But this naturally suggests the isles of Greece again.
January 7.
On first arriving, I found a good deal of anxiety among the officers as to the increase of desertions, that being the rock on which the "Hunter Regiment" split.

Now this evil is very nearly stopped, and we are every day recovering the older absentees.

One of the very best things that have happened to us was the half-accidental shooting of a man who had escaped from the guard-house, and was wounded by a squad sent in pursuit.

He has since died; and this very eve-rung another man, who escaped with him, came and opened the door of my tent, after being five days in the woods, almost without food.

His clothes were in rags, and he was nearly starved, poor foolish fellow, so that we can almost dispense with further punishment.