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Lt.-Colonel Arthur J. Fremantle, Three Months in the Southern States, April, 1863. (search)
s now began to be apparent; and at 5 P. M. we were able to halt at a very decent place with grass, but no water. We suffered here for want of water, our stock being very nearly expended. Mr. Sargent, who was now comparatively sober. killed the sheep most scientifically at 5.30 P. M.; and at 6.30 we were actually devouring it, and found it very good. Mr. Sargent cooked it by the simple process of stewing junks of it in a frying-pan, but we had only just enough water to do this. 19th April, 1863 (Sunday). At 1 A. M. this morning our slumbers on the bullock-rug were disturbed by a sudden and most violent thunder-storm. McCarthy and I had only just time to rush into the carriage, and hustle our traps underneath it, when the rain began to descend in torrents. We got inside with the little Jew (who was much alarmed by the thunder); whilst Mr. Sargent and the Judge crept underneath. The rain lasted two hours; and at daylight we were able to refresh ourselves by drinking