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as were intended.
doing I to doss before the half Battery comes from Jaku, I should have only half a Battery at this Settlement.
I would strongly recommend it in good time to relieve the I. "left by a native Regt 1000 strong armed with rifles from India, and I beg to refer you to the opinion expressed by the special medical Board of which Dr Currie was president & which went home with my letter 21st July last saying that "the epidemic influences which have caused the heavy mortality amongst the Troops this summer were altogether beyond the control of Medical or Sanitary Science
further that they desire to record their opinion that taking into consideration the physical Character of the Country in and around Shanghai, they are not sanguine that it will ever be a healthy Station for European Troops, an impression deserving considerable support from the fact that during the present Summer so trying to Europeans the Indian Troops have been comparatively,