attacks of mosquitoes and other noxious insects.

It was here that the cannibal propensities of our friendlies and camp followers were first brought before me. On returning through the town after following the inhabitants a mile or two beyond, I found that the killed and wounded had all disappeared, and some of my men volunteered the information that the friendlies had cut them up and carried them off for food. This I did not believe. On our way home, however, we were again attacked. The friendlies, who were dancing along in front, promptly broke and fled, leaving amongst the other loot scattered about the road, several human arms, legs, and heads, which the men whose information I had doubted took care to point out to me as proof that they had not lied.

This skirmish was curious, for