LITERARY VARIETIES
... HINT TO PEDESttRANs.-In marching in hot weather the soldiers swallow a great deal of dust, and stop at every well and streana to drink. What is the coutequence? The more they drink, the more thirsty they are * the water, which they swallow in excessive quantity, frequently gives the fever to many of them, and the hospitals are filled, to the detrimentof the army. This serious inconvenience may ...