438 THE HOLY LAND. 
CHAP, also visible. In the general mortality, a valu- 
'■ v-iii I able and much-lamented British officer. General 
Koehler, of the Artillery, attached to the suite 
of the Fizier, together with his wife, became 
its victims. They had visited Jerusalem; and 
had occupied the apartment afterwards allotted 
to our use, in the Convent of St. Salvador. 
Upon their return to JaJ^a, the fatal symptoms 
were speedily manifested. Other artillery 
officers, who were also stationed in Jc/ffa at 
that time, informed us, that General Koehler 
soon became delirious, and very ungovernable, 
insomuch that they were compelled to confine 
him to his chamber. His Lady, from the 
inevitable consequences of the pious offices she 
rendered to the General, was seized nearly at 
the same time; and, although unable, like 
another Eieanora, to save the life of her hus- 
band, by taking to herself the morbid venom, 
was not less conspicuous as an example of 
conjugal virtue. They expired together, in- 
sensible of the horrors of their situation, and 
were thereby spared the agonizing spectacle of 
each other's sufferings. 
Jaffa. Jaffa appeared to be almost in as forlorn a 
state as Rama : the air itself was still infected 
with the smell of unburied bodies. We went 
