consequence. Now began the worst time we had known during the campaign. A very virulent form of influenza broke out in the camp.

On the first day there were thirty cases of it, on the day following nearly seventy, and before the end of the week almost all our men were down — the few who were still fit having double duty, both mounting guard and attending the sick. For the ensuing fortnight 1 spent my time going round the camp and insisting on the survivors burying the dead. The great bulk of the dead or dying were thrown out on to the open street by the other inhabitants of each hut. At about this time, also, the Arabs and their friends began sending into what was left of the town all the smallpox cases in the district.

This ruse succeeded, and influenza was followed by an