I have had them on my hands for a hundred versts or thereabouts.

The officer that turned them over to me told me they were an awful nuisance.

A third of them remained on the road (at this the officer pointed with his finger to the ground).

Half of them will not get to their destination," he added.
"Epidemics, I suppose ?", I inquired, stirred to the very core.
"No, not exactly epidemics; but they just fall like flies.

Well, you know, these Jewish boys are so puny and delicate.