 
renders his composition often obscure. 
(3) Lashes. — The literal translation of the original is Sticks. 
(4) Professor Pallas supposed this to have been a manual if medicine 
published for the use of the army. j 
