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Appx. XVIII.

Telegraphic code re. infectious deseases.

Num-
ber.
STATUS.
OFFICERS. OTHER RANKS. WOMEN. CHILDREN. FOLLOWERS.
British. Indian. British. Indian. British. Indian. British. Indian.
1 Oil.. Tar.. Man.. Native. Wail.. Goal.. Yarn. Hall. Amber.
2 Ocean.. Trumps. Mart.. Nave.. Ward.. Gaiety. Yellow. High. Alms.
3 Offer. Taste.. Mend.. Near.. Weak.. Guide.. Yet.. Hollow. Avoid.
4 Olive. Tide.. Metre.. Never.. Wine.. Gist.. Yield. Half. Alloy.
5 Omen.. Tiffin.. Mix.. Nibble. Wood.. Grand.. Yoke. Host. Aaron.
6 Option.. Tub.. Musk.. Nile.. Worn.. Globe.. Yonder. Hamper. Absent.
7 Octave. Twinkle. Mute.. Nod.. White.. Great.. Youth. Haughty. Adore.
8 Otter.. Teeth.. Mean.. Note.. Wrath. Germ.. Yacht. Hump. Acrated.
9 Oblong. Tweed. Mortal. Normal. Wreck. Glitter. Yeast. Haven. Ahead.
10 Oyster. Tool.. Market. Nut.. Wrong. Gorge.. Yardley. Hinges. Account.
Disease prevalent in bazar =Bazaar. Moved into camp =Tented.
   „    „    „   city =City. Camp shifted =Shifted.
   „    „    „   district =District. All necessary pre -
Report follows by post =Packet. cautions taken =Precaution.
  Specimen message.   Same message in code.
(a) Smallpox. (a) Smallpox.
(b) Thirteenth. (b) Thirteenth.
(c) Four British cases and one Indian case in barracks—one British
officer Lieutenant Jones 1st Gloucesters, three British other
ranks 2nd Bedfords one Indian woman 2-18th Garhwalis.
(c) Bear lamp—oil Lieutenant Jones 1st Gloucesters mend 2nd Bed-
fords, goal 2-18th Garhwalis.
(d) One death Indian—woman 2-18th Garhwalis. (d) Salmon-goal 2-18th Garhwalis.
(e) Thirty cases eleven deaths. (e) Cases thirty deaths eleven.