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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing)	61	1	Browse	Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight)	20	0	Browse	Search
Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register	16	0	Browse	Search
Rev. James K. Ewer , Company 3, Third Mass. Cav., Roster of the Third Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment in the war for the Union	16	0	Browse	Search
Raphael Semmes, Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States	14	0	Browse	Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 3, 15th edition.	14	0	Browse	Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company)	12	0	Browse	Search
Wendell Phillips, Theodore C. Pease, Speeches, Lectures and Letters of Wendell Phillips: Volume 1	12	0	Browse	Search
The Daily Dispatch: January 24, 1861., [Electronic resource]	12	0	Browse	Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2	10	0	Browse	Search
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The Daily Dispatch: October 5, 1861., [Electronic resource], Wanted. (search)

tected against the extremes of heat and cold by every means that science can devise." The shako, shielding from the sun with a linen cover, is deemed insufficient. As to clothing, light gray woolen blouse is considered the most suitable garment at present in use in India, and the advantage to health of wearing flannel is sustained by an irresistible array of facts. Vast improvement, however, has taken place in the health of British troops of late years. At one time, the mortality in Jamaica reached the enormous amount of 128 per thousand. This was attributed to the marshy location of the military posts and to the rations of salt pork and rum, but with a removal of the cause, it was reduced to thirty-two per thousand. At Ceylon, the mortality has decreased from 47 per thousand to 38 per thousand; at St. Helena from 24 to 12; at the Jamaica Islands from 27 to 17; at Newfoundland 37 to 11 per thousand. The Indian Empire is the only exception, though even there, there has been

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