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DEATH OP ME. WOODHOUSE. 
cases having run almost an identical course : low and 
typhoid in its character, with scarce any remission, 
and resisting every method of relief. The death of 
Lieutenant Stenhonse was another sad blow to 
Captain Trotter, whose health was still in a most 
precarious state. 
30^/i. — Assistant-Surgeon Woodhouse, in whom the 
fever presented from the first, the insidious symptoms 
of a dangerous state, was fast draAving to the con- 
clusion of his earthly career. This morning, being 
evidently dying, he received the solemn ritual of the 
sacrament, administered by the Rev. J. Schon, and a 
few hours afterwards the fatal disease terminated his 
existence ; he too, no doubt, benefited by the great 
change, and rose above all earthly promotions. The 
sun, whose rising beams at morning flickered in the sick 
man’s chamber, threw his evening rays over the newly- 
made grave of another far beyond the reach of care. 
He was buried the same day before sunset. It may 
be interesting to his numerous friends to know, that 
those amiable and generous qualities which had en- 
deared him to them prior to entering the service, 
never deserted him. 
November 2 nd . — Except Captain Trotter, Doctor 
McWilliam, and Mr. Wilmett, who were still dangerously 
ill, the sick generally were convalescing slowly, under 
more generous diet, and a moderate quantity of 
light, bitter ale; the difficulty was, however, to pro- 
cure sufficient quantity of fowls or fresh meat for 
