The Arkansas advocate., 1837-02-24
From the SalmaHundi.
X SECOND MAJOR LONCBOW.

Talking of broing sleaks-When in Egypt we used 10 broi our beeI-steals the Toeks-no oc- casion for fre-theTmometer at 200--hot as Etna | have seen four thousand mon at time, cooking for the whole army as much twenty or thirty thousand pounds steaks time, a hIssIng and frying al a mo-ius about noon, ol course, you know-not q spark of ffe Some of Hhe soldiers, Who had been brought up as glassbowers at Leih, swoIe they never saw such heat. used go to ieeward of them for a whit, and think of old England An! that's the coun- try, aier all where may thiah and say what he pleases.
 But that sort of work did not last long, as you may suppose their eyes all fried out n three or four weeks
 I had been III in my bed, for was attached 10 the 72d regiment, seventeen hundred strong. had par ty of seamen with me; hut the ophhamia made such ayages, that the whole regiment, colonel and al went stone bhnd-all except corporal You may stare, gentlemen, but it's very true. We'll, this corporal had
 precious time of it. he was obliged 10 lead cut the whole regiment 10 water-he led the way and two or three took hold of the skirts of hts jacket each side the skirts of these were seized again by many and double the number Ihe last, and alt held hy one another, till they all had adrnk al the we'll and, the devil would have ii, there was but one well among US also this corporal used 10 water the regiment just ss groom waters his horse and all spreading cut you know, just like the tail of peacock.
 's0f which the corporal was tie trump, interrupted the doctor.
 The captain looked grave You found ii warm in the country ln inquired the surgeon.
 "Warm!n exclaimed the captain; "I' tell you what, doctor, when you go where you have sent many pa tent and where, for hat very reason goa certainly will go only hope for your sake, and for that your proies sion in general that you will not find t quite so hot we found in Egypt What do you think of nineteen of my being killed by the concentrated rays of light falling on the barrels of the sentines bright ' n .1.,i., mortar battery at Acre. and l did the French infer nal mischief with the shells. used to pitch ia among them when they had sat down 10 dinner; but how do you think the scoundrels weahered me al last l= Eqad! they trained parcel of poodle-dogs to watch inc shells when they fell, and then to run and pull the isees out with their teeth! Did you hear of such viliiansl By this means he saved hundreds of men, and only lost half dozen dogs-iaet, by Jupiter on v ask Sir Sydney Smith, hell tell you the ssme, and precious sight m0fe"
 .Ifycu doubt me. only ask Sir Sydney smilhi hen talk to you about Acre for thiryaix hours stretch without taking breath his eockswain last got tired or i, that be nck-namsd him "ioug Acre.
 
 ..Gaoita salmon thjs, sad the captain; wheFs does Billet get fl from By tue bye, lasng otthaf, did you ever hear of ibe piesled salmon ia Scotland !"
 Ne all replied u the affirmative.
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