(Chiefly horseflesh.) For White men--Coffee or tea, 1/12 oz.; pepper, 1/64 oz.; salt, 1/3 oz.; sugar, 1 oz.; mustard, 1/20 oz.; Vinegar, 1/12 gill.
For Indians--a little rice.
The Indian, it will be observed, would have fared the worst, much against the will of the authorities, for he does not eat beef, much less horseflesh.
We had not, however, to spend the month of March on this scale of diet, for to our great joy, about midday on the 28th, we received the following message from General Buller:--"I beat the enemy thoroughly yesterday, and my cavalry is now pursuing as fast as bad roads will permit.

I believe the enemy to be in full retreat." The ration scale was at once doubled, and that evening Lord Dundonald's cavalry arrived.
UNWIN BROTHERS, THE GRESHAM PRESS, WOKING AND LONDON.
[Illustration: SKETCH PLAN OF COUNTRY SOUTH & WEST OF LADYSMITH].