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translucent. As an instance
of the hunger that consumes
and excites them - one of
my comr-aides (de camp)
was riding his emaciated
animal down the street
the other day - the poor
beast getting along as best
he could - when they overtook
a lady, imprudently wearing
a green vail - the horse
no sooner saw this appa-
rition of vegetation and food
than he
instantly charged, -
seized and voraciously
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has
malady -
and fears are entertained
of her recovery.
The enemy is daily strength-
ening his line of works around
us, and should Genl Johnston
be unsuccessful in dri-
ving them away, cutting through
them with our garrison, when
subsistence is exhausted, will
be a most difficult and des-
perate undertaking, in which
many men must be lost.
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